Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

You can also use it for unit conversions, estimating wind correction angles, and figuring out density altitude. Using the Air Density Windows and the Baseplate The disk also features cut-out windows designed for air density-related calculations. and read the altitude shown. Thats your true airspeed.

Groundspeed 52

Groundspeed True Airspeed Density Altitude Knot 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

To get the extra lift required for the turns, I had to dive to get extra airspeed so that the plane could turn at that same AOA. One more gadget in the cockpit cannot remedy deficits in skill, judgement, and attitude. That produced a strange traffic pattern with roller coasters at the corners.)

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

However, at 5:36:23 he still had an altitude of 7025 ft MSL, i.e. a normally very “safe” pattern altitude of almost 1500 ft, and prudently began to head toward the east end of the runway. 65 kts IAS given the high density altitude. How Does It Feel in the Cockpit When We Encounter A Microburst?

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52