Groundspeed Knot Pilot 
Flight Training Central
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Winds aloft, true course, heading and groundspeed. How far will an aircraft travel in 2 minutes with a groundspeed of 120 knots? When converting from true course to magnetic heading, a pilot should add westerly variation and subtract left wind correction angle. Which statement about longitude and latitude is true?
AV Web
MAY 22, 2024
It involved an in-flight breakup, and the pilot was a doctor. This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud. local time, roughly three hours into the flight.
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Air Facts
JULY 15, 2024
Though wind is reported using such simple numbers like 270@15G20, I’ve come to believe that 20 knots here is not always the same as 20 knots there. I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. Then came the landing in 20 knots in the Hill Country of Texas, west of Austin.
AV Web
MAY 22, 2024
It involved an in-flight breakup; and the pilot was a doctor. This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud.
Air Facts
JULY 17, 2024
With groundspeed above 185 kts., In other words, this was a great time to be flying–truly a pilot’s dream flight. The four-seat Archer was in need of a long-legged flight and so was the pilot. His come back was “You are a pilot and are trained to stay calm.” So that didn’t work.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 23, 2024
Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The tower frequency had been near silent, with only the occasional pilot checking in, curtly told, “Airport is closed, emergency in progress.” They were inverted in a Florida marsh, and the brackish water was rising. Long pause.
Flying Magazine
APRIL 25, 2024
During these events, it’s quite common for a pilot to walk up and ask me about how I handled my most challenging flight as it relates to weather. I don’t have such a story since I am always diligent about minimizing my exposure to adverse weather when I am the pilot in command (PIC). READ MORE: Go or Stay?
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