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  What Happens If You Go Around After The Missed Approach Point On An Instrument Approach?

  In partnership with Lightspeed

  You've been cleared for the ILS and break out of the clouds around 500 feet. As you begin your flare, traffic crosses the runway ahead of you. You initiate a go-around, but now you're beyond the missed approach point (MAP). Now what?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 12/19/2024
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  Is Flying Through Snow Considered 'Known Icing'?

  In partnership with AOPA

  Does snow really count as "known icing conditions?" We talked to the Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City to find out more. Here's what we found...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 12/07/2024
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  What Is A Clearance Void Time?

  Have you ever heard "clearance void if not off by 1235 Zulu?" It all comes down to one-in, one-out rules for ATC managing IFR traffic at non-towered airports.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 12/05/2024
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  Three Ways To Preheat Your Airplane This Winter

  In partnership with Lightspeed

  It's always a good idea to preheat your plane before you head out for a flight on a cold winter day. But how should you preheat your plane? And when should you do it?

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 11/28/2024

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  Frost Contributes To Cessna 172 Takeoff Accident

  In partnership with AOPA

  It's rare to see a takeoff accident where frost is the only contributing factor.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/26/2024
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  Pilot Stalls In Icing Conditions And Recovers Below The Minimum IFR Altitude

  Icing conditions can rapidly deteriorate your performance in a piston aircraft. Here's what happened to one pilot in an IMC flight over mountainous terrain.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/16/2024
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  What Makes An Instrument Approach Unstable?

  In partnership with AssuredPartners

  Unstabilized approaches are one of the leading causes of accidents on landing.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 11/14/2024
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  Floating Down The Runway? Here's How To Fix It.

  It's frustrating to watch stripe after stripe pass underneath your nose, well past where you planned to touch down. Worse yet, your airspeed just isn't bleeding off.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/12/2024
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  Would You Go? MVFR Conditions With A Chance For Icing

  Making go/no-go decisions isn't always easy, especially when it comes to cold weather and IFR flying.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/09/2024

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  How Freezing Rain, Freezing Drizzle, And Freezing Fog Form

  At the surface, freezing drizzle might seem like just a smaller version of freezing rain. While this may be true in some ways, the process that forms each is different.

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  • Nicolas Shelton
  • 11/05/2024
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  Pilots Receive ATC Low Altitude Alert From The Wrong Altimeter Setting

  In partnership with Lightspeed

  A student and instructor received a "low altitude alert" from ATC after forgetting to reset their altimeter before an instrument approach.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 10/29/2024
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  The Dangers Of Mountain Wave, And How To Avoid It

  Trapped lee waves propagate out horizontally, and they can extend hundreds of miles downwind of the mountain barrier that creates them. Here's how they form, and how you can avoid them.

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 10/10/2024
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  Nighttime Crash Highlights The Dangers of Disorientation

  In partnership with AssuredPartners

  But unless you fly frequently at night in dimly lit areas, it's hard to truly grasp how disorienting total darkness can be.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 10/08/2024
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  What's Your Limit For Landing In Gusty Winds?

  Just like strong crosswinds or low clouds, you should have personal limitations for gust factor when you're approaching your destination.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 09/26/2024
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  Mountain Wave Turbulence: Where You Find It, And How To Avoid It

  There are two primary types of mountain waves: trapped lee waves, and vertically propagating waves. In this article, we'll focus on trapped lee waves, and the types of turbulence you can expect flying through them.

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  • Corey Komarec
  • 09/19/2024