Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

On a standard day, with a full load and at sea level, the Cessna 172 can take off in roughly 1,500 feet of runway. The rate of climb and takeoff distance can be affected by factors such as altitude, temperature, and aircraft weight. Weight and Load Weight is one of the primary factors affecting the Cessna 172s speed.

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Knot General Aviation Weather Gross Weight 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. This allows them to safely operate into and out of these tight runways. You’re not alone.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

At slow cruise, an electric trainer can log time efficiently, so long as one maintains enough battery reserve to get back to the runway. Our current crop of light sport airplanes, limited to 1,320 pounds gross weight, haven’t been able to penetrate the flight training market for this reason.

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Airplanes Gross Weight Pilot Runway 96

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

gross weight is reduced. Airport operations: Prospective pilots must show their understanding of traffic patterns used by manned aircraft pilots, runway markings and signage, and the sources for airport data. Example question No. CG is shifted rearward to the aft CG limit. Correct answer: B Example question No.

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Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Aeronautical Decision-Making Density Altitude 114

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If you learned in a four-seater, chances are most of your flying was with only two people on board, with a nice cushion below max gross weight and with a mid- or forward CG. Every now and again, planes go off the side of the runway. The time to master those skills is at home base, likely with your CFI. Why might that be?

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Crosswind Aileron Runway Gross Weight 52

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Corporate pilots who had seen nothing but gray or rain outside the windshield suddenly could see the terrain, obstacles, runways, approaches, their own flightpath ahead, and even traffic in 3D. Airports and runways will be clearly marked, and could be even textured to represent asphalt, grass, and other surfaces.

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Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance.

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The weight and balance tool calculates gross weight and center of gravity for a wide range of airplanes. Sophisticated takeoff and landing calculations are also available, so you can “run the math” before every flight—including temperature, runway slope, and wind.

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Weather Approach Pilot Airplanes 52

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Realizing that 63 knots was intended for the airplane at its maximum gross weight, I started backing off on my landing speed when lightly loaded. Eventually, I settled for a fence crossing airspeed of 55 knots when solo, 60 knots when carrying one passenger, and 63 knots when loaded near maximum gross.

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Airplanes Knot Avionics Master Switch Runway 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This increases to 815kg (1,800lbs) if flying purely in conventional flight mode, using runways to take off and land. The maximum gross weight of the aircraft is stated as 2,500kg (5,500 lbs). For landing, it can use a conventional runway.

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Lift Thrust Weather Payload 273

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Flying from the left seat with Audrey as my copilot, I taxied onto the runway and advanced the throttles to 43 inches and Audrey pulled the props back to 2600 RPM. Since we were now at our maximum gross weight, a full power takeoff was mandatory. During takeoff, all engine parameters were normal at this power setting.

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Gross Weight Airplanes Flight Deck Runway 89

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The runway came out worst, with a 720-metre scrape, about 2,350 feet, two metres left of the centre line. Zero Fuel Weight : 219,460 kg Take-off Weight : 328,425 kg Fuel in Tanks : 109,625 kg There were 15 crew, three pilots and twelve cabin crew. The Boeing 777 is listed as having only minor damage. From the preliminary report.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 82

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Max Gross Weight: 1,320 lbs. Empty Weight: 840 lbs. Over the course of many landings, I tried everything from wide, stable patterns to tight turns near the runway, and found the airplane willing to work with me. FLIGHT DESIGN CT F2 Price, Fully Equipped: $241,915 Wingspan: 34 ft. Wing Area: 121.6 Length: 22.5 Height: 8.8

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. Ducking the head, we slid the canopy closed into a central overhead latch then applied two extra latches at each forward corner With the backup fuel pump on, we took to the runway. All of Tecnam’s production is built-to-fill orders. Wing Area: 128.1

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Knot Airplanes Rudder Gross Weight 97