Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

Knot 111

Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

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?

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

gph at standard cruise (2,100 rpm) Empty Weight: 708 lbs, basic weight (includes oil and trapped fuel) Gross Weight L-4H: 1,220 lbs Full Load Stall Speed: 37.5 gph at take-off (2,300 rpm), 4.27 That is the case with 44-79780.

Firewall 105

Firewall Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

You should expect to see questions that show you understand what happens when you change an aircraft’s balance, stability, and center of gravity. 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. gross weight is reduced.

Weight-Shift-Control 114

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

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?

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

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.

Gross Weight 98

Gross Weight Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 98

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

The wreckage of the airplane was found two days after the crash in which all nine passengers and the sole pilot lost their lives. About that time, the airplanes airspeed began to decrease and was accompanied by a reduction in engine power. At about 15:15, the airplane leveled at 6,000 ft. NTSB The airplane came to rest upright.

Knot 286

Knot Air Traffic Control Gross Weight Airplanes 286