Flight Training Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

As part of your preflight preparation, you should always consult the POH/AFM performance charts to determine the airplane performance is acceptable for a safe takeoff and climb for the conditions and location. Once the brakes are released as the airplane accelerates, adjust the airplane’s pitch to attain minimum drag and maximum acceleration.

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Density Altitude Indicated Airspeed Runway Lift 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

The higher speed creates extra lift, causing the airplane to bank further into the turn. The pilot’s job is to prevent the airplane from banking too quickly or too far. In our example, the right wing has more lift, and thus more drag, than the left wing as the airplane rolls. Let’s look at why this happens.

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Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The firm’s March approval, which it obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, includes a COA authorizing a flight corridor up to 5,000 feet agl between New Jerusalem and Byron airports. However, technologies such as detect and avoid and remote identification have the potential to replace human observers as they mature.

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Cargo Center of Gravity General Aviation AGL 122

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

It can also be dangerous when the learner drops the airplane to fly the checklist or radio, so practice in the ATD is often a good way to learn procedures, as the ATD is a CFI-controlled environment. To get the most out of the scenario, the learner should use the same procedures in the airplane. It’s an ATD. What could go wrong?

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

But if I was going VFR over strange territory, I would want lots more than 1,000 feet agl. It wasn’t a big deal, but after a long week at EAA AirVenture and a long day in the airplane, the detour wasn’t appreciated. The post Long Trips & Small Airplanes appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence 90

NAFI

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Hand-fly an approach to 200 AGL? In every situation where there's a statutory minimum, there is an operation, an airplane, and most importantly, a pilot where flying to minimums is a low risk. The regulations, it turns out, are pretty permissive. Fly with a CFI for exactly 1.0 every 24 months?

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AGL NOTAMs Pilot Approach 40

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

1: When operating an unmanned airplane, the remote pilot should consider that the load factor on the wings may be increased any time that the: A. airplane is subjected to maneuvers other than straight-and-level flight. Example question No. CG is shifted rearward to the aft CG limit. gross weight is reduced. Example question No.

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Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Aeronautical Decision-Making Density Altitude 114

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

This necessitated slowing the airplane down to leave the vertical space to descend another 2,000’ to reach the initial approach fix (IAF) at 2,000′ I requested a descent to the IAF altitude of 2,000’ but was only cleared to 3,000’. ” As I broke out of the clouds on the final approach course, I flew about 1.5 RNAV 24 at KCPC.

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Descent Approach Weather Runway 71

Northstar VFR

JULY 28, 2023

This is why when crossing flight level 180 (18,000 ft), all airplanes revert their altimeter settings to 29.92. It’s the altitude at which your airplane thinks it's at. Airplanes think? In instrument flying , you have to be careful as some numbers are represented in AGL (above ground level), or MSL (mean sea level).

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Density Altitude Altimeter True Altitude Weather 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 31, 2024

All VOR service volumes begin at 1,000 ft AGL, as signals below this altitude are unreliable and can cause confusion and incorrect indications. When we use a VOR within its service volume, the FAA ensures navigational accuracy, accounting for standard errors. Therefore, all service volumes begin 1,000 ft above the station elevation.

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VOR AGL Pilot Approach 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

But now, while flying in low visibility and overcast cloud layers, you have to rely on your instrumentation more than ever before and keep your eyes inside the airplane. Stay ahead of the airplane and be safe! As a student pilot you were always taught “see and avoid”, keep your eyes outside, etc.

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Ceiling Instrument Meteorological Conditions Approach Weather 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

This is a hard one to gain insight from other than this: Some atmospheric events are bigger than our plastic airplanes. He only needed a glide ratio of 14:1 to reach the airfield to arrive at a typical pattern altitude of 1,000 ft AGL. At this point he still had an altitude of 8,275 ft MSL, i.e. 2,739 ft AGL.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. Check out How to Perfect Your Airplane Landings. Your sink rate, attitude, power setting, and airspeed should be steady. V SO , plus any gust factor.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Folding up the chart to show the first leg, I took a look around to make sure I had not forgotten anything I walked up to the airplane and placed my chart, E6-B, and plotter on the instrument panel. With nothing to lose, at a little over 1,000 feet agl, I started a turn to the left, looking for a place to land.

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Runway Threshold Approach Final Approach 66

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

x V SO (or POH recommendation) by around 500 feet AGL. Establish the target approach speed by around 500 feet AGL. Airplanes with higher wing loading may need power all the way until the flare. This sets you up for the shortest possible ground roll. V SO is the stall speed in the landing configuration.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

Then, descending through just a few hundred feet AGL, and a few hundred yards from the end of the runway, the turbulence diminished. There’s no way in hell I was going to climb back into that airplane, not that day, not in those conditions. Bill Nett’s (Dad’s) airplane, Wautoma, WI municipal airport – point of departure.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

You completed the climb check at 300 ft AGL. The engine quits at 500 ft AGL. Increasing the angle of attack will cause the airplane to slow below best glide speed. The airplane will be closer to the critical AOA in the turn. 1,000 ft AGL At 1,000 ft AGL, you’re at traffic pattern altitude.

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AGL Runway Descent Lift 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 2, 2024

Even just passing through, the views are magnificent at 2,500 feet AGL running up the coast in the fall. We ended at the front desk where we paid our admission fee, walked out the back, got in the airplane, taxied out, and took off again. Onward to Bar Harbor. The Owls Head Transportation Museum.

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General Aviation Weather Pilot Cockpit 80

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To learn all the maneuvers you’ll need to perform on your practical test, check out Airplane Maneuvers Mastery for more. The Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) for your airplane will list V A , typically for maximum gross weight. Maneuvering speed decreases as your airplane gets lighter.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Stay clear of the Class B boundaries if you’re flying under a shelf with a floor less than 3,000 feet AGL. Expect considerable traffic near Class B airspace. The reduced speeds help you see and avoid other aircraft. This prevents unintended airspace incursions and provides a safety buffer from traffic.

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

A perfectly good airplane with everything operating as expected. At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? (No FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see? No later than). What are the criteria for a Missed Approach Command?

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 70

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

READ MORE: What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane? kilometers or 4,500 feet agl (25 knots is roughly 12 m/s for reference). Most outflow boundaries don’t extend above about 2 kilometers or 6,500 feet agl. READ MORE: Is a Medical Certificate Required for a Private Pilot Check Ride?

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Wind Shear Weather Knot Turbulence 114

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The GOM also called for the airspeed to be “on target” at such altitudes respectively. According to the GOM, either pilot could call for a go-around, yet neither did despite the published stabilized approach criteria being violated.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Fly at least 1,500 above ground level (AGL) to allow room for recovery in case you stall the aircraft. For a greater margin of safety, select an altitude that leaves you 1,500 feet AGL after recovery from a stall. So, if you’re inexperienced or out of practice, consider starting at 3,000 feet AGL.

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Lift Rudder Drag AGL 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

If the weather is not appropriate for instrument flight in light piston-engine airplanes, meaning the clouds contain ice, turbulence, or embedded thunderstorms, you’re probably better off using your VFR privileges, so long as you set strict limits. And your own currency may be long out of date, despite your qualifications.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 75

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

But how to do so when you’ve known the airplane since its early development years, as I have? She warned me ahead of time that the airplane wouldn’t appear different from the outside but to expect something truly different inside. The logic is, if you can enter the airplane with the key fob, you can start the engine.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

If the weather is not appropriate for instrument flight in light piston-engine airplanes, meaning the clouds contain ice, turbulence, or embedded thunderstorms, you’re probably better off using your VFR privileges, so long as you set strict limits. And your own currency may be long out of date, despite your qualifications.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 52

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 1, 2024

Personally, I have made two resolutions: 1) I am not going to eat any olives (I hate olives and haven’t eaten one since I was a kid and figured out I hate olives) and 2) not to kill myself (or anyone else) with an airplane. Failures are rare, but when flying a retractable gear airplane, we should practice manually extending the gear.

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Crosswind Approach Rudder Runway 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

GPS 04/055 ZLA NAV GPS (YPG_AZ GPS 24-01) (INCLUDING WAAS, GBAS, AND ADS-B) MAY NOT BE AVBL WI A 304NM RADIUS CENTERED AT 325500N1135500W (BZA061036) FL400-UNL, 237NM RADIUS AT FL250, 182NM RADIUS AT 10000FT, 167NM RADIUS AT 4000FT AGL, 149NM RADIUS AT 50FT AGL DLY 1830-2230 2404221830-2404262230 This NOTAM alerts pilots that WAAS , GBAS , and ADS-B (..)

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NOTAMs Runway UTC Federal Aviation Regulations 52

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, this airplane is also designed with systems simple enough—and handling qualities docile enough—to allow no-jet-time aviators to confidently solo in as little as 15 hours. Now I’m really loving this airplane. The SFO practice actually begins near the airport at roughly 3,000 feet agl. Yeah, right, Maverick!

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Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

In IFR, retract flaps at the appropriate speed above 400ft AGL. Once you have a positive rate of climb, go from 20 to 10 degrees. Retract the flaps completely after clearing the obstacle and attaining your Vx or Vy. Re-adjust Trim Many pilots trim the aircraft to maintain a steady nose-down attitude.

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Current minimums on the RNAV-28 are 558 feet AGL since we lost our LPV approaches due to obstructions. If the ceiling over Sodus was forecast to be IFR (below 1000 feet), the risk of not successfully completing an approach into our home airport would have been too high. This morning was a prime example. Always leave yourself an out.

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Ceiling Approach Pilot Weather 52