Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
This horizontal component of lift is called Induced Drag. Its called induced drag since it only exists as a consequence of lift. If youre generating lift, youre stuck with induced drag as well. Increased Drag Moving air around is hard work! What Does the Vortex Strength Depend On? How to Reduce Wingtip Vortices?
Air Facts
MARCH 5, 2025
The power reduction, the induced drag of the level turn (2 Gs necessary to maintain level flight), and the parasitic drag of the speed-brakes slows the aircraft below the gear-limiting speed of 240 knots. NOTE: Those speeds are the basic speeds when the fuel remaining onboard our T-38s was 1000 pounds or less.
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Cranky Flier
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Elliott Passes 10% Threshold The latest in the saga between Elliott Investment Management and Southwest Airlines is that Elliott has now acquired enough shares of the carrier — 10% — to call a special meeting, which it plans to do if Southwest’s leadership does not meet its ransom demands desired changes.
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Flatter approach angle (due to less drag). Lift and Drag Modifications A no-flaps landing significantly reduces drag and lift, which is why the approach is flown at a higher speed. So, you should practice maintaining the correct sight picture by aligning the runway threshold with a fixed reference point on the windscreen.
AV Web
MARCH 18, 2025
Weve been actively tracking the work and customer offerings of Mike Buschs Savvy Aviation ( www.savvyaviation.com ) as it, in our opinion, has endeavored to drag general aviation maintenance into the 21st Century. Full disclosure: About 10 years ago, as part owners of a Cessna T210 we were a Savvy customer.)
AV Web
JANUARY 22, 2025
Most accounts point outcorrectlyhow decisions about spacing and glide path management, and even whether it was wise to hold the pick-up game contest in winds that caused cancellation of a larger, planned STOL Drag event, may have contributed to this crash. Mayday STOL Drag Races, a slow-flight competition. Those lessons are all valid.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 27, 2024
GA pilots find time-tested and more creative ways to skitter off the side of the runway, land short of the threshold, or slide off the far end with the brakes smoking and tires squealing. It reminds us that just as low, dragged-in approaches are bad, a steeper-than-normal approach has equal potential to cause unsafe touchdowns and landings.
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