Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

A drone was used to locate the airplane and steer two airboats to the crash site. Around halfway, cruising at 3,000 feet at 180 knots, onboard avionics data indicates increasing temperature in one of the cylinder heads lasting about five minutes. Data shows a constant high-speed descent straight toward the runway.

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Knot Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

Is it to perfect the maneuver for the next check ride, learn how to recover the airplane after an inadvertent stall, or just avoid the whole thing in the first place? Initial Buffet How do you train for stall avoidance in an airplane that you should not stall? Why do we practice stalls? Each plane stalls a bit differently.

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Approach Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 74

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 11, 2024

There are phases of flight when it’s critical that you know how to handle the airplane at slower speeds. Departure and arrival are two of the most critical phases of a flight and involves flying the airplane slow while being very close to the ground. When an airplane exceeds its critical angle of attack, an aerodynamic stall happens.

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Checkride Airplanes Pilot AGL 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 12, 2024

But my first mission was to solo the airplane. I jumped up from my desk and walked out to my airplane, the Cessna 172S Skyhawk. It’s time to start the airplane which I have done dozens of times by now, but every start up until this point had been a cold start. The airplane just kept turning over and never would catch.

Knot 52

Knot Airplanes Crosswind Runway 52

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.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Even though synthetic vision might help me perform an emergency descent to a valley that might not be cloud filled, that’s pretty sketchy as a risk-mitigation strategy. Also, from when I lived out West, there was the mountaintop clearance guideline—1,000 feet for every 10 knots of wind, with 30 knots meaning no-go.

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Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence 87

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

We now had a one-ton very angry creature running from one end or our airplane to the other. Besides, we had our hands full, fighting to maintain control of the airplane. Descent check!” Landing on a short field required full flaps and the slowest possible safe airspeed, a couple of knots above stall. Briefing complete.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

It’s just S-turns with climbs and descents, right? 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. For a Cessna 172, the recommended indicated airspeed for the maneuver is 105 knots.

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Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

High-wing aircraft might need more power or pitch to arrest the descent. High Descent Rate If you have a high sink rate on approach, you’ll have a tough time arresting the descent during the roundout. Overcorrecting for a high descent rate will cause the aircraft to balloon.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

I had arranged with the airport police that we could pass by there from 05:30L onwards (after having done the GenDec ), and we had prepared most of the airplane upfront, including fuel. We immediately spotted a small Grumman Cheetah airplane with two people onboard: they were staring up to also fly to Reykjavik on their way to Oshkosh !

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Weather Clearance Knot Airplanes 52

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 1, 2024

Tom and Ed with their airplanes at the fuel farm at Sodus. As I watched the other aircraft make a turning descent toward the runway numbers, I wondered if the tower was going to want to call my base as a way of sequencing us. You see the other airplane, right?" I acknowledged and noted that I had the Cherokee in sight.

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Runway Approach Airplanes Turbulence 98

Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

For business use, airplanes allow you to do more in one day than you could do in a week traveling by airline. Flexibility, privacy, security and freedom are all great reasons to use a personal airplane for travel. You must be at least 16 years old to solo an airplane. There is no “right” type of person to become a pilot.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Airplanes Air Traffic Control 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. 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.

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Runway Threshold Approach AGL 64

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

That day, he was solo in a 1996 Extra EA-300L single-engine unlimited competition aerobatic airplane. The pilot flew into a gap between ridgelines and performed a series of rapid climbs, turns, and descents. Airspeed rapidly swinging back and forth between 60 and 160 knots. The strong machine was working as expected.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Pilot 67

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

That day, he was solo in a 1996 Extra EA-300L single-engine unlimited competition aerobatic airplane. The pilot flew into a gap between ridgelines and performed a series of rapid climbs, turns, and descents. Airspeed rapidly swinging back and forth between 60 and 160 knots. The strong machine was working as expected.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

To arrest this descent, you need to generate more lift. Increasing the angle of attack will cause the airplane to slow below best glide speed. Pitching down for airspeed magnifies the already steep descent rate. When banking, you must increase the angle of attack to keep the descent rate in check.

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AGL Runway Descent Lift 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. This is consistent with Rick’s report, which referenced 9 knots of wind. A sudden gust of 50 knots would have caused a stall unless he had been flying at about 100 knots indicated.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

hours I had already put on the airplane since the repair increased my confidence that the issue was suitably managed. In a nod to airplane cleanliness, I shunned my preferred "everything" sub roll for a plain one that was guaranteed to shed less debris. However, the Warrior had no surprises in store for me and the 4.5

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions, carefully selected optimum conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. An incomplete summary description of FASF is whether the airplane made it out of ground effect. No math required.

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Runway 73

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

The aircraft was 44 knots higher than its target landing speed, which resulted in a runway overrun. It helps reduce the chances of a stall and puts you in a better position to arrest the descent and start your climb out. Pitch for Climb The next immediate action is to arrest the descent. Many passengers were injured.

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. As the sun began its descent, we began the final leg of what would end up being a four-hour trek.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Approach 70

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

The stall warning horn sounds at least 5 knots above the actual stall speed. Since you need to fly without triggering the warning, select a target airspeed of about 2 to 5 knots more. Your target airspeed should be 5 knots above the speed that triggers the stall warning horn. Turbulent air will require a larger airspeed margin.

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Lift Rudder Drag AGL 52