Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

Passing the torch Air Facts Journal Pilots are life-long learners, and, per the Feynman Learning Technique, the best way to learn anything is to teach it to someone else. With that in mind, plus a desire to pass the torch to a new generation, some old pilots developed a week-long aviation camp for youth, ages 14-18.

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Lift Airfoil Knot Airplanes 80

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) Air Safety Institute has published an excellent report titled, “ Stall and Spin Accidents: Keep the Wings Flying.” It is an easy download and a must-read for all pilots. The late fighter/test pilot Bob Hoover said it best: “Fly the airplane as far into the crash as possible.”

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Approach Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 74

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

The five-seater aircraft (pilot and four passengers) is pitched as an urban air taxi, with plenty of room for luggage. The prototype is designed as a piloted aircraft but the initial test flight in July 2023 was unmanned. The prototype lifted off, hovered and flew at a speed of 40 knots before landing.

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Descent Thrust Knot Lift 81

Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

After all the preliminaries, and in full command of the cockpit, we, my instructor and I, took off on a simulated flight from Teterboro, New Jersey enroute to Norfolk, Virginia (short flight) at 15,000 feet. The other day, flying in a Debonaire in the right seat, I asked the pilot to perform a 45-degree 360-degree left and right turns.

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Knot Approach Pilot Runway 68

Flying Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

on May 11 as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) hosts a “parade of airplanes” over the National Mall. The aircraft will be expected to fly at 90 knots at an altitude of 1,000 feet, ensuring they are visible from the ground and online. pilots are encouraged to organize watch parties at their airports.

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Airplanes General Aviation Air Traffic Control Knot 69

Fear of Landing

MARCH 1, 2024

A reader contacted me about a fatal crash which killed a pilot and his instructor in November 2021. There were two on board, a private pilot and a flight instructor, both of whom were killed in the crash. The stall speed is cited in the docket as 53 knots. The Cessna 172S crashed into the ground, destroying the cockpit.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Pilot 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 19, 2024

” He’s not a pilot so he didn’t have the same near-panic as I did. I keyed the mic and said in what I hoped was a cool pilot voice “Minneapolis Center, this is Lancair 214DK I am picking up icing, rapid buildup, request an avoidance vector.” That’s why the ADI is so huge and is in the center of the cockpit.

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Pilot Flight Plan Cockpit Knot 71

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The massive project, of course, begs many questions for pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike. With more than two decades since the last DC-3 floatplane flight, there were no more living DC-3 floatplane pilots. How does it perform? Is it absurdly heavy?

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Rudder Airplanes Drag Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

From daring rescues of downed pilots as enemy forces closed in to handling a crazed water buffalo aboard a C-123K transport, seasoned veterans share their unforgettable and extraordinary experiences. We strapped into the cockpit, completed routine checks and procedures, started the engines, and taxied to the end of the runway.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

FAA Updates Datalink Weather Advisory Circular iPad Pilot News The rollout of ADS-B datalink weather over twelve years ago was an interesting time for GA pilots. Pilots were free to use the system immediately with these new portable receivers, which improved in-flight decision-making almost overnight.

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Weather AGL Flight Deck Pilot 59

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

About 90% of accidents could have been prevented by the pilot. Most can be avoided by diligent pre-flight preparations; by paying attention to what’s happening around us; by staying disciplined and flying within one’s margins; and by avoiding basic piloting mistakes through regular practice.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Left downwind on a blustery day with live weather actually shows a virga burst over the field, with local winds gusting 36 knots, making for some extreme conditions in such a tight canyon. For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

AeronewsX

AUGUST 10, 2020

Photo by Franz from Wikimedia Commons The Civil Aviation Ministry's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has retrieved the wrecked Air India Express Flight 1344's black box and the cockpit voice recorder on Saturday. But at approximately 1000ft, the pilot went around and requested to land on Runway 10.

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Runway UTC Cockpit Knot 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

You also endanger manned aircraft pilots and people on the ground. Key Takeaways Drone pilots often have misconceptions about visual contact between drones and manned aircraft. Drone pilots must maintain situational awareness, even within the 400-foot altitude limit. What does this mean for drone pilots?

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Pilot Knot Cockpit 52

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

It was evidence that high wing pilots who buy low wing airplanes need to process their surroundings in a different way. These were days before the proliferation of AWOS/ASOS stations and the advent of ADS-B (FIS-B) weather displayed on a tablet in the cockpit. (A These kinds of events change a pilot's behavior. What's that?)

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Airplanes Knot Runway Avionics Master Switch 52

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

Dad, a seasoned VFR pilot, was at the controls. I, a 19 year old greenhorn with a brand new pilot’s license in my wallet, sat at his right. And it would worsen to a point that would be too much for this new pilot, fresh out of flight training, to remain “unphased.” But the turbulence would continue to worsen. Peter, Wisconsin.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

However, there are many others out there that have worked hard to climb the warbird ladder and are primed to take the reigns as leaders in the warbird community and one such pilot is Johnny Mazza III, who is a third generation pilot and flies with the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Pungo, Virginia. ” Johnny related.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Cockpit 59

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airlines are upgrading older cockpits with newer displays, so this old indicator will soon become a relic. The instrument provides pilots with a surprising amount of information. Read on to find out how the classic SI-800 works and how pilots use it! V MO on the 767 is between 340-360 knots (depending on aircraft serial number).

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. The post Where There’s Smoke… appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. The engine sprang to life.

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Runway Threshold Approach AGL 64

ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

And so we landed without any issue and taxied via Charlie to the Apron, arriving at the first location of the Blue Spruce Routes because we saw all the old WW2 hangars in various state of repair or disrepair … Wick is a classic stop-over for ferry pilots in both directions. after DEVBI with Iceland Radio.

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Weather Clearance Knot Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

One arrow I had in my quiver was that, even as a student pilot, I was knowledgeable about instrument procedures. In solid soup, approaching minimums, the pilot friend in the right seat said, “I’ve got the lights.” On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125.

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 84

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

One arrow I had in my quiver was that, even as a student pilot, I was knowledgeable about instrument procedures. In solid soup, approaching minimums, the pilot friend in the right seat said, “I’ve got the lights.” On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125.

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 67

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. Further complicating matters was the fact that the plane would be delivered by civilian pilots.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Approach 70

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Maybe it’s the Georgia flying weather, or maybe it’s the ever-increasing emphasis on “old” pilot instead of “bold” pilot, but it seems that flight planning these days is a lot more about if and when than about route and altitude. And managing fatigue in the hot cockpit flying into the sun still had to be taken into account.

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Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence 87

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions, carefully selected optimum conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. Was this a power loss after takeoff, whether or not the pilot chose to fly an impossible turn? Would a visual AOA indicator have helped?

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Runway 73

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

Whether you’re a military fighter pilot or a commercial one, you understand flying comprises many steps from takeoffs to landings. So, after the initial landing rollout, the plane taxis to another part of the runway or into the terminal until a pilot uses it again. It also keeps planes organized on the runway, but what is it exactly?

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Fear of Landing

JULY 19, 2024

On the 26th of May 2024, a private pilot in a Cessna T210 Centurion II suffered an engine failure while downwind at Bankstown Airport in New South Wales, Australia. Pilot of VH-MYW : Bankstown …Tower, MYW is approaching the [undecipherable]. Pilot of VH-MYW : Join 29R, maintain 1,500. The reservoir. Mayday, mayday.

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Runway Approach Pilot Drag 80

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 10, 2024

After graduating from DePauw University, where he earned his private pilot’s license through the US government-sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP), Vraciu enlisted in the U.S. Vraciu would recall later that in fact, he and his fellow Hellcat pilots were looking forward to this mission.

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Cockpit Tail Pilot Stability 128

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

I’ve been flying jets for years as a corporate pilot, but not real jets to some … like fighter jets. When opportunity knocked with an offer to fly an Aero Vodochody L–39 Albatros (one “s” in the Czech spelling)—a single-engine bird still used as a basic trainer for some nation’s fighter pilots—I jumped at the chance.

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Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 13, 2024

Key Takeaways The Cirrus SR22 has evolved significantly since its certification in 2000, introducing key innovations like the Avidyne Entegra glass cockpit in 2003 and the turbocharged SR22 Turbo in 2006, which have set new standards in general aviation. This article breaks down its top features, performance stats, and innovative technology.

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General Aviation Knot Primary Flight Display Pilot 52

Adventures of Cap'n Aux

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Last Bush Pilots —and Amazon Top 100 New Novel! FFDOs: Federal Flight Deck Officers The Last Line of Defense FFDOs are pilots already employed at US airlines, who volunteer for the FFDO program. Their “ juris diction ” is the the smallest in the world: the airline cockpit. Wannabe Pilots Girl Power!

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

The complexity of the instrument panel has served either to intrigue or intimidate potential pilots. Subscribe Now Featured And for new pilots—and this pilot who flies Cirrus aircraft sporadically—as opposed to a seasoned owner or dedicated Cirrus instructor, the barrier to entry and re-entry has fallen significantly.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Fear of Landing

JULY 26, 2024

VFR aircraft, that is, where the pilot is flying visually rather than by instruments, fly in by following a railroad track from Ripon to Fisk. Fisk Corners is a small neighbourhood in Wisconsin which has outsized notoriety to US pilots who have ever been to Oshkosh, as that is the location of Fisk Approach Control. Old Crow: 120.4

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Approach Runway Knot Air Traffic Control 68

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 22, 2024

USAF photo] The YF-96A was powered by the Wright YJ65-W-1 turbojet, which required Republic to deepen the F-84 fuselage by 7 inches and make certain changes around the cockpit/canopy area. In a move that caused derision at Republic, the Air Force re-designated the aircraft as the YF-84F in September 1950. Then confusion ensued.

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Torque Cockpit Jet Stability 96

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 12, 2024

By Stephen Chapis On March 25, 1955, Lockheed test pilot Ray Goudey took XF-104 #2 out to a world speed record of 1.79 The Starfighter first showed it speed potential in March 1955, when Lockheed test pilot, Ray Goudey, took the second XF-104 prototype out to 1.79 Mach with a non-afterburning Wright J65 engine. It was looking good.

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Knot Pilot Jet Cockpit 98