Flight Training Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The bank angle should be reduced gradually with coordinated aileron and rudder input. The pilot should be prepared for the necessary crosswind correction and compensate by turning more than 90° angling toward the inside of the rectangular course. The next leg is where the airplane turns from an upwind leg position to the crosswind leg.

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Groundspeed Crosswind Aileron Rudder 52

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Pilots and flight schools favor this aircraft for its ease of use and dependable performance. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface. This article explores the Cessna Skyhawk C172’s features, evolution, and lasting appeal.

Knot 52

Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Short field landings are a true test of a pilot’s skill. They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. Whether you’re new to short field landings or a pilot needing a refresher, this essential guide is for you. Feeling overwhelmed by this challenging maneuver?

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The take-off and the en-route climb to the planned cruising altitude of 37,000ft (11,280m) was uneventful, with the first officer as the flying pilot. Haynes asked that Fitch assume control of the engine throttles, by kneeling between the two forward-facing pilot seats. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

Runway 301

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 301

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 11, 2024

Pilots are known for liking speed, whether it’s in an aircraft, motorcycle, or boat. Let’s look at the basics of slow flight: what it is, why we practice it as pilots, and the fundamentals of performing slow flight. You can study more on the aerodynamics of slow flight in Chapter 5 of the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.

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Checkride Airplanes Pilot AGL 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

You’re not supposed to feel it like you do the aircraft, but this can make you a better pilot as you will develop instrument scan and interpretation skills. READ MORE: Our Pilots of the Future May Share Sim Stories Partial power loss scenarios—especially at low altitude—are very useful. It’s an ATD.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

About 90% of accidents could have been prevented by the pilot. Most can be avoided by diligent pre-flight preparations; by paying attention to what’s happening around us; by staying disciplined and flying within one’s margins; and by avoiding basic piloting mistakes through regular practice.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

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. These kinds of events change a pilot's behavior. How many pilots grab the housing of their alternator to give it a good shake on every preflight? Don't tell anyone I gave you that tow bar!" I said it was dodgy.)

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Airplanes Knot Runway Avionics Master Switch 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

What matters for VFR proficiency: better landings Air Facts Journal Earlier this year I argued that if IFR pilots wanted to prevent accidents, they should focus on the most boring of skills: basic attitude instrument flying. It’s not just GA pilots who can struggle with airspeed control. Neither one is good.

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Knot Runway Airplanes Pilot 86

Air Facts

JUNE 21, 2024

It didn’t occur to me that he was trying to show he could fly like a fighter pilot or something, because after all, we were in a Cessna 172. I let him have the controls again, my hands approximately one-sixteenth of an inch away away from the yoke, my feet surreptitiously on the rudders. And a knot is 1.15 I looked at him.

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Rudder Crosswind Knot Aileron 76

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Steep turns should be one of the most fun maneuvers pilots learn. But for many pilots, flying coordinated turns while keeping altitude and speed steady is hard enough. In maintaining a properly coordinated steep turn, the pilot must use the opposite aileron to maintain bank. Induced Drag Induced drag is a byproduct of lift.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Key Takeaways Slow flight trains pilots to handle the aircraft at speeds just above stalling. Common mistakes include neglecting clearing turns, delaying stall recovery, and misusing the rudder. That’s why it’s crucial for pilots to learn aircraft control at low speeds. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead.

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Lift Rudder Drag AGL 52

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

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. As soon as we hit 60 knots indicated, I lightly pulled back on the yoke and the airplane popped right off the ground. No ceiling so no hold for us today!

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 72

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 70

Runway Crosswind Rudder Approach 70

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions, carefully selected optimum conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. Was this a power loss after takeoff, whether or not the pilot chose to fly an impossible turn? Would a visual AOA indicator have helped?

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Runway 73

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

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

It is true that pilots have performed the maneuver and safely landed on the departure runway. These famous tales of success are why pilots continue to try their luck at it. The pilots who walked away from this maneuver had tons of experience, the right conditions, and heaps of luck. But is the impossible turn always impossible?

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AGL Runway Descent Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 10, 2024

After graduating from DePauw University, where he earned his private pilot’s license through the US government-sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP), Vraciu enlisted in the U.S. Vraciu would recall later that in fact, he and his fellow Hellcat pilots were looking forward to this mission.

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Cockpit Tail Pilot Stability 128

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The manufacturer is targeting a “pilot operational campaign” in the country within the next few years. Viceroy is designed to combine the speed of an aircraft (cruising at 180 mph or 156 knots) with the functionality and low operating cost of a boat. I’m a pilot. A lot of our founding team members are pilots.

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Ground Effect Rudder Knot Pilot 115