182 PIREP Issues and Automated Ways to Submit PIREPs, FAR 61.57(c) Review: Instrument Currency + GA News

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Summary182 Pilots Reports (PIREPs). What you need to know about PIREPs and issues with them. Also ways to submit PIREPs electronically from the cockpit, including the Aerovie app (now Stratus Insight) and via the aviationweather.gov website. The Virga app lets you share your PIREPS with friends, though they aren’t distributed through the national system. We also review FAR 61.57(c) on Instrument currency.

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Mentioned in the Show magazine.com/charts-plates/ils-on-the-block/">ILS on the Chopping Block - IFR MagazineFAR 61.57(c) Instrument Currency 45h.pdf"> FAA AC00-45H Weather Services 2016 AOPA PIREP Survey 2017 NTSB Special Investigation Report (PIREPS) 2020 AOPA Weather Survey FAA’s Pilot Reports (PIREPs) Summit NASA ASRS Report on PIREPS AOPA ASI PIREP Course Appareo Stratus Insight EFB Aviationweather.gov PIREP Entry Access Request Fly Virga PIREP App

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