Simple Flying
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
There is also a difference between airspeed and groundspeed (there's a reason why airplanes take off and land into the wind ). Aircraft can be easily destabilized at such low speeds, so they typically fly at substantially higher speeds (typically around 155 miles per hour).
iPad Pilot News
AUGUST 27, 2024
This includes improvements to the flight planning controls on the Maps screen, support for Civil Twilight, visual depiction of headwind/tailwind and groundspeed in the Map profile view, additional hazard altitude options, new VFR charts for North Africa Japan, and support for additional jet models in the Runway Analysis product.
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iPad Pilot News
AUGUST 20, 2024
The panel in your airplane shows indicated airspeed (IAS, derived from the pitot tube on the wing), while the iPad shows groundspeed (derived from the GPS in your ADS-B receiver or iPad). ” Groundspeed is helpful for estimating your time en route, but it is affected by wind and other factors. Confused yet?
AV Web
MAY 22, 2024
That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.
AV Web
MAY 22, 2024
That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.
Flight Training Central
MARCH 4, 2024
The airplane will be flown at 1,000’ AGL parallel to and at an equal distance from the field boundaries – about ½ – ¾ miles from the boundary as you would fly a traffic pattern. The entry into the maneuver should be accomplished downwind as you would enter the traffic pattern where groundspeed will be the greatest.
Air Facts
JULY 15, 2024
It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. It was fun doing over 200 knots groundspeed over Rawlings until I realized a solid wall of thunderstorms had formed between me and home, and there were 35 knot winds below. In a 172, near vertical takeoffs and landings are fun! What to do?
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