Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. As I tuned the ATIS for Destin Executive, I was glad to hear there was no ceiling reported. No ceiling so no hold for us today! Approach switched me to Tower.

Aileron 98

Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At the airport, there was ice and snow to remove from in front of the hangar door, fuel to add to the Warrior now resting on three fully inflated tires (the left main had a new tube), and then there was the moment when I slipped on ice while pulling the airplane from the hangar and landed flat on my back. We had a deal.

Runway 89

Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Green – VFR ( Visual Flight Rules ) Ceiling > 3,000 ft. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots. If I see a yellow light, I need to take a close look at winds and runway alignment before driving to the hangar. C ( 12°F)/-11.0°C Washington!

Weather 52

Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

We may be the best pilot ever born, but we can’t force a tired Skyhawk to climb above its genuine absolute ceiling, undefined by any performance chart. I have one airplane in my hangar that can only carry 500 pounds of payload with the fuel tanks topped off—that’s it, if I’m going to respect the max-takeoff-weight limit, and I will.

Density Altitude 59

Density Altitude Airplanes Wind Shear Pilot 59

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

I was intrigued by what appeared to be a grass crosswind runway at North Bass Island, but no such runway is listed in official publications. Behind me, the other Cherokee (a Cherokee Six) landed and aggressively made for the main commercial hangar building. This airport is a mere 1.4 Must be the bootlegger's strip.

Runway 82

Runway Approach Knot Drag 82

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Combining the Gweduck’s advanced hull with its counter-rotating propellers means differential power allows crosswind water taxiing impossible in floatplanes along with higher hull-in-water taxiing speeds. “We Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We A not so obvious advantage is taxiing.

Airplanes 79

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79