Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Anytime the airplane is heading downhill toward terra firma, our attention should be on the instruments in the clouds, and out the windows when the sky is clear. However, I am always aware that VA hovers somewhere near 100 knots, and VB may be even less, both depending on gross weight.

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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. gross weight is reduced. Example question No. CG is shifted rearward to the aft CG limit.

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Northstar VFR

JUNE 22, 2023

other reliable information appropriate to the aircraft, relating to aircraft performance under expected values of airport elevation and runway slope, aircraft gross weight, and wind and temperature. ”. Next aircraft gross weight is listed. It states, “.other Let's break each one down and look at it.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 15, 2024

During this same half-century, Willard Custer was developing an airplane with a unique wing design that carried six passengers and crew, could be constructed economically, and take off and land much like a helicopter. Custer’s CCW-5 “channel wing” design delivered on the promise of short takeoff and landing (STOL).

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Born in 1899, James Smith McDonnell had attended college at Princeton and MIT and gained experience as an aeronautical engineer in the nascent American aviation industry with companies such as the Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company, the Hamilton Metalplane Company, the Huff Daland Airplane Company, and the Glenn L.

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 19, 2024

But for experienced pilots, especially those who file IFR or fly high-performance airplanes, the Flights tab offers a wealth of powerful features. Maximum fuel is a great option: it will show the most fuel you can take without going over max gross weight, given the people and cargo you entered in the Payload section.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Beyond that, likely with an instructor, you can learn fun, new skills in the same airplane. If you have access to both low- and high-wing airplanes, you can practice till you’re really good in both. And only focus on aligning the center of the airplane. Another way is to polish the skills you already learned.

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Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Twenty years ago today, I bought an airplane. I'm in Oklahoma and I just bought an airplane." Compared to the tired, 100 horsepower, 2-seat Cessna I did my training in, this airplane was a veritable beast and it had a great paintjob, too. Also, weak batteries cannot start airplanes. Bill admonished out of embarrassment.

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Airplanes Knot Avionics Master Switch Runway 52

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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Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights. Smaller aircraft may only have short field landing distances for maximum gross weight. The greater the mass of the aircraft, the longer the landing roll.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

This is often the clean configuration at max gross weight. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead. V S0 is the stall speed in the landing configuration. V S1 is the stall speed in a specific configuration. Check your POH for specifics. The stall warning horn sounds at least 5 knots above the actual stall speed.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 9, 2024

Overview of Boeing 777 The Boeing 777, often referred to as the ‘Triple Seven,’ is a testament to the ingenuity and innovation of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. With a maximum gross weight of approximately 766,000 pounds, the Boeing 777 is capable of carrying substantial payloads, whether in passenger or cargo configurations.

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Skyway was a small commuter airline that operated a fleet of seven airplanes, including one DC-3. I was the chief pilot at Skyways and a captain and company instructor/check airman on all our airplanes. I was the chief pilot at Skyways and a captain and company instructor/check airman on all our airplanes. The flight to St.

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iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The weight and balance tool calculates gross weight and center of gravity for a wide range of airplanes. This seems like a small thing, but once you’ve flown an instrument approach with your airplane’s position overlaid on the approach plate, it’s hard to go back.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It is at this point that the Cavorite X7 assumes the configuration of a regular airplane, with the engine and propeller providing forward thrust and the wings providing the necessary lift. The maximum gross weight of the aircraft is stated as 2,500kg (5,500 lbs).

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes. General aviation is driven by myriad forces.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 16, 2025

This makes sense when you understand that MOSAIC has two componentsthe airplane and the pilot. The airplane side of the regulation I have described as the FAAs Christmas in July (2023) gift to the flying community. A few key features of the airplane side of MOSAIC. Well see where the FAA lands on that one.

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Calibrated Airspeed Gross Weight Knot Airplanes 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The aging fleet flown by many operators is steadily racking up hours, imposing more and more maintenance burdens on 50-year-old airframes while production of new airplanes has slowed to a trickle, and the cost of the few available is high. A two-seat dedicated IFR training airplane hadn’t been certified since the Cessna 152 of 1978.

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