Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. This long, metal tube connects all the main components of an airplane.

Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. With a lighter corporate jet, that is powerful.

Crosswind 105

Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming Air Facts Journal Second Lieutenant Arnold Reiner Marine Corps recruitment brochures in the early ’60s described three pilot training pipelines: jets, transports and helicopters. We could practice in a cockpit procedures trainer next to the briefing area.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? Since my home airport has Class C airspace with regional jets and bizjets, I fly final relatively fast and start slowing down at 2 miles to be stable 30 seconds before minimums. I had a total knee replacement.

Approach 66

Approach Pitot Tube Aileron Instrument Landing System 66

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

The plane kept wanting to roll right, so I hard to start the jet and get it up to 100% on that side to keep it from rolling over. He reported back that both ailerons were in the full-up position. It was my co-pilot back in the cockpit again. I asked him in a very matter-of-fact tone what he was doing back in the cockpit.

Cockpit 116

Cockpit Cargo Airplanes Pilot 116

Air Facts

AUGUST 2, 2024

For example, how many pilots have at some point fantasized that one day they might be called to the cockpit in an emergency? With armored cockpits and big jets, this isn’t even a viable daydream. Maybe I’ll start with just one piece, say an aileron, just to check things out. Fess up now.) More tools?

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Weather Pilot Cockpit 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. The plane has no internal radio, so cockpit and external communications were running through a portable intercom plugged into a portable radio.

Runway 84

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 84