by Charlie Gasmire | Nov 7, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
You’re flying along and ATC instructs you “turn to heading 220” and so you turn your plane until the numbers on your screen or instrument change, but what exactly are you heading towards? Why do we use two methods of showing our choice of direction and where did it...
by Charlie Gasmire | Nov 2, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Quite honestly, it wasn’t until years after becoming a pilot that I even thought to ask this question. The only time that true vs. magnetic heading was really emphasized during training was in my cross-country calculations, where I had to always factor in a magnetic...
by Charlie Gasmire | Oct 3, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
The airlines are a cool place to be. Or at least that’s what they keep telling me. As a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) I’m chasing the same goal as others: the coveted 1,500 hours to get to the airlines. Time and time again I get asked, “how much do flight...
by Charlie Gasmire | Oct 2, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Anyone who is interested in aviation has noticed that most commercially produced aircraft have a very similar architecture. Although powered flight has been through many extraordinary changes in the past century, many of the basic structural characteristics remain...
by Charlie Gasmire | Sep 23, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Standard pressure is 1013.25 hectopascals (hPa) which is equivalent to 29.92 inches of mercury (Hg). This setting is equivalent to the atmospheric pressure at mean sea level (MSL). Pressure altitude is primarily used in aircraft-performance calculations and in...
