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Unbolted in Fairfield (Update on the 2022 Bell 407 GXP Crash)

Fear of Landing

As the helicopter continued towards the airport, the airspeed began to decrease. The indicated airspeed had fallen below 65 knots and was still decreasing. As the airspeed decayed, the right yaw increased. The helicopter was at treetop height with an indicated airspeed of zero knots when the right yaw ceased.

Torque 94
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Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming

Air Facts

Instrument panel of the T-34B With its 225-hp engine and constant speed prop, 240 knot maximum indicated airspeed, and built for positive 6 and negative 3Gs, it was both highly maneuverable and forgiving with no nasty characteristics that could get neophyte students in trouble.

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AV Web

It was a fun hangar-flying session, right up until one of the local instructors got serious for a moment. I would prefer to be 5 or 10 knots slower than the barber pole (maximum indicated airspeed in a turbine airplane) or red line. This article first appeared in the Aviation Safety Magazine.

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Photographic Logbook

Caught in series of up and down drafts, the autopilot pitched the Warrior aggressively to maintain altitude and the indicated airspeed trended too high in each updraft. I initiated the missed approach procedure and watched the hangar buildings disappear back into mist as we climbed upward into the clouds. I logged about 0.7

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