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Traffic Pattern

Hi If flying as student pilot traffic pattern practices, and the traffic pattern alt. is 1500′, broken clouds at 1000′, am I as VFR student pilot flying the pattern in these circumstances? Cheers!

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Ridge Not Depicted on Surface Analysis Chart

Any official reason why a trough is depicted but not a ridge? Even the NWS product legend (http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/fntcodes2.shtml) excludes ridges. Just curious.

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OVC0100 ?

Can someone help me to understand this Metar please? 171453Z 15009KT 8SM BKN010 M05/M07 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP142 T10501072 56032 If my home airport is at 980′ how high are the clouds going to be above the...

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Flying in IMC

Inadvertent flight into IMC is a major cause of accidents. I wonder why is it so deadly? Assuming that my airspeed indicator and artificial horizon both work, it shouldn’t be so hard to at least...

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MAP time and threshold

Hello everyone,  I was asked this question recently and I still cannot find an answer, I am hoping I can find it here.  The Question: If you are over the runway threshold at minimums, and your MAP time...

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Pressure Altitude Confusion

Hope you guys can help me out with this one,   Here’s the scenario, im crusing along at 8500ft with an altimeter setting of 30.50. This altimeter setting is above the standard 29.92  When you do the...

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Calm Wind Runway?

In calm wind situations, approaching an uncontrolled airport with no other aircraft reporting on CTAF, which runway should I select that would cause the least safety hazard? Especially at an airport...

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How to tell if there is a clear sky above BKN/OVC

Is it clear skies above BKN/OVC layers unless there is another BKN/OVC layer above that? How would you know how tall the cloud layers were?

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Flight Training below 5 deg F?

The flight school I use discourages flight training when the temperatures go below 5 deg F. They have an engine preheater on the C150 I use, and the concern doesn’t seem to be with starting the engine,...

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how to download from the library

Unable to download the PDF library offerings.  Created an account, still no luck.

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Can you depart VFR if the weather is IMC?

Let’s say I’m departing from a class G airport. The (theoretical) weather is 2 mi and 800′ few clouds, and below 1200′ AGL, I can maintain 1 mi+CoC. Let’s say that I’ll just be staying in the pattern...

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Metar Understanding

Hi everyone my question regards the ending and beginning of precipitation as its listed in a metar. My confusion is the following. If a metar is issued at 1500Z and indicated RAB23 and it is now 1535Z...

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Inadvertent IFR – Fog, or trapped above/under the ceiling / “Scud Running”

Gents, my question concerns the ramifications when weather changes from the reported predictions, and there is no way to avoid at least a bit of IFR. Any weather changed on you, be it fog, or trapped...

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CB or towering cumulus?

as i read CB is the most dangerous cloud for aviation. i want to know why CB is more dangerous than towering cumulus?

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Why is flying with reference to instrument difficult?

Recently I had to explain to a non-pilot friend why I cannot fly in clouds. I mentioned that without instrument training it is hard to fly the airplane with no outside visibility, that clouds can mean...

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Exceeding performance charts

Looking in the Cessna 172S POH I see the performance charts give temperature ranges from 0 to 40 degrees C. If temperature outside exceeds 40C then does it become illegal to takeoff? I would imagine it...

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What happens if lightning hits a GA airplane?

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Crosswind definition

Is wind considered “crosswind” only when it is perpendicular to the flight path or otherwise. Does it have to be perpendicular or it can be a 60 degree angle as well? Just curious. Thanks in advance

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I have problem with managing airspeed when air is turbulent

So I have problem with managing air speed when air is turbulent during landing. I tend to land so fast. Like around 75 knot. I think it’s because I’m scared and nervous so any advice I will really...

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Flying IFR with a CFII

I am a private pilot going for an instrument rating, however, while working on approaches, my instructor has cancelled the approach because of conditions at the airport that are less than VFR. I am...

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