Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. Airspeed reached 248 kias, well over the never exceed VNE of 200 kias. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute.

True Airspeed 74

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 74

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. Airspeed reached 248 kias, well over the never exceed VNE of 200 kias. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute.

True Airspeed 73

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 73

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Just as an excessive climb or descent will cause you to overshoot altitude, an excessive rate of turn results in overshooting the target heading. For heading corrections of five degrees or less, keep the wings level and use rudder pressure to change the heading. If airspeed is too high or low, the pitch attitude must be changed.

Descent 52

Descent Altimeter Airplanes Approach 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

It’s just S-turns with climbs and descents, right? We counteract adverse yaw by applying rudder in the direction of the turn. The amount of rudder required depends on roll rate and airspeed. Airspeed and attitude change constantly, and we must change rudder input along with them.

Rudder 52

Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

Under normal circumstances Shmulik would have had sufficient altitude to delay the landing by several minutes: his glider’s minimum descent rate in still air was just 100 fpm. Even a more typical descent rate of 200 fpm would have allowed Shmulik to hold for about 5-7 minutes before he would have had to proceed with the landing.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 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. Optimum” glide was not the issue here, and a visual AOA indicator would have had no value. That produced a strange traffic pattern with roller coasters at the corners.)

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98