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Quiz: Flying Skills and Fundamentals

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Instrument flying requires more than following a course or maintaining an assigned altitude. Pilots must interpret instrument indications, recognize unusual attitudes, manage changing conditions, and maintain control of the aircraft when things don't go as planned.

Behind the MVA

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ATC has a minimum altitude that you won’t find on your charts, and it can explain why you can’t always get the altitude you want.

Webinar Video: Beyond the Buttons — Mastering Your Modern Autopilot

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Join PilotWorkshops’ Ryan Koch for Beyond the Buttons: Mastering Your Modern Autopilot, a webinar exploring the habits pilots need to get more from today’s autopilots, stay ahead of changing modes, and recognize when the system isn’t doing what they intended.

Practical IFR: Activate in the Air

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Getting an IFR clearance from a busy ATC facility can be a challenge when your departure runway points toward a major airport. Jeff Van West explores two alternatives for pilots departing Linden Airport under New York’s Class B airspace—and explains why one may work even when the weather rules out a typical VFR departure.

Video Tip: Visual Descent Points

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Visual Descent Points, or VDPs, help pilots determine when they can begin a normal descent from the minimum descent altitude on a nonprecision approach. In this video tip, we’ll look at how to identify a VDP on an approach chart, when to begin the descent, and why the VDP is different from the missed approach point.

Webinar Video: What’s New With ForeFlight

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Join Thomas Daugherty, Head of ForeFlight Training Solutions, for a look at the latest updates to ForeFlight, including ClearNOTAMs and Mobile Clearance Delivery, along with new safety features such as Emergency Glide.

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