Chess In the Air

JULY 24, 2022

Here is the video: The comments indicate that these incidents are relatively common and occur most frequently when the tow pilot is used to pulling very light gliders that only require a low tow speed. A clear and deliberate briefing of the tow pilot before the flight is essential. In Boulder we definitely have enough space available.

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Knot Ground Effect Tail Pilot 52

Air Facts

MARCH 26, 2025

2025 Richard Collins Writing Prize Runner-Up: Tailstrikes and Tiedowns Air Facts Journal Editors note: This article was the runner-up entry in the 2025 Richard Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots. Time seemed to freeze as I floated in ground effect. How could I be a pilot if I made mistakes like this?

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Knot Runway Pilot Tail 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

About 90% of accidents could have been prevented by the pilot. Most can be avoided by diligent pre-flight preparations; by paying attention to what’s happening around us; by staying disciplined and flying within one’s margins; and by avoiding basic piloting mistakes through regular practice.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Flight Training Central

MARCH 29, 2024

The FAA continues to add new questions based on guidance from the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards. What are the reporting requirements for a pilot convicted of possessing and selling marijuana? What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect?

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Aileron Crosswind Ground Effect Thrust 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

A soft field landing is a technique pilots use when landing on unpaved surfaces. Why Do Pilots Perform Soft Field Landings? Crowd Source Information The next best resource for information about runway conditions is other pilots. Calculate your landing and takeoff distances using the pilot’s operating handbook (POH).

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CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 30, 2023

"Tell me about a time you had to use all your piloting skill to succeed." There are two things a pilot can learn from making dumb decisions and getting into trouble. A bush-pilot drops Bob and Ted, two moose hunters, at a remote lake in Northern Ontario. The pilot tells them there’s no way they can take off with the two moose.

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Ground Effect Pilot Weather Cargo 40

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Key Takeaways Slow flight trains pilots to handle the aircraft at speeds just above stalling. The aircraft’s proximity to the ground leaves you with little to no room to recover from a loss of control. That’s why it’s crucial for pilots to learn aircraft control at low speeds. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead.

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Lift Rudder Drag Checkride 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

On December 26, 1956, Convair’s chief test pilot Richard Lowe Johnson took in 56-451 for the F-106’s maiden flight. On December 15, 1959, Air Force test pilot Major Joseph W. At that point, the third pilot in the air, Major James Jim Lowe, called out to Foust over the radio, “Gary, youd better get back in it.”

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Pitot Tube Ground Effect Drag Pilot 59

Air Facts

MARCH 17, 2025

Later, Air Classics, Plane & Pilot, Private Pilot, Wings, Airpower, and a few other such titles were added to my list. Air Progress, Flying, and surprisingly a British magazine called Flying Review (with William Green as editor-in-chief), showed up monthly and with admirable regularity. A section of the magazine collection.

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Pilot Ground Effect Airplanes Ceiling 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions, carefully selected optimum conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. Was this a power loss after takeoff, whether or not the pilot chose to fly an impossible turn? Would a visual AOA indicator have helped?

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The manufacturer is targeting a “pilot operational campaign” in the country within the next few years. It will serve almost exclusively coastal regions and use existing dock infrastructure, flying 20 to 30 feet above the water using ground effect. I’m a pilot. A lot of our founding team members are pilots.

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Ground Effect Rudder Knot Pilot 115

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When spelled geoduck it represents a grotesque, oversized mollusk, or clam to we pilot simpletons. Much depends on the aircraft’s weight, pilot skill and, surprisingly, “how much abuse you want to experience. Checking the oil is the main attraction to the pilot. The airplane will handle more than you want to.”

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 78

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Winter's Airport For pilots in the Northeast, one of the most eagerly anticipated events each year is the freezing of Alton Bay, a narrow, southerly oriented limb off the main body of New Hampshire's expansive Lake Winnipesaukee. Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Photo by Ed. Joe asked.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The year was 2024, but those aerial knights piloted steeds whose original designs first emerged from draftsmen's tables over a century earlier. Unfortunately, that airshow was cut short by a landing accident ending with a bruised pilot and a Fleet Model 1 biplane on its back in the middle of ORA's turf runway. 1934 De Havilland DH.82

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 56