VFR checkpoints

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Traffic Pattern Jun 4, 2026

Picking your VFR checkpoints and the landmarks that disappear at altitude

Learn how to pick VFR checkpoints that actually work from the air, not just on a sectional chart.

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Traffic Pattern May 4, 2026

Picking your checkpoints and why the water tower that looks perfect on the sectional disappears at four thousand five hundred feet

Learn how to pick VFR cross-country checkpoints that are actually visible from cruise altitude instead of landmarks that disappear.

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