Pilot's Life Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Aircraft contain all kinds of wonderous indicators and instruments to measure velocity, altitude, weather conditions, etc. However, the single most important aircraft instrument is probably the airspeed indicator. A plane’s specific stall speed depends on the plane’s size, dimensions, and even weather conditions.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Calibrated Airspeed 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Key Takeaways The E6B is a mechanical slide rule that helps pilots make calculations useful for flight planning Use the slide rule side to calculate time, speed, fuel, and air density calculations. Calculating True Airspeed Follow steps 1-3 from the section above. Thats your true airspeed.

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Groundspeed True Airspeed Density Altitude Knot 52

Air Facts

MARCH 10, 2025

Isn’t it interesting to know that based partly on measurements from weather balloons, you can predict the way the winds aloft are going to cause your plane to drift as you fly from point to point, and that you can correct for that as you fly? Winds on the surface, and winds at altitude: both concepts are covered in the nav-log lesson.

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Checkride Density Altitude Calibrated Airspeed True Airspeed 52