Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you’re aiming to get comfortable with managing both airspeed and altitude in flight, you’ll need to understand the difference between indicated airspeed (IAS) and true airspeed (TAS). Key Takeaways Airspeed and altitude are directly linked to each other throughout different phases of your flight. miles per hour.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

Key Takeaways Air density affects aircraft performance, including lift, engine power, and propeller effectiveness. These include lift, propeller thrust, and engine combustion. This increased density increases airflow over the wings, generating more lift. The opposite is true for low-pressure weather systems.

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Density Altitude Pilot True Airspeed Lift 52

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, new business jet deliveries topped out at 644. For comparison, 2008 was a record year, with 1327 new business jet airframes delivered to customers. During the decade preceding Covid-19, the average number of business jets delivered in a single year hovered just under 700 units.

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Jet True Airspeed Weather Flight Deck 40

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, new business jet deliveries topped out at 644. For comparison, 2008 was a record year, with 1327 new business jet airframes delivered to customers. During the decade preceding Covid-19, the average number of business jets delivered in a single year hovered just under 700 units.

Jet 40

Jet True Airspeed Weather Flight Deck 40

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It was interesting and a lot of fun for a lot of reasons, with most of them having to do with not flying a jet and not being restricted by ATC and all the regulatory stuff that makes an airline pilot feel like he’s roped and tied. I can’t do that in a jet. My true airspeed, 68% power, 6,500 feet, was 161 mph.

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Weather Airplanes Lift Pilot 75

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

After we decided this, we heard a Challenger jet announce “Taxiing to 26 for takeoff”. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call. This near miss was avoided only by the jet taking off immediately in front of him. He tried again, with no reply.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52