LVTO stands for low visibility take off and I am sure you notice that from the picture. This is a shot from the cockpit looking through the heads up display down the runway as we line up for takeoff. Visibility was about an 1/8 mile. The LVTO procedure allows you to use the runway localizer [...]
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So what is LVTO?
May 20th, 2011 
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Posted in Flying, Uncategorized 
Tags: HUD display, IFR, instrument flying, low visibility takeoffs 
No Comments »The truth about crew rest.
December 15th, 2010 junkie Pilots that fly for a living are supposed to get the FAA minimum rest period of eight hours after their work day. This varies with the amount of time on duty, but the minimum is eight hours. So here is what happens, the crew flies all day and then has the minimum eight hour duty [...]
The Pilots secret agenda
December 7th, 2010 junkie I am a pilot and when I am at work I have an agenda. It is not anything that I broadcast or announce to my passengers. Its more of a theme, something I live by. I do share it with my crew and I find that I have about a 100% agreement rate with it. [...]
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December 7th, 2010 junkie 17 Pilots blog post and review
November 15th, 2010 junkie Yesterday I saw this interesting article on Yahoo news. I could not resist adding it to the site with a few comments that I feel are missing. So we are reprinting it and adding our comments in bold italics. The original article stated they asked 17 different pilots, but there is really not 17 different [...]
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October 25th, 2010 junkie 
