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Icebergs in the Sky
I recently gave a presentation at the Piper M-Class Owner’s and Pilot’s Association (PMOPA) East Coast Regional Seminar at the beautiful Greenbrier Resort in White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia on Icing. It’s that time of year in the US where Icing becomes a much more relevant topic for pilots, especially pretty much anywhere outside Texas…
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Using the Flight Director as a Resource
A lot of general aviation pilots don’t know what a flight director is, let alone how to use it. Most of us received our instrument training on either steam gauges without a flight director, or a glass panel with not autopilot (hence no flight director). Or, your CFII didn’t know how to utilize the flight…
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Connecting a Garmin Flight Stream to an iPad
It’s time to pick up your airplane with its new modern avionics package. The plane has been at the avionics shop for 3 months getting upgraded from all the old steam gauges, the trusty Garmin 530W, and the ancient autopilot that didn’t fly a glideslope well for the last 10 years. You’ve seen pictures of…
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Do LP Approaches Leave You Scratching Your Head?
We live in a day and age of amazing aviation technology. 20 years ago, GPS was brand new to the GA marketplace and Avidyne had a cutting edge full glass panel running on Windows ’98 technology. Garmin was still a year out from debuting the G1000. Fast forward to 2023. We have GPS approaches that…
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Did I Turn Too Early?
The autopilot is a great tool for pilots. It’s vital for a pilot to fully understand the autopilot in his/her airplane, what it’s there for, and how to work it. We at The Aviator’s Academy see lots of pilots struggling with what button to push or experience confusion when the autopilot is doing something unexpected…