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The Importance of Accurate Flight Planning
10 Feb 2020

The Importance of Accurate Flight Planning

by Ryan | posted in: Aircraft Performance, Flight Planning, VFR charts | 0

The importance of accurate pre-flight planning cannot be overstated. How important is this task beyond the private pilot practical test? Let’s take a look at the pilotage and dead reckoning task and consider why it’s evaluated.

aeronautical decision making, Flight Planning
The “Secret Sauce” of VFR charts
26 May 2019

The “Secret Sauce” of VFR charts

by Ryan | posted in: Airspace, VFR charts | 0

Most pilots know the basics of VFR charts such as sectionals or TACs (Terminal Area Charts). “Landmarks, airports, navaids, airspace. Got it.” But there’s a lot more under the hood.

Airspace, Chart supplement, Chart User's Guide, CUG, VFR sectional

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