Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Knowing how these forces interact is essential for controlling an aircraft in different flight conditions. Both options provide the necessary knowledge for flight training.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan 52

Fly with Eva

MARCH 20, 2018

Flashes of previous 737 experience, flight training, moving all over the planet, Phoenix, Girona, Rome, Barcelona, Hong Kong, manuals, operating procedures and limitations. I see my name on the crew list, I sign in and read the flight plan, notams and weather. Cleared for takeoff! ‘Set thrust.’

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Jet Flight Deck Cargo Thrust 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. It’s used by aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR – flying in the clouds).

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

One was at the controls of an airplane alongside a CFI, and was preceded by flight planning and a preflight inspection. The participants also received a post flight debriefing. Another hour was flying a flight simulator where learning was easier without the flight deck noise and the need to look out for traffic.

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Lift Knot Airfoil Airplanes 98

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

Can you fly a zero-thrust, single-engine approach to minimums today? Too many pilots have believed the brochure brag of a 700-mile range and have flight planned accordingly, to their eventual regret. There’s a country song by the late Toby Keith that goes, “I ain’t as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was.”

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Density Altitude Airplanes Wind Shear Pilot 58

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

They also planned to use a flap 15 setting to reduce the aircraft’s ground roll on the 8,000-foot runway. the crew’s flight planning software indicated the aircraft would require a takeoff distance of 5,972 feet. Flight planning tools don’t offer takeoff numbers for operations that exceed the aircraft’s limitations.

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 104

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 4, 2025

The rest is just lift, drag, thrust, weather, and navigation. ForeFlight plan filing seems to work in the Bahamas and Caribbean, but you wont always receive confirmation that it was received. The tower will tell you, and if it wasnt, it will usually accept a verbal flight plan over the radio. Oh, and some money.

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Flight Plan Weather True Airspeed Airplanes 71