Logging Time, Checkride Tips & Pilot Questions
Description
In this episode, we celebrate new pilot certifications 🎉, tackle common logbook questions 📘, explain how ForeFlight sources winds aloft 🌬, and clarify cross-country time rules 🗺. We also walk through a real listener landing scenario at KVNY 🛬, give a quick weather symbol refresher 🌦, cover what to do if ADS-B is inoperative 📡, and answer listener questions ❓. Stick around to the end for shout-outs and closing notes!
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⏰ Chapters
00:00 🎙 Episode Introduction & Shout-outs
02:16 🎉 Celebrating New Pilot Certifications
03:42 📘 Logging PIC Time: Common Questions
06:22 🌬 How ForeFlight Sources Altitude Winds
09:44 🗺 Who Can Log Cross-Country Time
18:42 🛬 Listener Landing Scenario at KVNY
24:27 🌦 Quick Refresher on Weather Symbols
26:40 📡 ADS-B Inop
30:30 ❓ Q & A
➤ Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/46zt3N8ckx
➤ FAA ADS-B Deviation Tool: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/equipadsb/adapt
➤ UND Magneto Trainer: https://aero.und.edu/aviation/current-students/trainers.html
➤ ForeFlight Winds Aloft Article: https://support.foreflight.com/hc/en-us/articles/203313449-How-are-winds-aloft-used-in-NavLog-calculations
➤ FAA Legal Interpretations (Gebhart, Hillard):
Gebhart:
https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FAA000000000LEGALINTPR2009024PDF.0001
Hillard:
https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FAA000000000LEGALINTPR2009033PDF.0001
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