How to make the most of marginal VFR weather conditions
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Sometimes terrain, icing, lack of instrument rating or proper equipment can make flying on an Instrument Flight Plan (IFR) not an option. But that doesn’t mean you need to cancel a flight, though, just because there’s weather along the route or it’s not perfect VFR. Join Matt Guthmiller in a segment from Sporty’s Aviation Weather Course – A Pilot’s Guide, to learn how to plan and fly in these conditions while remaining in VFR conditions from takeoff to touchdown.
Aviation Weather – A Pilot’s Guide is available on Sporty’s Pilot Training platform and includes online access, iPad/iPhone, Android, RokuTV, FireTV and AppleTV apps.
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As Sporty’s lead aviation course and video producer, Bret is usually flying an interesting airplane, and often with a camera rolling. He oversees the development, production and distribution of over 30 aviation courses from Sporty's, including the Private Pilot Learn to Fly Course. He is a flight instructor and check airman at the Sporty's Academy flight school and a senior captain on a Cessna Citation.
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