[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":443},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-\u002Fguide\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002F":3,"guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002F":428},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":403,"dateModified":404,"description":405,"draft":406,"extension":407,"faqs":404,"howTo":408,"keyTakeaways":415,"meta":420,"metaDescription":404,"navigation":421,"order":422,"path":423,"section":424,"seo":425,"stem":426,"__hash__":427},"guide\u002Fguide\u002Flearn-and-reference.md","Learn & Reference","1.0.0",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":393},"minimark",[10,30,35,50,59,82,86,89,174,181,186,197,202,210,221,223,258,263,275,280,283,298,303,314,319,330,342,346,354,358],[11,12,13,14,17,18,21,22,25,26,29],"p",{},"Most of Pilot EFB shows you data. ",[15,16,5],"strong",{}," is the part\nthat teaches you to read it. It is one quiet hub holding three kinds of\ncontent: narrative ",[15,19,20],{},"guides"," (the app's name for its reference\narticles - decoding weather, reading NOTAMs, descent geometry and so\non), a shelf of ",[15,23,24],{},"quick-reference"," lookups you can read in seconds,\nand the ",[15,27,28],{},"Tutorial & how-tos"," hub that walks the app itself,\nfeature by feature. All of it ships inside the app, works offline, and\nis free.",[31,32,34],"h2",{"id":33},"where-it-lives","Where it lives",[11,36,37,38,41,42,45,46,49],{},"Learn does not sit in the bottom tab bar - it is a destination you jump\nto. The doorways: ",[15,39,40],{},"Settings"," carries a Learn & Reference row in its\nHelp & about group (and the Help & onboarding screen inside it links\nboth the hub and the tutorial); the ",[15,43,44],{},"Tools"," tab carries a Learn &\nReference tile in its Reference & learn section; and Home's ",[15,47,48],{},"Make it\nyours"," checklist offers \"Take the tour\", which lands on the tutorial.\nWherever you enter from, the back button returns you there.",[51,52],"guide-shot",{"alt":53,"caption":54,"height":55,"src":56,"variant":57,"width":58},"The Learn and Reference hub: title Learn and Reference with subtitle Guides, decoders, quick reference, a Search guides and reference box, a Tutorials band holding the How to use Pilot EFB tile marked Step-by-step with live demos, and the top of the Guides band - Decoding weather, Reading NOTAMs, Descent and approach, and Holding patterns tiles","The hub: search at the top, then Tutorials, Guides and Quick reference in three bands.",2622,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Flearn-hub","iphone",1206,[11,60,61,62,65,66,69,70,73,74,81],{},"The hub is a tile grid in three bands - ",[15,63,64],{},"Tutorials",", ",[15,67,68],{},"Guides",",\n",[15,71,72],{},"Quick reference"," - with a search box above them that matches titles,\nsubtitles and hidden keywords. Type \"",[75,76,80],"a",{"href":77,"className":78},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[79],"glossary-link","notam","\" and both the Reading NOTAMs\nguide and the NOTAM Q-codes lookup surface; type \"morse\" and the ident\ndecoder does.",[31,83,85],{"id":84},"the-guides","The guides",[11,87,88],{},"Seven narrative articles, each a plain-English read on something pilots\ndecode or compute every working day:",[90,91,92,111,117,134,140,152,158],"ul",{},[93,94,95,98,99,104,105,110],"li",{},[15,96,97],{},"Decoding weather"," - ",[75,100,103],{"href":101,"className":102},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-metar",[79],"METAR"," and ",[75,106,109],{"href":107,"className":108},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-taf",[79],"TAF"," groups, cloud codes, flight\nrules.",[93,112,113,116],{},[15,114,115],{},"Reading NOTAMs"," - the structure of a notice and its Q-codes.",[93,118,119,122,123,128,129,133],{},[15,120,121],{},"Descent & approach"," - the ",[75,124,127],{"href":125,"className":126},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-3-1-rule",[79],"3:1 rule",", ROD, VDP and cold-temperature\ngeometry the ",[75,130,132],{"href":131},"\u002Fguide\u002Ftools","descent calculators"," compute.",[93,135,136,139],{},[15,137,138],{},"Holding patterns"," - entry sectors, wind correction, timing.",[93,141,142,145,146,151],{},[15,143,144],{},"Reading weather charts"," - satellite, pressure, ",[75,147,150],{"href":148,"className":149},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-sigmet",[79],"SIGMET",", radar and\nmeteogram charts.",[93,153,154,157],{},[15,155,156],{},"Filling a logbook"," - paper columns, times, EASA and FAA\nconventions.",[93,159,160,168,169,173],{},[15,161,162,167],{},[75,163,166],{"href":164,"className":165},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-ftl",[79],"FTL"," rules"," - the same free guide the Duty tab opens; the\n",[75,170,172],{"href":171},"\u002Fguide\u002Fduty-and-ftl","Duty & FTL"," chapter covers it.",[11,175,176,177,180],{},"Open one and it reads like an article, not a manual: a hero card sizes\nit up (\"9 topics · 11 min read\"), an ",[15,178,179],{},"In this guide"," contents card\njumps to any topic or expands them all, and each topic is a collapsible\ncard of short explanations, tables and worked examples.",[51,182],{"alt":183,"caption":184,"height":55,"src":185,"variant":57,"width":58},"The Decoding weather guide opened: breadcrumb Home, Learn, title Decoding weather with subtitle METAR, TAF, flight rules, a hero card titled Reading the weather marked 9 topics, 11 min read with a lead paragraph and the caption Tap any topic, the app always shows the raw report alongside the decode, then the In this guide contents card with an Expand all button and topic rows from What a METAR is to Temperature, dew point and pressure","A guide opens like an article: reading time up front, contents card, tap any topic.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Fguide-weather",[11,187,188,189,192,193,196],{},"Two habits make the guides trustworthy rather than just readable.\nFirst, ",[15,190,191],{},"worked examples",": a real-shaped raw report sits beside its\nplain-English reading, so you practise on the format you will actually\nmeet. Second, ",[15,194,195],{},"source chips",": topics carry the convention's origin on\nthe card - ICAO Annex 3, WMO No. 306 and so on - so a guide never asks\nyou to take a code's meaning on faith.",[51,198],{"alt":199,"caption":200,"height":55,"src":201,"variant":57,"width":58},"Inside the Decoding weather guide: the end of the METAR field table showing the optional trend group, a worked example decoding an EGLL METAR into plain English, a note reading The app always shows you the raw coded text alongside the decode, the decode supplements the raw report, it never replaces it, if the two ever disagree trust the raw text and the issuing authority - then the collapsed Reading the cloud groups topic carrying an ICAO Annex 3 source chip","Worked examples, source chips - and the standing rule: the raw text is the authority.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Fguide-weather-topics",[203,204,207],"callout",{"title":205,"type":206},"Educational, not operational","warning",[11,208,209],{},"The guides restate published conventions to help you read your own\ndata - they are not operational guidance, and each one carries its own\nframing on screen. The weather guide's note says it plainly: \"The\ndecode supplements the raw report - it never replaces it. If the two\never disagree, trust the raw text and the issuing authority.\" The\nlogbook guide opens with \"General guidance only - your authority's\nrules and your operator's procedures always take precedence.\"",[11,211,212,213,216,217,173],{},"One deliberate absence: the ",[15,214,215],{},"\"Using Flight Brief\""," guide is not on\nthis shelf - it lives in the Brief tab itself, behind the info button\nin the Brief header, where the confusion it answers actually happens.\nThe ",[75,218,220],{"href":219},"\u002Fguide\u002Fbrief","Brief",[31,222,72],{"id":24},[11,224,225,226,229,230,65,233,236,237,240,241,65,244,65,247,104,254,257],{},"Eight lookup screens for the things you know but want to check:\n",[15,227,228],{},"Phonetic"," (NATO alphabet), ",[15,231,232],{},"Squawk codes",[15,234,235],{},"Compass rose","\n(reciprocal headings), ",[15,238,239],{},"Morse code"," (a VOR\u002FNDB ident decoder),\n",[15,242,243],{},"Light-gun signals",[15,245,246],{},"SID \u002F STAR",[15,248,249],{},[75,250,253],{"href":251,"className":252},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-wake-turbulence",[79],"Wake turbulence",[15,255,256],{},"NOTAM\nQ-codes",". Each is a single screen built to be read at a glance, from\nbundled data, offline.",[51,259],{"alt":260,"caption":261,"height":55,"src":262,"variant":57,"width":58},"The Quick reference band of the Learn hub: eight lookup tiles - Phonetic NATO alphabet, Squawk codes transponder reference, Compass rose reciprocal headings, Morse code VOR and NDB ident decoder, Light-gun signals ATC visual signals, SID STAR procedures reference, Wake turbulence ICAO categories and separation, and NOTAM Q-codes subject and condition lookup","The Quick reference shelf: eight lookups, each one screen, all offline.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Flearn-reference",[11,264,265,266],{},"The lookups are as honest as the guides. Squawk codes, for example,\ngroups its codes by severity and labels each one's jurisdiction -\nICAO, SERA, US - because the same four digits do not mean the same\nthing everywhere, and the screen says so up front, verbatim:\n",[15,267,268,269,274],{},"\"Reference only - verify current regional codes via official ",[75,270,273],{"href":271,"className":272},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-aip",[79],"AIP",".\"",[51,276],{"alt":277,"caption":278,"height":55,"src":279,"variant":57,"width":58},"The Squawk codes quick reference: a Reference only card reading Reference only, verify current regional codes via official AIP, then the Critical band - a 7700 card labelled ICAO general emergency, a 7600 card labelled ICAO radio comm failure, and the top of the 7500 card, each tagged Emergency with a plain-English description","Lookups carry their framing on screen: jurisdiction labels, and verify via official AIP.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Freference-squawk",[31,281,28],{"id":282},"tutorial-how-tos",[11,284,285,286,289,290,293,294,297],{},"The Tutorials band's one tile, ",[15,287,288],{},"How to use Pilot EFB",", opens the\napp's own manual: one how-to per feature area, split into the five\n",[15,291,292],{},"Core modules"," (Home dashboard, Weather briefing, Duty and FTL,\nLogbook, Tools) covered in depth, and ",[15,295,296],{},"Everything else"," covered\nbriefly. The header counts your progress through the core five, opened\nentries keep a viewed tick, and the search box filters the lot. You\nwill also meet this hub from Settings > Help & onboarding - it is the\nsame screen.",[51,299],{"alt":300,"caption":301,"height":55,"src":302,"variant":57,"width":58},"The Tutorial and Help hub: breadcrumb Home, Learn, subtitle 0 of 5 core modules viewed, a Search how-tos box, and the Core modules band - Home dashboard, Weather briefing, Duty and FTL, Logbook and Tools tiles - with the Everything else band beginning below","The app's own manual: five core modules in depth, everything else in brief.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Ftutorial-hub",[11,304,305,306,309,310,313],{},"Every how-to follows the same honest shape: a plain-English \"what this\nis\" intro, a ",[15,307,308],{},"Where to find it"," line naming the real doorway, and\nnumbered steps that use the actual labels on the actual screens. A\n",[15,311,312],{},"Take me there"," button deep-links straight to the feature - and where\nthe destination needs something real (an airport page needs an\nairport), it lands you on the search instead and says what to do next,\nrather than inventing an example for you.",[51,315],{"alt":316,"caption":317,"height":55,"src":318,"variant":57,"width":58},"The Weather briefing how-to: breadcrumb Home, Learn, Tutorial, a hero card titled The briefing workspace marked 7 topics, 3 min read with a plain-English intro, a Where to find it caption naming the Flight Brief tab, a Take me there button, and below it the live demo opening with a badge reading Sample data, not a real briefing above a raw EGLL METAR","A how-to: intro, where to find it, Take me there - and the demo's badge says it is sample data.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Flearn-and-reference\u002Ftutorial-detail",[11,320,321,322,325,326,329],{},"The deep how-tos embed ",[15,323,324],{},"live demos"," - real, working components fed\nsandboxed sample data, never screenshots. The weather how-to decodes a\nsample METAR in front of you; the tools how-to hands you a converter\nto try. 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The\n",[75,350,352],{"href":351},"\u002Fguide\u002Fweb-edition","web edition"," carries the same Learn library,\nreached through its Settings.",[31,355,357],{"id":356},"where-next","Where next",[90,359,360,365,372,379,386],{},[93,361,362,364],{},[75,363,44],{"href":131}," - the calculators the descent and holding\nguides explain.",[93,366,367,371],{},[75,368,370],{"href":369},"\u002Fguide\u002Fweather","Weather"," - the live decoding the weather guide\nteaches you to read.",[93,373,374,378],{},[75,375,377],{"href":376},"\u002Fguide\u002Fnotams","NOTAMs"," - the notice board behind the NOTAM guide\nand Q-code lookup.",[93,380,381,385],{},[75,382,384],{"href":383},"\u002Fguide\u002Fcommunity","Community"," - the feature board whose doorway is\na tutorial entry.",[93,387,388,392],{},[75,389,391],{"href":390},"\u002Fguide\u002Fquick-start","Quick start"," - the first-run path the tutorial\npicks up from.",{"title":394,"searchDepth":395,"depth":395,"links":396},"",2,[397,398,399,400,401,402],{"id":33,"depth":395,"text":34},{"id":84,"depth":395,"text":85},{"id":24,"depth":395,"text":72},{"id":282,"depth":395,"text":28},{"id":344,"depth":395,"text":345},{"id":356,"depth":395,"text":357},"2026-08-26",null,"The app's teaching shelf - narrative aviation guides, quick-reference lookups and the step-by-step tutorial hub, all bundled, offline and free.",false,"md",{"name":409,"steps":410},"Look something up in Pilot EFB",[411,412,413,414],"Open Learn & Reference - from Settings, or the Learn & Reference tile in the Tools tab.","Browse the three bands - Tutorials, Guides and Quick reference - or type in the search box, which matches titles, subtitles and hidden keywords.","Tap a guide to read it topic by topic, or a quick-reference tile for a lookup you can read in seconds.","Treat all of it as educational reference - verify anything operational against official sources.",[416,417,418,419],"Learn & Reference is the app's teaching shelf - narrative guides, quick-reference lookups and the step-by-step tutorial, all bundled with the app and readable offline.","The guides are educational background with worked examples and source chips - and they keep telling you the same thing the app does, that the raw text and the official source are the authority.","The Tutorial & how-tos hub covers every part of the app with numbered steps, live sample demos and a Take me there button into the real screen.","Everything in Learn is free - no gates, no caps, nothing to unlock.",{},true,150,"\u002Fguide\u002Flearn-and-reference","Toolkit",{"title":5,"description":405},"guide\u002Flearn-and-reference","EWNwhTS4rZU4UlNln4xTaKW00j_3T6fS9KbIYbfJ3eg",{"prev":429,"next":434,"position":441,"total":442},{"path":383,"title":384,"description":430,"section":424,"order":431,"appVersion":6,"draft":406,"minutes":432,"number":433},"The community feature board - browse pilots' ideas, vote with a free account, suggest your own, and how moderation keeps the space honest.",130,4,"13",{"path":435,"title":436,"description":437,"section":424,"order":438,"appVersion":6,"draft":406,"minutes":439,"number":440},"\u002Fguide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets","Notifications & Widgets","The header bell and alerts feed, NOTAM and weather alerts, local reminders, quiet hours - and the widgets and duty Live Activity outside the app.",160,7,"15",14,17,1787929982902]