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Quiz: Understanding Aircraft Performance

Flight Training Central

Airplane performance can be defined as the capability of an airplane to operate effectively while serving a specific purpose. What is ground effect? The result of an alteration in airflow patterns increasing induced drag about the wings of an airplane. Determine the approximate landing ground roll distance.

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Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts

Chess In the Air

This is a hard one to gain insight from other than this: Some atmospheric events are bigger than our plastic airplanes. A sudden and very powerful wind gust from behind, which caused the airplane to stall and spin in just as he was in the midst of his final turn. I should have never been below 80 kts in the pattern.

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