Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Vortex size is also affected by proximity to the ground. If youre flying low enough to be in ground effect, the vortex isnt able to fully develop. This phenomenon is called Ground Effect. Note that the ground effect doesnt eliminate the vortex entirely.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re at a field with no weather reporting, gauge the wind speed and direction using the windsock. Hold this extra power as you enter ground effect. Low-wing aircraft perform better in ground effect because of the wing’s proximity to the ground. It will allow you to fine-tune your approach.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

But getting there from Rochester, NY is never a simple task and not only requires the runway to be open with favorable conditions, but the weather between here and there must be amenable to a six hour round trip there and back again. Syracuse advised of lake effect snow creating a wall between us and Sodus. In total, I logged about 0.1

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 30, 2023

The answers show me how a pilot thinks about their own limits, what they consider piloting skills to be, what they understand about their aircraft, weather, or whatever the situation was, and a surprising number of times it results in the pilot telling on themselves about how they violated the regulations, and how they feel about that.

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Ground Effect Pilot Weather Cargo 40

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. The CAPE index, a measure of convective energy and instability, was below 100 joules, indicating a very low probability of severe weather or thunderstorms. Only the blowing dust on the ground is visible.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

ORA does not fly their pioneer era aircraft above the treetops, but the Pusher climbed out of ground effect and flew along the runway before setting back to the turf at the far end. A little weather en route home. 1911 Curtiss Pusher Model D (reproduction). We landed at Sodus shortly after 7:00 pm after a very full day.

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 56