Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

These include lift, propeller thrust, and engine combustion. This means that if you encounter these conditions on a particular day, you would need to achieve a higher true airspeed to produce the same lift that would be generated at lower airspeeds in denser air. Air density is fundamental in aviation.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude Pilot True Airspeed Lift 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Any NOTAMS applicable? For example, some aircraft limit flaps and gear in icing until on approach or forbid the use of speed brakes or require a minimum thrust setting. Particular attention to true airspeed vs. turn radius. How truly important is this current approach to mission success?

Approach 97

Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 4, 2025

The rest is just lift, drag, thrust, weather, and navigation. What is your range and true airspeed? Read the NOTAMs! Of course, he had spent several hours in the Everglades waiting to be rescued from the alligators, so I was sympathetic. Oh, and some money. What follows is a rough guide that assumes a one-month voyage.

Flight Plan 75

Flight Plan Weather True Airspeed Airplanes 75