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Aeronautical Decision-Making: A Quick Night Flight With the 3Ps

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Aeronautical decision-making occurs through all stages of flight. This particular situation happened on the initial climb.

While departing from San Carlos Airport (KSQL) in my airplane (N81034) to practice night instrument approaches, CFI Ed1 and I noticed our Vy pitch was 8° instead of the normal 12°.

The plane had not shown any abnormalities in our preflight, run-up, or takeoff checks. And yet, pitch + power ≠ performance.2

Perceiving this issue was the first step in the FAA’s 3P model.

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How to Save Time with Keyboard Text Replacements
avoid writing your address, certificate number, and other data each time you file

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For all it’s usefulness, ForeFlight can be painful when filing flight plans. Every few days, it clears our address, certificate number, and other information.

Fortunately, there’s a easy trick to reduce friction on this and many other online forms: keyboard text replacements.

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