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Every flight is different and each flight presents a learning opportunity. If you find yourself forgetting or not verifying something, consider adding that to your flow to prevent the mistake from happening again. Someday, we all will be a proverbial perfect pilot.
Chair flying is like poetry, it makes us wiser and better by continuing to reveal beauty and truth about flying.
In aviation, as flight crew we have to make Go- No Go decision from mountain of information available to us. The goal is to use briefing process to discuss the situation with crew and avoid making a mistake.
Thunderstorms are one of the most beautiful atmospheric phenomenon. As a pilot, however, thunderstorms are one of the most hazardous conditions you can encounter. Thunderstorms can produce severe turbulence, low level wind shear, low ceilings and visibilities, hail and lightning. Each of these hazards can be difficult to cope with; if all these conditions arrive at once, it can be disastrous. Understanding basic thunderstorm formation and structure can help you make safe decisions.
Weather conditions greatly affect the pressure of the atmosphere (the barometric reading). Altimeters report altitude as a function of atmospheric pressure. Typically pilots will obtain a local barometric reading from the nearest airport. They will then set the Kollsman window to the setting that they received.
This article explains various weather hazards which include thunderstorms, dust haze, and line squall that affect flight operation during the pre-monsoon period. The article is not only useful in understanding weather but also can enhance interpretation and appreciation of changes that take place during the day or season or with the physical location which is very common in aviation.
Geographic disorientation in aviation operations results from the failure of an aircrew to recognize and/or maintain the desired position relative to the external ground and airspace environment. Becoming lost during flight, intruding inadvertently into unauthorized airspace, selecting a wrong airway, landing on the wrong runway, and approaching the wrong airport–with or without actual landing–are some examples of inflight geographic disorientation.
This article provides generic guidance on flying at night for pilots.
The professional license RTR(A) or Radio Telephony Restricted (Aeronautical) required for the use of communication equipment in an aircraft is the prerequisite for issue of pilot license in many countries.
The professional license RTR(A) or Radio Telephony Restricted (Aeronautical) required for the use of communication equipment in an aircraft is the prerequisite for issue of pilot license in many countries.