Wake turbulence is a serious threat to aircraft of all sizes. One of the most common places to find wake turbulence is at busy airports, especially during big airline pushes. It is vital to avoid the swirling vortices behind that fat Airbus on short final and we’ve all be trained on the proper avoidance technique, but how do we implement it? Read more…
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Mental Math: Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit
As aviators, we are particularly concerned with temperature. We monitor our EGT or ITT, CHT, OAT, TAT, or SAT. Most of the time we deal with this alphabet soup of temperatures in terms of degrees Celsius. Most Americans however, still think in terms of degrees Fahrenheit. We need a simple method to convert degrees Celsius from the ATIS report to degrees Fahrenheit. Read more…
How to Compute Your Reciprocal Heading
“Twin Cessna 543MT, fly present heading, join the Graham 230 radial direct Graham.”
In order to fly the 230 radial inbound, you will need to tune your CDI needle to the opposite of 230°.¹ How do you compute the opposite heading? Read on. Read more…
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