AV Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A lot of reports come from air carrier pilots, which makes sense because they fly the most, but there are plenty of GA airplanes in the mix as well. One pilot got such warning after ATC vectored the airplane onto a charted segment 700 feet below the charted altitude for that segment. Plus controllers and mechanics.

Aeronautical Information Manual 69

Aeronautical Information Manual Airplanes Pilot Indicated Airspeed 69

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Class C airports’ speed limits require aircraft within 4 Nautical Miles (NM) of the primary airport and below 2500 feet to maintain an Indicated Airspeed (IAS) of 200 knots or less. Maintain a maximum airspeed of 200 knots when within 4 NM of the airport and below 2500 feet. Altitude and intentions (e.g.,

Clearance 52

Clearance Transponder Knot Indicated Airspeed 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

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. In our example, the right wing has more lift, and thus more drag, than the left wing as the airplane rolls. As the aircraft pitches up, the airspeed drops.

Rudder 52

Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The listed entry airspeed range is 87 to 97 knots.

True Airspeed 88

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 88

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The listed entry airspeed range is 87 to 97 knots.

True Airspeed 86

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 86

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Naturally, my first officer and I got a good laugh from this as our 757 was cruising along effortlessly at about 300 knots indicated airspeed, and was not yawing towards the supposedly dead engine. I had also forgotten that today, everyone is an authority on things they know nothing about, such as airplanes.

Indicated Airspeed 98

Indicated Airspeed Air Traffic Control Airplanes Descent 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators and impossible turns (return to the airport following engine failure). An incomplete summary description of FASF is whether the airplane made it out of ground effect.

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

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. Without knowing the horizontal wind direction and speed at this point it is impossible to say what his indicated airspeed was.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52