Pilot Institute
APRIL 22, 2025
750 hours for current or former US military pilots. You can be a pilot in command (PIC) with an ATP certificate, while you can only act as a co-pilot with a Restricted ATP certificate. Heres a brief overview: 1,250 hours for associates degree holders. 1,000 hours for bachelors degree holders. Good question.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
As the pilot in command, it is your job to minimize the loss of altitude and recovery as soon as practicable. It’s mainly due to the effects of thrust and the high-energy slipstream from the propeller preventing boundary separation. Adjust the throttle and mixture to cruise settings once the aircraft is in a clean configuration.
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Yaw dampers are turned off at landing and takeoff so that the pilot is able to positively identify a malfunctioning engine. If the yaw damper is still active when an engine fails on takeoff or landing, itll automatically compensate for the yaw caused by the engines lack of thrust. What Is Aileron Trim?
Plane and Pilot
JULY 2, 2024
The problem is, there’s more than this one limitation involved in the average flight, beyond just the perils that can be met by our piloting ability. We need to consider the full range of hazards we’re facing, and that involves more than just assessing the pilot’s ability. Probably not without some practice.
AV Web
APRIL 15, 2025
Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. Post-almost-flight investigation proved embarrassing. The FA was apparently qualified to serve mimosas.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
JULY 22, 2024
Well done to the PIC (Pilot-in-command)! Touched down with the reverse thrust kicking in to slow the aircraft down. This is the Roll Royce XWB-84 engines, with 84,000 Ibf thrust. I can enjoy the movie and watch the flight map at the same time. Let's see how good the landing is. Here we are.
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Because the Tu-144 lacked any reverse thrust capabilities, it was also forced to rely on a drag chute to help slow it down during landings. The pilot in command was Tupolev’s chief test pilot Eduard Yelyan. On December 31, 1968, Tu-144 CCCP-68001 made the type’s first flight.
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