Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Some of the most successful General Aviation aircraft have been high wing models. This design, even in the wood and fabric world of early aircraft, carried such aviation icons as the Piper Cub and Aeronca Champ. The Case for High Wings Cessna high-wing design.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators and impossible turns (return to the airport following engine failure). The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators.

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

The entire morning was a parade of general aviation airplanes swooping low (some lower than others) over the parking area before touching down on the ice. A Deflating Experience On short final, I clicked off the autopilot and brought Warrior 481 into ground effect, pulling the yoke back until she settled softly to the runway.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Resist pulling back, instead letting it accelerate in ground effect (or should we say water effect) for a few seconds. When the nose begins to tuck that’s your cue you’re climbing onto the step, so measure off the back pressure to make sure you don’t porpoise, then flatten the pitch to accelerate. The plane will fly itself off.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With me in Warrior 481 were my friend Mark, who joined me for the last excursion to ORA and also sought closure from the aborted airshow, and Noah, a new student pilot with the Williamson Flying Club making his first cross country trip by general aviation aircraft. He was joined by two friends.

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 56