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Aeronautical Charts and Publications
During your training for your initial pilot certificate, you will learn to interpret aeronautical charts and gather information from chart supplement publications (formerly known as the Airport / Facility Directory). In days gone by, fixed base operators and flight schools would carry these printed materials, and you could count on being able to get the … Continue reading Aeronautical Charts and Publications
Using the E6-B Flight Computer
The E6-B was developed in the United States by Naval Lt. Philip Dalton in the late 1930s. The name comes from its original part number for the U.S Army Air Corps in World War II. The E6-B is a circular slide rule on the front side, or ‘computer’ side, and a wind triangle calculator on … Continue reading Using the E6-B Flight Computer
How to obtain a weather briefing
Start by reading through the Preflight, Inflight, PostFlight and Safety Tips sections of the General Aviation’s Pilots Weather Guide. Read How to obtain a good weather briefing. Register for an account at the Lockheed Martin Flight Services web portal. Read through the User Guide and Helpful Videos (found under the Help menu) to learn how … Continue reading How to obtain a weather briefing
How to use a navigation plotter
There are many types of navigation plotters. The most common used in VFR navigation is the sectional plotter, which typically will enable you to measure nautical miles and statute miles on both sectional charts and world aeronautical charts (WAC). We’ll typically only be using the nautical mile sectional chart scale; be careful to ensure that … Continue reading How to use a navigation plotter
Complete a navigation log
A navigation log is a tool that you use to guide your preflight planning, and a plan that you execute in flight. The value you obtain from the navigation log is the centralization of all of the information you need in an easy to read, single location. There are many different versions of navigation logs. … Continue reading Complete a navigation log
Air Traffic Management
Air Traffic Management (ATM) consists of three layers of air traffic control services. Center Approach Tower Center The first Air Traffic Control Center originated at Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey, as a privately operated venture formed by cooperative airline companies in October 1935. On July 8, 1936 the Department of Commerce’s Civil Aeronautical Administration assumed … Continue reading Air Traffic Management
