Today Aircraft Engines used are categorized mainly as two types. Reciprocating/Piston Engine. Gas Turbine Engine. Let’s start with small air crafts first. The most economical and reliable type for General Aviation aircraft is Piston Engine. Do you know the principle of these Engines? Well, the basic theory applies to this…
Red, Blue, Green, Amber, and White lights are the colored lights around any airport and pilots use them daily basis flying from one airport to another. It is absolutely crucial for pilots to know the meaning of lights during especially landing in low visibility. Airports lights are standard all around…
Holding is a predetermined racetrack pattern maneuver that is performed within any airspace when instructed by ATC for further clearance, especially to land. Holing patterns are basically a delaying tactic for Aircraft in any airspace where certain aircraft are sequenced for landing by the ATC. The reason behind holding could…
For beginner pilots, airspace may seem a very complicated topic because to become a good pilot, you need to understand the rules in the sky in a different kinds of Airspace. What do we understand by Airspace? Airspace is simply a part of the atmosphere which is controlled by a…
VOR stands for Very High-Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional range. This navigation has been most significant radio navigation system since 1960s. Using VOR, pilots can easily fly from point A to point B or use VOR airways. They still are very useful all over the world for many pilots aside from GPS…
ADF/NDB navigation is one of the oldest system aircraft pilots used in early aircraft during World War I and World War II. It was used for aviation or marine navigational aid earlier time. It used to be called Radio direction finder (RDF). In 1960s RDF had been developed and came up with a…
Today in modern aviation technology, pilots use three common types of weather aids in their flight deck. Onboard/Airborne weather Radar Lighting detector Satellite for weather information In this blog, I will discuss only airborne weather radar. It is a system that can be found pretty much in all sizes of…
ADS-B is the latest airspace surveillance technology in modern Aviation. This system provides an extremely accurate way of tracking aircraft such as its locations and flight paths. This system greatly allows air transportation safer operation, direct flight routes. Most importantly, it can save a lot of money for air operators….
Well, to start with TCAS, It stands for Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. TCAS is simply a USA company (Honeywell/Bendex) and ACAS is ICAO terminology. In modern Aviation today, there are a few systems to alert pilots to avoid conflict from a potential collision among airplanes. The methods are:…
For the beginner pilots, this is a very important topic to understand once they start their flight training. To understand TRUE AIRSPEED: It is the actual speed of the aircraft through airmass. Since you can not actually see the air molecules, you can think of the speed of the airplane…
