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5 days ago · by Adrian A. Eichhorn Reprinted with permission from FAA Aviation News. Editor's Note: Sometimes the simplest word can have a profound impact in the lives of pilots. NIGHT is one such word. The following nighttime safety tips provided by Adrian Eichhorn highlight the importance of the word N.I.G.H.T.
May 7, 2024 · Altimeters measure height above particular pressure levels. To do this, they compare the pressure of outside static air to the standard pressure of 29.92" Hg of air at sea level. Air is denser at sea level than aloft, so pressure decreases as altitude increases (and vice versa). In most flights below FL180, your goal is to set your altimeter so ...
May 8, 2024 · Mastering Night Flying: Essential Tips for Safe and Confident Aviation During Night Operations. Night flying brings a unique set of challenges and opportunities for pilots, requiring heightened skills and awareness to navigate safely through the darkness.
6 days ago · Avoiding terrain at night is easier if you use the altitudes shown on VFR charts as part of your preflight planning. Review the maximum elevation figures (MEF) shown in quadrangles bounded by ticked lines of latitude and longitude and represented in thousands and hundreds of feet above mean sea level (MSL). MEFs are determined by rounding the ...
May 4, 2024 · If you ever fly at night, you should know about this dangerous illusion. Somatogravic illusions occur during rapid acceleration and deceleration in flight. This illusion usually happens when there's limited exterior visibility, and you react to body senses over actual flight instrument readings.
May 11, 2024 · Failures of the aircraft’s lights are difficult to detect during the daylight hours, giving rise to the old joke that landing lights only fail at night. At night, light failures are easily detected as there is no immediate darkness abatement when the light switch is selected.
May 8, 2024 · For example, if a building is at 200 feet MSL, that means that the building is 200 feet above mean sea level. This does not necessarily mean that the building is 200 feet tall, however—a building could be 50 feet tall (or 50 feet AGL), and at the same time 200 feet MSL because the land it is on is located 150 feet above mean sea level.
