Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down.

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Aileron Drag Rudder Descent 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

On the 9th of August 2023, a VX4 crashed at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire during a test flight over the runway. The prototype lifted off, hovered and flew at a speed of 40 knots before landing. G-EVTL lifted off with all EPUs operating. Then the pilot carefully climbed to 30 feet above the runway.

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Descent Knot Thrust Lift 105

Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

This meant the airplane, if were to carry anything, had to be built from very light materials incapable of providing support for a wing long enough to generate the needed lift. The bi-wing design allows two shorter wings to be braced against one another with a series of struts and wires providing the strength and lifting surface required.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway. This would result in the airplane stalling and dropping hard onto the runway. This procedure should only be used when there is adequate airspeed.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

It shows the helicopter flying normally, aligned to the runway, and then begin a gentle climb. The pilot told the airport tower controller that he may need the runway. The controller asked the pilot to report when two miles out and to expect runway 28. It rotated several times before crashing into the grass north of runway 28.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Lift We’ll start with my personal favorite — lift. As the airplane is rolling down the runway, air is passing over and under the wings. Weight Now let’s talk about the flip side of lift — weight. Thrust Thrust is our forward motion. Drag opposes lift. The more lift, the more induced drag.

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Drag Lift Thrust Airplanes 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. Fewer air molecules result in less dense air, which means less lift.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

It also keeps planes organized on the runway, but what is it exactly? Aviation taxiing is when an airplane or other aircraft with wheels rolls off, on, or along the runway at a slow, consistent speed. It’s simply when the plane moves around the runway for other reasons. Learn more from the best flight school in Arizona here.

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Clearance Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The series 20 was explicitly designed in response to Scandinavian Airlines who requested for an aircraft that could operate in harsh, cold climates and shorter runways. Thus, designed to handle shorter runways and higher performance needs. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44 meters Wingspan 28.44 meters Height 8.38

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Lift Runway Cargo Thrust 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Source: Wikipedia The series 20 was explicitly designed in response to Scandinavian Airlines who requested for an aircraft that could operate in harsh, cold climates and shorter runways. Thus, designed to handle shorter runways and higher performance needs. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44 meters Wingspan 28.44

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Lift Runway Cargo Thrust 52

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Aerodynamic Differences Fixed-Wing Aircraft (Airplanes) Airplanes , or fixed-wing aircraft, generate lift through their stationary wings as they move forward. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Flight Training Central

MARCH 29, 2024

What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect? Inability to climb Increase in stability Decrease in thrust required to maintain flight Correct! Aileron down on the upwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron up on the downwind wing Correct!

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Aileron Crosswind Ground Effect Thrust 52

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

As air flows over it, a force like lift results, and the tail is pulled in the opposite direction of the deflection. But instead of an upward force of lift on a wing, it’s a horizontal force pushing the tail of the plane causing the nose of the plane to move left and right. The pilot controls the throttle to create thrust.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

However, there was still a gap in urban travel since airplanes needed long runways, and helicopters, while versatile, were slow and limited in range. They saw potential in the Rotodyne to transport troops and supplies quickly without needing runways in war zones. Thus, the idea of combining the best features of both was born.

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Runway Drag Knot Airplanes 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Horizon Aircraft During the take-off and landing phases of flight, the wing surfaces can transform from a smooth horizontal flying surface into a stabilizer, housing 14 fans that provide the lift for vertical flight – five embedded on either side of the main wing, plus a further two mounted either side within the forward canard wings.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

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Lift Thrust Torque Aileron 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. As altitude increases, air molecules spread out, resulting in less power and lift. After 50 minutes, we were taxiing to the runway.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Aerotime

JULY 3, 2024

The KTLS is an unpowered system, with takeoff thrust provided solely by the aircraft’s jet engine. During the fully autonomous takeoff, the Valkyrie engine throttles up like a conventional jet, accelerating down the runway with the KTLS.

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Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Workers are subject to overheating, and so is their ground equipment: all of those myriad tugs, tractors, carts and lifts that Airplanes themselves, meanwhile, have a lot of internal machinery, both electronic and mechanical, and much of it runs hot to begin with. Jet engines don’t like this low-density air either, producing less thrust.

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Weather Thrust Lift Tarmac 90

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This transition of lifting off is called rotation. The runway came out worst, with a 720-metre scrape, about 2,350 feet, two metres left of the centre line. The flight crew had the full runway available to them, with a take-off distance available of 3,974 metres, which was luckily ample despite the circumstances.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 96

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We learn all about aerodynamics, thrust, drag, lift, and gravity, study flight manuals, emergency procedures, and FARs, take oral exams and check rides, and constantly review everything we can find about flying. It was one of the few in the area that had a rotating beacon and runway lights.

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Runway Pilot Approach Weather 96

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 15, 2025

For example, the rotation speed (VR) is the speed at which the pilot initiates a gentle rotation of the aircraft to lift off the ground during takeoff. VLOF Lift-off speed. VR: Rotation Speed VR is the speed at which the pilot gently pulls back on the control column to lift the nose off of the runway during takeoff.

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V Speed Runway Pilot Knot 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The foreplane on the aircraft was mounted ahead and above the main wing in order to provide extra lift at slower speeds and improve its short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. The aircraft also had to be easy to maintain and rearm by conscript servicemen drafted for temporary service.

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Pilot Runway Jet Thrust 61

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. When you fly into a microburst on approach or departure, youll first encounter a strong headwind, which will give you a brief lift.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

On January 2, 2024, a Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350-900 operating a flight from Sapporo to Tokyo collided with a Japan Coast Guard DHC-8-300 on the runway at Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND). The Fokker 50 went off the runway and subsequently collided with a house. By this point, the DHC-8 was already alight from the initial impact.

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Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer 258

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Student pilots get a free pass, because theyre adorable skittering off runways in Loss of Directional Control (LODC) events that vex the best among us. With lateral options dwindling, the Bell 47D went into a vertical lift. After one full revolution, the helicopter lifted rapidly from the ground and climbed immediately.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

This configuration provides the necessary power for both climb and cruise, while also offering valuable training for managing asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine-out situation. Throttle adjustments, trim settings, and speed control are all important in setting up for a controlled, smooth descent to the runway.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

The airport mayhave 2 runways (runway 14/32 and runway 09/27) but only one runway is in operation (09/27) and if this runway is in maintenance, the other runway will be in used. Once we reached runway 27, we departed just minutes after our schedule departure time. We taxied to runway 27 for departure.

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