Whether as a passenger on an airliner, or a student pilot in the cockpit, you’ve probably noticed rolling onto the beginning of a runway very large numbers and maybe even a letter painted onto the...
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Airport identification codes are assigned according to a wide variety of standards, and in some cases, those standards even seem inconsistent. There are three letter / number codes, four letter /...
If you’re lucky enough to be flying with an autopilot, or if you’re dreaming about one day having an autopilot, then the term “flight director” is probably going to be in your vocabulary at...
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...
The Cessna 172 in one guise or another appears in nearly every pilot’s logbook over the course of their flying career, and there are good reasons for that. The humble 172 makes for a good...
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...