Getty Images. By Scottie Andrew. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Detailed Chart Legends The legends that appear when clicking on the "Complete Legend" link at the bottom of most weather charts, have been updated to include all symbols that appear on the given chart. Hovering over, or clicking on, any of the displayed routes will display the route ID. Hovering over any of the displayed areas will display the area's ID.
Clicking on the any of the areas will display the area's ID and the upper and lower altitude limits of the area. Sunrise and Sunset Times The ICAO Flight Plan form now displays the sunrise and sunset times below the departure and destination fields, when the fields are populated with valid values. Release: December This tool provides the pilot with a quick visual summary of adverse conditions along the proposed route of flight at the proposed departure time. This graphic will also be included at the beginning of flight plan briefings.
Website Redesign The layout of the website landing page and the main menu has updated to allow more efficient access to all flight service capabilities and to maximize the size of the interactive map display. The system now also allows both parties to disable sharing between accounts. Release: September You may access LAK opening the layer control and then selecting Other at the top of the dialog.
LAK includes general information including topography and aviation hazards, procedural information such as FAA regulations, seasonal weather patterns, and radio frequencies. Selecting one or more of these layers displays those features on the map. Hover over the feature to get a short description, or click on the feature to get a pop-up dialog containing more detailed information.
Select a specific type of frequency you are looking for and those will be displayed on the map. This page describes the procedure you must follow to allow third party service providers to perform actions on your behalf. Linking your Flight Service account to an authorized vendor will enhance the services you receive. Freezing Level Lines The appearance of the freezing level lines has been reduced on the interactive weather map, however they are still selectable with the pilot's mouse Pilot Web or finger Mobile Web.
Long Push vs Click The pilot can now view the details of map elements on the interactive weather map with a click, and manipulate the route using a click-drag, and find nearby objects with a long push. Pilot Dashboard Charts The Pilot Dashboard will now display a snapshot of your last interactive weather map layer selections.
Additionally, the selection of your favorite charts and graphics has been simplified and their display still allows up to four charts using scroll arrows. Mobile Website Graphical Checklists Graphical Checklists Added the ability to define checklists of the various weather product layers you wish to view on the interface weather map. As you step through your checklist, only those phenomena that intersect your route corridor are displayed, and the system records which product layers you have viewed.
Your checklist preferences will be saved on a per aircraft basis. This powerful new capability makes the route planning and briefing process more streamlined. Release: January NGBv2 will be available on the desktop website, mobile website, via e-mail, and via 3rd party providers. The content of the briefings remain the same; however, the briefing layout is modified creating an enhanced user experience. NGBv2 will be available as a web or PDF briefing, and the current web briefing will continue to be a supported option on the desktop website.
A new briefing customization dialog is presented when route or area briefing is requested. This change supports the following goals: Improve navigation of the briefing Get NGB content to more pilots e. Graphical Flight Planning Pilots can use the mobile website interactive weather map to enter and display their planned route of flight.
Pilots can also modify the route graphically e. Release: October Use the same control on the lower left to animate the selected product's display. The issue with this current paradigm is that we are unable to create a full and accurate picture of all UAS operations. Release: July Graphical Checklists Added the ability to define checklists of the various weather product layers you wish to view on the interface weather map. This powerful new capability makes the route planning and briefing process more stream lined.
Weather Chart Enhancements The weather chart viewer has been enhanced with updates to chart selection controls and links to more detailed chart legends. Area Briefing Preferences For consistency with the Standard Brief page, a Gear icon has been added to the Area Brief page that allows you to select briefing products to include in the briefing and to set the default briefing radius. These changes allow you to configure which types of Alerts to receive and when to receive them.
Release: May Reorganization of the Weather Page Pilots will now experience the simplified organization of the Weather Chart page, requiring fewer clicks to access desired products. Additionally, the updated Weather Chart page only includes those products not available through our new interactive weather map interface.
Graphical Flight Planning Pilots will be able to use the new interactive weather map to enter and display their planned route of flight. Updated Airport Information Pages Pilots will now experience a more user friendly presentation of airport information. Pre-Flight Briefing Confirmation Email Pilots may now register to receive an email message containing a summary of their pre-flight interactions with Leidos Flight Services, including those performed over the phone, the website, third party applications, and the soon to be available Mobile Website, new voice app, text messaging service.
EasyClose for Overdue Flight Plans Pilots will be able to use either email or text messaging interfaces to close flight plans, even when they are overdue, by being entering their arrival location when prompted. Pilots can select background charts and weather products including radar and satellite imagery. Additionally, pilots will be able to use controls to filter the weather products by altitude and forecast time.
Mobile Friendly Website A mobile version of the website has been deployed, which provides many of the same capabilities as this website but optimized for mobile devices.
This includes creating and managing favorite ICAO flight plans from the main desktop website. Mobile: Graphics and Weather Charts The mobile website provides access to the new interactive graphics as well as weather charts.
Pilots can request data for multiple airports at one time. And when logged in, you can receive data for your favorite airports.
This content is recorded and can be used to provide confirmation that you received the most up-to-date adverse conditions for your flight. Release: February Weather Chart Enhancements Improvements have been made to the weather chart viewer, including updates to chart selection controls and links to more detailed chart legends.
Otherwise the local time zone is used as the default. Relative Departure Time Entry A pilot will have the option to enter departure time as 1 to minutes in the future. Full Weather Brief Regardless of Departure Time A pilot will have the option to request a full weather briefing even if the planned departure is more than 6 hours in the future.
Foreign Airspace Warning Message The foreign airspace warning message will only be displayed for flights to or from foreign airports. We plan to extend this to other briefing products in the near future. Home Page Update The website's landing page has been updated to provide a more concise and user friendly experience.
Release: November Release: August The Pilot Web EasyCloseTM capability now requires the user to enter a location of three or more alphanumeric characters upon closing the flight plan similar to Pilot Web.
A lack of response from the system may indicate an intermittent service outage. NOTE: Standard carrier text message rates may apply. If You are in such situation, list all your equipment with the letters given below. Here insert one or two of the following letters to describe the serviceable SSR equipment carried:.
If the name of the departure point is not listed in any aeronautical publication, to indicate it in Item 18 use:. This is the most complex item. It contains very important information from the point of view of ATS therefore a careful and correct completion of this field is required.
Mistakes in this field may be an indirect reason for such hazardous occurrences as airspace infringement. Insert the true airspeed for the first or the whole cruising portion of the flight, in terms of:. There is also an option to indicate speed as Mach number but as it is not used by GA no details will be provided.
Insert the planned cruising level for the first or the whole portion of the route to be flown, in terms of:. When flight crew are confronted with an emergency or abnormal situation whilst in flight, they normally prioritise their immediate actions in the following order:. This not only includes the flying of the aircraft but also the completion of checklist drills.
The safe flight path may even include the initiation of a controlled rapid descent.
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