Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In the world of certified aircraft, obtaining something thats younger than 25 years old and cruises at over 160 knots would likely involve a Mooney M20R or Bonanza A36 and would cost a quarter- to a half-million dollars. The prop was custom-designed and optimized for cruise speed, which the seller claims is over 160 knots.

Knot 96

Knot Airplanes Hangar Pilot 96

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. In solid soup, approaching minimums, the pilot friend in the right seat said, “I’ve got the lights.”

Knot 92

Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 92

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Upon its delivery to the RDAF in January 1972, AT-155 was flown and maintained by two squadrons at Flyvestation Karup (Karup Air Base), Eskadrille 725 and Eskadrille 729, with AT-155 being used to qualify Danish pilots in flying the Drakens. After declaring an emergency the pilot climbed to 35,000 feet, where its engine flamed out.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Cockpit Knot 124

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. With a little forward pressure on the yoke, I was able to keep the airplane on the runway to continue picking up airspeed as we arrived at my target of 60 knots for takeoff.

Aileron 98

Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. In solid soup, approaching minimums, the pilot friend in the right seat said, “I’ve got the lights.”

Knot 81

Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 81

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

The pilot held instructor ratings for helicopter and instrument helicopter, with 872 hours flight time, of which 29 were on type. Five minutes later, about two miles south of Teterboro, the pilot said “What is going on here?” The controller asked if the pilot needed assistance but the pilot said no.

Torque 98

Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Almost as an afterthought, we told them that while we’d be busy building our hangar/apartment for the 2022-23 season, we’d come fly with them in December 2023. Crossing the Cook Strait on a typically raucous ferry ride following a 40-knot blow, we spent another eight days road tripping through the South Island.

Knot 117

Knot Weather Airplanes Ceiling 117

Fear of Landing

JULY 19, 2024

On the 26th of May 2024, a private pilot in a Cessna T210 Centurion II suffered an engine failure while downwind at Bankstown Airport in New South Wales, Australia. Pilot of VH-MYW : Bankstown …Tower, MYW is approaching the [undecipherable]. Pilot of VH-MYW : Join 29R, maintain 1,500. The reservoir. Mayday, mayday.

Runway 98

Runway Pilot Approach Drag 98

Air Facts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Back in the late 90s the FBO at the time (Atlantic) had crew cars for transient pilots. It still has lots of aviation including vendors, pilots and enthusiasts. On Wednesday night, Marvin and I attended a meet and greet hosted by the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA). This meant that I was up at 4:00 am.

Weather 98

Weather Knot Ceiling Turbulence 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This 172 had a flap extension speed of 85 knots, and my old Cessna 172’s limit was 100 mph, or 87 knots. It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar. It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are.

Pitot Tube 84

Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 84

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

But it was an excellent flying day, so I took wing with a group of WFC pilots for sushi in Massachusetts instead (Westfield-Barnes Airport, KBAF). The pilot of a Cessna Skylane still on the runway responded plaintively. "I Was this a planned maneuver between the pilots? We had a deal. Photo by The Bear. I have no idea.

Runway 89

Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. Further complicating matters was the fact that the plane would be delivered by civilian pilots.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

I’ve been flying jets for years as a corporate pilot, but not real jets to some … like fighter jets. When opportunity knocked with an offer to fly an Aero Vodochody L–39 Albatros (one “s” in the Czech spelling)—a single-engine bird still used as a basic trainer for some nation’s fighter pilots—I jumped at the chance.

Knot 52

Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Latatuide 33 Aviation

MARCH 19, 2025

Consider the following popular jet options in your search: Cessna Citation The Cessna Citation comes in various models of the following sizes: Light: The Cessna Citation CJ3 is a light aircraft that offers exceptional short-field performance and can cruise at a speed of up to 400 knots.

Jet 52

Jet Cabin Crew Runway Approach 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Axtell performed a few additional race-centric modifications, including a stinger-style tailcone, but never attempted to compete with the aircraft and it was stored in a T-hangar at Jefferson County Airport (BJC) in Broomfield, Colorado. On September 12, Ensign Biedleman, USNR, became the first pilot to fully qualify under the program.

Weight-Shift-Control 98

Weight-Shift-Control Pilot Flight Deck Knot 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

He flew F-86As and F-100As in the Arizona Air National Guard until 1960 when he was hired by Lockheed as an F-104 production test pilot. In 1963, he attended the United States Air Force Aerospace Research Pilots School at Edwards AFB, California. ” Unlike many pilots Darryl recalls the ejection with vivid detail.

Horizontal Stabilizer 124

Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Thrust 124

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

It was evidence that high wing pilots who buy low wing airplanes need to process their surroundings in a different way. Parked in front of my first hangar in South Haven, 05 April 2004. Soiled hangar floor visible at the South Haven Airport, 25 September 2004. These kinds of events change a pilot's behavior.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Knot Avionics Master Switch Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 15, 2024

Within the pilot community, Port Meadville is best known as the home of the $100 hot dog. (At A mere five minute walk takes pilots from the airport parking apron to the start of the line for ordering at Eddie's. At least in the Northeast considering that Sporty's at Clermont County Airport in Ohio is much farther away.)

Approach 52

Approach Pilot Runway Pilot in Command 52

AV Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It was a fun hangar-flying session, right up until one of the local instructors got serious for a moment. He warned us that the tower at a local Class D airport was issuing a pilot deviation a week, so have your NASA forms ready. Pilots of aircraft and drone operators themselves file reports. Plus controllers and mechanics.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Airplanes Pilot Indicated Airspeed 65

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

On the 19th of February 2023, a private pilot arranged to meet with a flight instructor at Birr Airfield to fly a Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The club is a registered training facility with a membership of pilots, students and enthusiasts. Surface Wind South-west 7-12 knots (kt). That morning, the flight instructor arrived early.

Runway 52

Runway Pilot Knot Weather 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. After turning the corner, I was rewarded with tailwinds of up to 22 knots, so the big detour cost me only 15 minutes. Full flaps and 80 knots, trimmed, the airplane asked, is this what I really wanted? There was also a link to a bridge for sale. No complaints.

Weather 52

Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In this day and age, finding a hangar, or even a tie-down spot, is a major undertaking, given the collapsing number of airports. It does nothing exceptionally well, but it does everything adequately, asking little of its pilot but some common-sense flying ability. These Cherokee types make few demands new pilots can’t meet.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Knot Annual Inspection Tail 52

Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Maintain appropriate airspeed +0/-10 knots, and level off at a specified altitude ±100 feet. If the descent is conducted in turbulent conditions, the pilot must also comply with the design maneuvering speed (VA) limitations. Since aviation for work isn’t enough, she also lives in a hangar home on the west side of Houston!

Descent 52

Descent Aeronautical Decision-Making Airplanes Turbulence 52

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

By number, pilots and dispatchers are the primary consumers of METARs. The weather observations in METARs provide pilots with the information to determine what takeoff or landing procedures should be used. Winds over 15 knots are indicated by flashing yellow lights. They all follow the same format. C ( 12°F)/-11.0°C

Weather 52

Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

And so we landed without any issue and taxied via Charlie to the Apron, arriving at the first location of the Blue Spruce Routes because we saw all the old WW2 hangars in various state of repair or disrepair … Wick is a classic stop-over for ferry pilots in both directions. So we could continue to Iceland.

Weather 52

Weather Clearance Knot Airplanes 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Pilots who regularly operate at high elevation airports are (or should be) familiar with planning this type of flying. The “Six” can seat 6 (pilot + 5 passengers) in a 2-2-2 seating configuration. Although not a problem for airliners, flying at high altitude airports presents challenges for pilots of small piston aircraft.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Gary's Flight Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

As we reached the mid peninsula we were rocked by strong wind gusts between 40 and 49 knots at six thousand five hundred. I needed to loose altitude so I circled around and worked my way down to a safe altitude and activated the auto pilot for heading and altitude to perform the emergency gear dump just to be safe.

Weather 52

Weather VOR Knot Hangar 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The IJN laid down the specifications for an interceptor that would fly at a maximum speed of 340 knots (629.7 Yet naval officials and aircraft engineers foresaw the need for a new land-based interceptor (or ‘Local Fighter’ (Oto-sen) in Japanese naval terminology) to defend Japan’s skies from high-altitude bombers.

Pilot 126

Pilot Ceiling Knot Tail 126

Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

On the 15th of October 2023, a private pilot rented a Cessna 172M from Air Gold Coast for a private flight from Gold Coast Airport, Queensland, to Murwilumbah, New South Wales. The pilot continued to take dual and solo flights with the operator; however, on the day of the accident, it had been 121 days since the pilot’s last flight.

Threshold 92

Threshold Runway Approach Pilot 92

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Lola was among the first female commercial pilots, breaking barriers in aviation when airliners were almost exclusively male territory. Lola went on to become a commercial airline transport pilot, flight instructor, SCUBA divemaster, and an award-winning author and photographer. of all pilots in the US were female. “Yes.”

Weather 98

Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 98

Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

Passing the torch Air Facts Journal Pilots are life-long learners, and, per the Feynman Learning Technique, the best way to learn anything is to teach it to someone else. With that in mind, plus a desire to pass the torch to a new generation, some old pilots developed a week-long aviation camp for youth, ages 14-18.

Lift 98

Lift Knot Airfoil Airplanes 98

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. It’s your Pilot in Command responsibility under 91.103. feet per minute). Multiply 1.5

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As I passed Kelley's Island, wind streaks in the water out of the southwest indicated a wind of six to eight knots, exactly as forecast. Pilots operating to and from the airport are warned to avoid the Perry Memorial by at least 1,000 feet. Moments later, the pilot emerged and helped four women disembark. That's a long way!"

Runway 82

Runway Approach Knot Drag 82

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming Air Facts Journal Second Lieutenant Arnold Reiner Marine Corps recruitment brochures in the early ’60s described three pilot training pipelines: jets, transports and helicopters. We were grouped in sections of about 15 to 20 student pilots.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Air Facts

MAY 29, 2024

From the archive: round trip to Europe in an Aero Commander Air Facts Journal Editor’s Note: Flying over the North Atlantic presents a multitude of challenges that make it a daunting task for pilots and aircraft alike, but can you imagine making this trip 70 years ago? From Where?

Weather 93

Weather Jet Pilot Descent 93

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.

Runway 68

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I also secured hangar space for the week to the tune of $75 a night. Mary had the garlic knots along with the Italian chop salad. Wednesday 5/1 I’m up early and as all pilots do, I’m checking weather for our return home. We sat in the pilot lunge and enjoyed our lunch. We finished breakfast and headed to the airport.

Runway 102

Runway Approach VOR Weather 102