OPS: Episode 5: Digital Flight Planning: Autorouter & SkyDemon
This episode highlights the indispensable role of digital tools like Autorouter and SkyDemon for comprehensive IFR flight planning in Europe, emphasizing their efficiency, safety enhancements, and the...
10 Mar 4min
NAV: Episode 22: Currency & Proficiency: The Lifelong IFR Journey
This concluding episode stresses that obtaining the BIR is just the first step, emphasizing the critical importance of maintaining IFR currency and proficiency well beyond regulatory minimums through ...
10 Mar 4min
NAV: Episode 21: Chart Choices: Jeppesen vs. LIDO for IFR
This episode compares Jeppesen and LIDO aeronautical charts, discussing their distinct characteristics, level of detail, and suitability for various IFR operations, emphasizing the benefits of digital...
10 Mar 4min
NAV: Episode 20: Flight Planning Power-Ups: Autorouter & SkyDemon
We'll showcase the seamless integration of Autorouter for IFR route planning and filing with SkyDemon for in-flight navigation, highlighting how these digital tools enhance efficiency, situational awa...
10 Mar 4min
NAV: Episode 19: Lost Comms & Emergencies: New EASA Rules You Must Know
This episode covers updated EASA Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) for radio communication failure, introducing new transponder codes (7600 for lost comms, 7601 for diverting to VMC) and r...
10 Mar 4min
NAV: Episode 18: Airspace & ATC Demystified: European Rules of the Air
We'll break down the complexities of European airspace classifications (A-G) and essential ATC phraseology, including readbacks and common phrases, to ensure clear and concise communication in control...
10 Mar 4min
NAV: Episode 17: Low Visibility Operations: Taxiing to Takeoff in the Fog
This episode explains Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) at aerodromes, their triggers, and the critical ground operations pilots must adhere to for safe taxiing and takeoff in low visibility conditions.
10 Mar 5min
NAV: Episode 16: Thunderstorm Tactics: Avoiding the Extreme
We'll detail the extreme hazards posed by thunderstorms (turbulence, icing, hail, lightning, microbursts) and outline comprehensive avoidance strategies for pre-flight and in-flight, including critica...
10 Mar 3min
