Airfoil Pilot Thrust 
Pilot Institute
APRIL 22, 2025
Pilots can have multiple licenses. Each license gives a pilot different privileges. Pilots usually start by getting their Private Pilot license and then work towards a commercial pilot license if they are interested in being a pilot as a career. But its a necessary step to obtain higher pilot certification.
Flight Training Central
MAY 7, 2024
As much as it seems sometimes that airplanes fly by magic, it’s important for every pilot to understand at least the basic fundamentals of aerodynamics. Understanding these concepts will create a smoother and safer pilot. Air traveling faster over the curved upper surface of an airfoil causes lower pressure on the top surface.
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Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. The vortices flipped the small jet upside down at least three to five times before the pilots managed to regain control.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 11, 2025
These stories shine a light on the aircraft and test pilots that pushed the limits of aeronautical knowledge, many of them flying out of the legendary Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong Flight Research Center) at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Research pilot John McKay flew it once in this form on September 17, 1956.
Flight Training Central
MARCH 3, 2025
Depending on design, airfoils used in general aviation, stall at angles of attack between 16 to 18 degrees. This is because the vertical component of thrust reduces the wing loading, and the propeller slipstream tends to maintain airflow over the center sections of the wings.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 18, 2025
Initially flown by NASA test pilots, including Einar Enevoldson, the aircraft was later handed over to Grumman and Navy test pilots from Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The aircraft also participated in studies involving low-altitude flight with asymmetric engine thrust.
Learn to Fly
JULY 11, 2024
What can pilots do to prevent this? During your student pilot training you are taught to rely on speed and the 1G stall speed to avoid stalls. An angle of attack (AOA) indicator can determine the aerodynamic health of the airfoil (wing). Without an AOA indicator, the AOA is invisible to pilots.
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