Great question! The immediate priority is safety and to exit IMC or mountainous terrain as quickly and safely as possible. Consider turning around to get out of the mountains or changing your course to a safer direction if you know one exists. Obviously if you have a back up altimeter, check that. Otherwise: Air Traffic Control (ATC): If you are in contact with ATC, they can provide you with radar-based altitude readings. Inform them of your situation immediately and request assistance. Rate of Climb Indicator (VSI): Even though it doesn’t give you absolute altitude, you can gauge your climb or descent rate with the Vertical Speed Indicator. If you knew your last known altitude before the altimeter failed, you could use the VSI to estimate your altitude changes.

@@FlexAirFlightSchool Much, much simpler: On your airspeed indicator you read out a good approximation of CAS. You can determine your true airspeed with a short turn with a bank angle of 20 degrees. In 10 seconds you read out the heading change, divide it by ten, and obtain your exact rate of turn in degrees per second. You divide 400 by this value and obtain your true airspeed in knots, exactly. The you divide this TAS by the IAS and get what is called RDR, example the RDR is 1.200 then you look up the memorized table below. RDR ( = root density ratio) 1.2 corresponds to 12000 feet if the temperature outside is - 9°C, approximately if not. Altitude. RDR. temp 0. 1.0 15 3000. 1.05. 9 6000. 1.1 3 9000. 1.15 - 3 12000. 1.200 - 9 15000. 1.26 - 15 18000 1.32. - 21 21800. 1.414 = √2 Sea level: density 1.225 kg/m³ RDR = √ (1.225/ dens) The table is slightly rounded for ease of memorization Try it out . The values on the table you will find on the inner scale of your circular flight computer

@@FlexAirFlightSchool Well it is simple, so simple that only a child can do it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DfCJgC2zezw.html It was easy for me , I flew Militar 009 (zero zero nueve) president García Mesa's Pilatus turbo porter to the huge Bolivian salt lake , Salar de Uyuni , a dry lake at an elevation of 12001 ft, normally cold at night where it is ~ -9C. It is extremely important to hammer students that altitude is NOT elevation and altitude is only the calibrated read out of all altimeters when the atmosphere model is the International standard altitude, where the temperature is defined as follows 15C at mean sea level pressure 1013.25 hectopascal .( The old millibar) , the temperature decreasing at 6.5 C per 1000 meters altitude increase, up to 11000 m and constant there after. Ignoring this fact caused multiple fatal accidents . Some , I ended up having to investigate. The digit 12 is common , where in the pre Spaniard aymara language the counting was the duodecimal system, not base 8, not base 10 but base 12 .

@@FlexAirFlightSchool You know the rule when flying from high to low look out below. I must supplement it with: and windy. Can you explain why?

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Thanks so much! Let us know if we can help you in anyway!

Thanks!

@@FlexAirFlightSchool I'm a pilot on Antonov Aircraft from Bahrain 🇧🇭

Fantastic. I hope your enjoying it!

That's great to hear! Send him this link: goflexair.com/skillbridge and we'd be happy to answer any questions.

@@FlexAirFlightSchool Will do and I shall inquire too!

Doesnt the Montgomery GI Bill allow for pay towards flight hours?

@@leithmcguire7995 Both Montgomery and Post allow it but its got a lot of stipulations.

Like few months ago India plan fly like catalog and engine off,and get to ground 😢😢😢...how will pilot pay for such tragedy

Any properly licensed flight school will have insurance.

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Just checking in to see how your progress is coming along.

Hello and thank you for checking in. My commercial written is completed and my commercial checkride will be at the end if this month. Multi will be completed right after as I’m anticipating a couple of weeks for that but as of now 547TT.

@@earnedwings5206 That's great! So glad to hear it! Good luck on the check ride. Are you planing on going ATP? If so what's you you plan for building hours?

@@FlexAirFlightSchool Thank you very much! Yes I will be pursuing my ATP and the plan at this point is to continue flying my Cherokee 180 and try to find a low time job with maybe a Tradewinds type of 135 company or Pipeline.

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@@FlexAirFlightSchool any in Singapore?

@@kevinliau7479 We don't currently have an training out of the US, but after training you can be based anywhere.

what's the real story homie?

Do you want to see inside his nostrils? It was a live video which normally has low quality. Not a big deal.

Thanks, let us know what else we can do to help!

Thanks for the kind words, really glad it was of value to you!

I know it's been a while, but if you have questions, set up meeting and our counselors can answer any questions. goflexair.com/

@flexair434 Thanks, but it may be a few years before I am financially confident to enter the industry. So you guys may not hear from me for a long while

@@cryptonyzer8699 Just let us know, it really is a great career, and pays very well, but training is expensive. There are financing options if available: goflexair.com/financing/

Just wanted to check in and see how it is going?

@@FlexAirFlightSchool I’ve recently started studying to retake the commercial written, since mine expired. After I finish that, I’m hoping to get back up in the air. It’s difficult to plan training with my crazy work schedule (being away from home a lot).

If you use the linnk in the description you'll match with one of our coaches that can help give some guidance :)

@VeteranPilot Would love to chat! How can I contact you?