Descent Rudder True Airspeed 
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.
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.
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Pilot Institute
MAY 4, 2024
Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes. Any substantial changes to speed and descent rate will destabilize the landing. The drag allows for a steeper descent, which is particularly helpful when avoiding obstacles. Power controls the rate of descent, and pitch controls airspeed.
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 27, 2025
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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.
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