Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The inclusion of wheel pants creates a finished, factory look while improving cruising speed by a few knots. For an entry-level or simply economical airplane, this 150 checks many boxes. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator.

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AV Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

pounds 10 pounds less than any other option for the airplane. CubCrafters president and CEO Pat Horgan said of the propeller, It delivers superior handling, improved takeoff and climb performance, and a 3-4 knot increase in cruise speed compared to other propellersall while maintaining a lightweight design.

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Knot Airplanes 97

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 18, 2025

For a certain segment of pilots looking to travel a certain distance, a fast, personal airplane can serve as a veritable time machine. And the rest of the airplane follows suit. While individual upgrades like these often return only a few knots each, they can collectively boost a stock airplanes cruise speed noticeably.

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Transponder Airplanes Drag Knot 97

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

The “ parade of airplanes ” flyover event, which is sponsored by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), will begin at 11.30 ” READ MORE: ‘Parade of Airplanes’ Over Washington to Celebrate 85 years of GA AOPA flyover route map. on Saturday in celebration of general aviation’s history.

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Airplanes Air Traffic Control Knot General Aviation 105

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

Standard FAA aviation windsocks are calibrated to fully extend at a wind speed of 15 knots. How To Read a Windsock Hanging limp : Winds are under 3 knots. Extended halfway: Winds are around 7-8 knots. Fully Extended : Winds are strong, likely 15 knots or higher. What Is a Windsock and Its Purpose?

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CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. How to Perform: Trim the airplane for a climb or approach speed (e.g.,

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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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AV Web

MARCH 10, 2025

Combining helicopter and airplane flight characteristics onto a flying wing reflects Sikorskys drive to innovate next-generation VTOL UAS aircraft that can fly faster and farther than traditional helicopters, said Sikorsky Vice President and General Manager Rich Benton. Top speed so far has been 86 knots.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The story of this unique airplane begins in the early 1930s with Fred Weick, an engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aviation (NACA). Once the war ended, Weick and ERCO believed they were in the right place at the right time with the right airplane for the thousands of pilots returning home. Thus was born the Mooney Cadet.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As before, the airplane taxied out to the end of runway 36L and began its second take-off run of the afternoon, becoming airborne at 18:02. Flightradar24 The aircraft landed safely on runway 06 at about 170 knots around 15 minutes after departure.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 21, 2025

Flying with Starlink satellite internet: tips for pilots iPad Pilot News In-flight satellite connectivity is more accessible now than ever for pilots flying piston airplanes and light jets. Mounting the Mini antenna in a GA airplane takes some creativity due to its size, but it can be done. More on Roam pricing options later.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Knot 108

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

For example, describing a Cuban eight maneuver would involve such writing as, enter the (in Farsi , R-L), Cuban eight (in English, L-R), maneuver no lower than (in Farsi , R-L), 10,000 AGL (in English, L-R), at a minimum of (in Farsi , R-L), 450 knots (in English, L-R). add 5 knots for winds at 10 knots gusting to 20 knots).

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Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

Starlink Mini isnt exactly tiny, but it can be mounted in most GA airplanes. Ive flown with it on multiple cross-country trips and can tell you its like having full-speed home Wi-Fi on your airplane, all over the US and at all altitudes. Attention is a scarce resource in life today, and flying light airplanes requires a lot of it.

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Weather Airplanes Pilot Cockpit 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

I felt knots forming in my stomach. The winds and rain caught up with the little craft as if a hand was reaching out grabbing control of the airplane. It was all I could do to keep the airplane straight. I spent time with the tie-down ropes and kept getting blown into the airplane as I worked to make sure they were tight.

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AV Web

MARCH 9, 2025

The capacious flying boat will carry 19 passengers 350 nautical miles at 250 knots in the regional airline configuration. Mallard Enterprises has sold 30 of its ME-1A twin turboprops to a South African start up regional airline JOLY. There is also a 10-passenger executive layout with a range of 980 nm.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Also, from when I lived out West, there was the mountaintop clearance guideline—1,000 feet for every 10 knots of wind, with 30 knots meaning no-go. It wasn’t a big deal, but after a long week at EAA AirVenture and a long day in the airplane, the detour wasn’t appreciated. And then there’s headwinds. That’s what Plan B is for.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead. After reaching 100 knots, the aircraft will continue to accelerate to what is referred to as its V1 speed.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Effectively discounted by a dated panel and high-time engine, this Cardinal RG flies well but enables the next owner to update it as their budget allows, ultimately ending up with an airplane worth far more than the $79,500 asking price of todays bargain. Complete logs provide additional peace of mind to the next buyer.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 11, 2025

With the ability to cruise at nearly 150 knots on only 180 horsepower, the M-20C sips fuel compared to comparable types at comparable speeds. With enough power to provide spritely takeoffs and healthy cruise speeds but enough simplicity to ease maintenance and ownership, the M-20Cs Lycoming O-360 is nicely suited to the airplane.

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Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Airplane performance can be defined as the capability of an airplane to operate effectively while serving a specific purpose. The result of an alteration in airflow patterns increasing induced drag about the wings of an airplane. 187 knots 162 knots 165 knots Correct! 356 feet. It reduces climb performance.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The electronic E6B is equally useful when in the airplane, to help determine actual winds aloft, true airspeed, fuel burn, and descent planning. Find the crosswind component for Runway 36 if the reported wind direction is 320 at 12 knots. knots Correct! knots Correct! 106 knots 110 knots 115 knots Correct!

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Flight Plan True Airspeed Flight Computer Groundspeed 52

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 21, 2025

In most cases, when shopping for sub-$100,000 airplanes, we typically must accept the reality that our choices will have been built in the 1950s, 1960s, or, if were lucky, the 1970s. With those duties firmly on someone elses shoulders, the buyer is left to consider the attributes of this sleek, composite airplane.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 13, 2025

gallons per hour, and your cruise is 148 knots. gallons per hour, and your cruise speed has reduced by ten knots to 138. gallons per hour and your cruise to 128 knots. Consider youre in your Bonanza C35 and cruising at 6,000 feet on a standard ISA day. Youre at 75% power, with 2150 rpm showing and 23 inches of manifold pressure.

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Thrust Flight

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Or 475 to 500 knots and 547 to 575 mph. However there are a lot of factors that go into how fast commercial aircraft fly. […] The post Jet Speeds Uncovered: How Fast Do Commercial Airplanes Fly? The average cruising speed for a long-haul commercial passenger aircraft ranges from approximately 880 to 926 km/h.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Have you ever thought about landing an airplane without using flaps? Think about these scenarios: maybe the flaps stop working, or youre flying an older airplane that doesnt even have them. For example, in a Cessna 172S, the approach speed increases from 60-70 knots with full flaps to 65-75 knots without flaps.

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AOPA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When you’re 300 miles off the southern coast of Greenland, trucking along at 130 knots 10,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean in an 81-year-old airplane, there is little use in looking back.

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Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

Though wind is reported using such simple numbers like 270@15G20, I’ve come to believe that 20 knots here is not always the same as 20 knots there. I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. Then came the landing in 20 knots in the Hill Country of Texas, west of Austin.

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Plane and Pilot

APRIL 23, 2025

Theres something about the feeling of flying a retractable-gear airplane. Among all of the complex airplanes available on the used market, most come with a corresponding downside with which a new owner must contend. Mooneys, while fast and efficient, offer little shoulder space and feel a bit tighter than they truly are.

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Transponder Airplanes Drag Knot 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

on May 11 as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) hosts a “parade of airplanes” over the National Mall. Haines noted that he’s spent a good bit of time researching the participant airplanes and was impressed to learn of their rich history. EST on May 11.

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Airplanes General Aviation Air Traffic Control Knot 69

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Good, honest bankers , brokers , and backers who have been through many airplane acquisitions before will know the ropes and can guide you through the rough spots. Many times, people have fallen in love with a certain airplane type early on and will rush out to buy it, any one of it, as soon as they’re able. Believe me, stuff happens.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 26, 2025

According to reports from M-20C owners, the airplane can be expected to provide 140-145-knot cruise speeds. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator. Learn more about Mooney M-20C ownership here.

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Clearance Knot Airplanes General Aviation 53

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Step-by-Step: How to Use the E6B for Time and Speed Calculations Calculating Time en Route Lets say were flying at a constant airspeed of 100 knots. That means itll take 24 minutes to fly 40 miles at 100 knots. That means our groundspeed was 90 knots. The weather station reports wind from 030 degrees at 20 knots.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The airplane, N130Q, was constructed by Douglas at Santa Monica, California in 1943 as a C-53D-DO with serial number 42-68834. For a very thorough and engaging read on the full history of the DC-3 floatplane, including wartime history and the details of the Folsom airplane, we encourage readers to pick up a copy of Jakob H.

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Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Video tip: how to recover from a spin with Patty Wagstaff – Join Patty Wagstaff in her Super Decathlon aerobatic airplane, as she explains how it’s possible to enter a spin, and then the proper recovery. Enjoy these top 10 posts from 2024 and safe flying in the New Year!

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Indicated Airspeed Airplanes Pilot Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This little airplane could provide its next owner with a sportier and speedier flying experience. Most entry-level airplanes in the 100 hp range tend to exhibit similar qualities. With a 125 hp engine STC, this particular example boasts 17 more horsepower than the stock version and reportedly cruises in the 120-knot range.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. And on short final at Knoxville, I got chirps from a flock of unrecognized electronic birds, telling me something but not in airplane-speak.

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