AV Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

As winter approaches, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued Safety Alert SA-097 reminding pilots about the dangers of flying in icing conditions—namely the adverse effects of airframe and propeller icing on aircraft performance.

Pitot Tube 111

Pitot Tube Knot Approach Pilot 111

Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

This permitted the Trident to be guided automatically to an airfield, approach the runway, flare, touchdown, and then roll out from the landing runway without a pilot interfering with the controls. The process of flight can be divided into seven crucial stages – taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing phases.

Weight-Shift-Control 154

Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 154

AV Web

OCTOBER 8, 2024

If it is not possible to evacuate the area as a major storm approaches and an aircraft is not normally stored in a hangar, the first suggestion is to arrange temporary hangar space as far in advance as possible. Windows and doors should be firmly latched and engine inlets, pitot tubes, and static ports covered.

Pitot Tube 105

Pitot Tube Aileron Lift Hangar 105

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In fact, the unusual pitot-tube location—it peeks out from the center of the prop spinner—was chosen to reduce fuselage-to-wing connections. Sure, the economics put the airplane in the high-value category in the wild world of 2024 aviation, but this approach ignores what it’s like to fly the RV-12. It actually feels slower.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Repairs included replacing the pitot tube/angle-of-attack sensor and the outside air temperature probe. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach? It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are. We have to ask for GPS approaches.)

Pitot Tube 81

Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 81

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage. Airspeed indicators need air from a pitot tube and static air from a static port Small general aviation aircraft have airspeed indicators with air hoses connected directly to the pitot and static sources.

Pitot Tube 52

Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

It works by reading the difference between static pressure and total pressure from air flowing into a pitot tube. Then, check the altimeter to confirm that you’re holding your altitude, or approaching the altitude you want. This difference in pressure is called dynamic pressure, and it’s used to get the IAS.

True Airspeed 52

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52