• safety pilot is used during pilot training. During training for instrument flight under visual meteorological conditions, a safety pilot is a pilot who...
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    pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits. Pilot-operated relief valves are a specialized type of pressure safety valve. A leak tight, lower cost, single...
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    The pilot in command (PIC) of an aircraft is the person aboard an aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This...
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    Suicide by pilot is an aviation event in which a pilot deliberately crashes or attempts to crash an aircraft as a suicide act, with or without the intention...
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    for pilots who are not yet fully qualified. Modern airliners require two pilots. When a junior first officer is undergoing training, a safety pilot will...
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    air safety. Human factors training is available to general aviation pilots and called single pilot resource management training. Failure of the pilots to...
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    airspace under IFR, the ultimate responsibility for the safety of the aircraft rests with the pilot in command, who can refuse clearances. It is essential...
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    view 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport (YG1, US) 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport (rear view) Interior The 2023 Pilot was awarded the "Top Safety Pick +" by the Insurance...
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    Sully Sullenberger (category American glider pilots)
    advocate for aviation safety and helped develop new protocols for flight safety. He served as the co-chairman, along with his co-pilot on Flight 1549, Jeffrey...
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  • examination which one must undergo in the United States to receive an aircraft pilot's certification, or a rating for additional flight privileges. The name refers...
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    flew on September 8, 2004, and made its first autonomous flight (with safety pilot) on October 16, 2004. In April 2006, Boeing used the ULB to demonstrate...
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    six crewmembers on board, while 10 passengers were able to jump to safety. Pilot error was determined as the cause of the accident. 20 November 1988...
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    Airline pilot uniforms Air safety IMSAFE (mnemonic for pilot's fitness to fly) List of aerospace engineers List of aviators Pilot fatigue Pilot logbook...
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    "fail-safe" safety protection. In domestic heating systems with pilot lights, it has been estimated that half of the total energy usage is from the pilot light...
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    both the pilot and copilot were asleep. Both of them woke up later and landed the plane without incident. Effects of fatigue on safety Pilot error Aviation...
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    from USAF fact sheet AerospaceWeb General characteristics Crew: 2 (pilot and safety pilot) Length: 48 ft 7 in (14.8 m) Wingspan: 32 ft 2 in (9.8 m) Height:...
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    PORV are also called pilot-operated safety valve (POSV), pilot-operated pressure relief valve (POPRV), or pilot-operated safety relief valve (POSRV),...
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    flight instructor. Instrument-rated pilots also use view-limiting devices supervised by an instructor or a safety pilot to practise instrument flight and...
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  • Landsberg, Bruce (February 1, 2009). "Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: The Day the Music Died". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Retrieved 11 February...
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  • compromise training in two safety-critical ways: It can distract the pilot during training sessions. It can cause the pilot to adopt certain counterproductive...
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    situational stress in the workplace, inducing pilot error which may result in a threat to flight safety. While aircraft accidents are infrequent, they...
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  • Controller–pilot data link communications (CPDLC), also referred to as controller pilot data link (CPDL), is a method by which air traffic controllers...
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    Colgan Air Flight 3407 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error)
    Safety Board conducted the accident investigation and published a final report on February 2, 2010 that identified the probable cause as the pilots'...
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    through 1963. PLAAF as a whole stagnated, in metrics such as flight safety, pilot education, training, and strategic planning. However, flight hours recovered...
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    A maritime pilot, marine pilot, harbor pilot, port pilot, ship pilot, or simply pilot, is a mariner who has specific knowledge of an often dangerous or...
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    News, Virginia. Anyadike was accompanied by an adult safety pilot, and by a retired Air Force pilot who had served with the WWII Tuskegee Airmen. Her plane...
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  • obstacle or terrain within a defined safety buffer region around a particular route that a pilot might fly. The safety buffer allows for errors in the air...
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    air combat manoeuvring. The team consists of a demonstration pilot, three safety pilots, eight technicians (two teams of four, each servicing demonstrations...
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    returned to service as a pilot, Haynes retired from United Airlines in 1991, and subsequently became a public speaker for aviation safety. Al Haynes was born...
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    be given by a "safety pilot". A safety pilot can only be used to help maintain instrument proficiency with an instrument-rated pilot by flying the required...
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