Calibrated Airspeed Knot Pilot 
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 21, 2025
Airspeed guides everything from takeoff to landing and every phase in between. But did you know there are several types of airspeed, each serving a unique purpose? Like Indicated Airspeed (IAS) , Calibrated Airspeed (CAS) , True Airspeed (TAS) , and more! What Are The Different Types of Airspeed?
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The student pilot may initially struggle to understand the functions of an E6B flight computer. But pilots around the globe rely on this indispensable gadget for charting their flights, crunching numbers to determine time in transit, fuel usage, and necessary adjustments for wind shifts. What Is an E6B and Why Do Pilots Use It?
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Pilot's Life Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
The sensor detects the amount of force from the pitot impact pressure and gives it airspeed indications by converting those values into speed. When properly calibrated, airspeed indicators are a highly accurate means of measuring the actual speed of a modern aircraft.
Plane and Pilot
DECEMBER 16, 2024
While LSAs in general have been tagged for having slightly underbuilt landing gearone of the more common accident scenarios is a newly transitioned pilot not managing the slickness of this kind of airplane and wiping out the gear during a botched landingthe goal is for the F2 to be unusually robust. More lessons learned. Well see about that.
Plane and Pilot
JANUARY 16, 2025
Well-informed readers are aware that MOSAIC Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certificationis nearly upon us after years of proposals, public comment, and endless discussion among pilots. MOSAIC provides pilots flying under sport-pilot rules access to a much broader base of aircraft, both new and old. Not this time.
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