Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For new drone pilots, however, getting started with the right gear is essential for a successful and safe flying experience. In this article, we’ll cover the basics of what new drone pilots need. Drone Pilot Must-Haves While it may seem obvious, the most important gear you will need as a new pilot is, of course, a drone.

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Aerotime

MARCH 12, 2025

Skilled pilots, engineers, cabin crew, and ground staff are in high demand, making workforce retention a strategic priority for aviation businesses. Aviation professionals seek stability and a sense of purpose in their roles, making it essential for businesses to foster an environment that promotes engagement, growth, and mutual respect.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Some pilots soar like eagles to a smooth touchdown, and others settle to the runway like wounded turkeys.

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Stability Approach Runway Pilot 83

Aerotime

AUGUST 27, 2024

Boom Supersonic has successfully completed the second test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on August 26, 2024 The flight, led by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, focused on critical evaluations of the aircraft’s systems.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Vertical Aerospace announced on February 4, 2025, that it had successfully completed Phase 2 in its piloted flight test program for its VX4 prototype eVTOL aircraft. Vertical Aerospace started its piloted thrustborne tests in early January 2025 at Cotswold Airport (GBA), in England, and has since performed more than 30 piloted flights.

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Stability Lift Pilot Aviation Technology 306

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 3, 2025

The historic flight took place near Niagara Falls, New York, with company test pilots Edward F. Early helicopters required pilots to manually synchronize engine RPM with both main rotor and tail rotor collective pitchesa complex and demanding task. test pilot Floyd W. Hensley and Gerald Arthur Jay Demming at the controls.

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Payload Stability Tail General Aviation 98

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

Have you ever wondered how pilots determine wind direction and speed at a glance? A windsock is an essential aviation tool that helps pilots make safe decisions. Role in Aviation and Other Industries What makes windsocks so reliable for pilots? Regular inspection of windsocks makes sure you receive reliable wind information.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 16, 2025

The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The forward surface would stall first, causing the nose to dip slightly and preventing the main wing from stalling.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Lift Pilot 119

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

After evaluation, the medics stabilized the patient for further transportation back to the hospital and returned to the helicopter, which was waiting nearby. “I The crew for this mission included the pilot in command, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Everett Fowler, plus pilot Capt. Seth Koester, Crew Chief Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Erny.

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Pilot in Command Stability Weather Pilot 287

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The British Airways Airbus A350-1000, registered G-XWBC, was involved in a collision with a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Heathrow in April 2024, resulting in damage to the aircraft’s right-hand horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft had insufficient energy to climb immediately and so touched down during the go-around process.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Jet Pilot 276

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the past few years, airlines have been aggressively recruiting pilots to address a global pilot shortage, offering increased salaries, signing bonuses, and pathway programs. This shift has left many aspiring pilots questioning whether now is the right time to enter the industry. Why Are Airlines Reducing Hiring?

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Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

The pilot flyingpulled back the thrust levers, and as a result, over the following 5seconds, N1 decreased from 64% to approximately 43%, where it remained until touchdown. A large portion of the tail, including most of the vertical stabilizer and the entire horizontal stabilizer, also broke away from the aircraft.

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Northstar VFR

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI The pilot shortage has made headlines for several years, and the result has been a record number of young people going into flight training and other adults making a career change for the allure of becoming an airline pilot. If theres a pilot shortage, why has it been so difficult to get hired this past year?

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AV Web

MARCH 4, 2025

The report includes findings and analysis of the flight training industry based on input from some 1,400 flight training organization owners and managers, flight instructors, designated pilot examiners, active and prospective students, and certificated pilots.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

(image via AirCorps Aviation) The larger, freshly painted parts shown here include the brake cylinders (lower left center), brake pedals above them, the vertical stabilizer fairing on the near right center, and the horizontal stabilizers center tube on the far right. The empennage’s framework has been fitted to the fuselage.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability Runway 111

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 2, 2025

If youre seeking a profession that blends excitement, flexibility, financial security, and personal fulfillment, becoming a pilot might just be your ideal path. The Demand for Pilots Is Sky High The aviation industry is experiencing a remarkable surge in demand for pilots, creating an unprecedented opportunity for career-switchers.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

So, how do pilots manage to land their aircraft safely and accurately without even being able to see where theyre going? The ILS (Instrument Landing System) uses radio signals to help pilots align the aircraft accurately on their approach to a runway. The ILS gives three types of information to the pilot. Why Do We Need ILS?

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The initial version had a “fastback” fuselage that lacked a rear window and a large, unswept vertical stabilizer. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1960 Cessna 172A Skyhawk appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. First flown in 1957, the 172 has over the years been produced in three basic styles.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Pilot 96

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

If you’re a pilot considering multi-engine training or upgrading your flying experience, comparing the Piper Seneca vs. Seminole is crucial. Primarily used in flight schools, it focuses on providing an easier learning curve for pilots pursuing multi-engine ratings.

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Flight Training Central

APRIL 18, 2025

Key Points from the SAFO: Lack of stabilized approach criteria : Visual approaches often lack defined vertical profiles, increasing the risk of an unstable approach. ATC expectations : Pilots should not assume ATC will provide obstacle clearance during a visual approach.

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Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making Clearance Stability 52

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Aviation has influenced global events, transformed travel, and captured the imaginations of pilots and enthusiasts around the world. You wont, of course, encounter many lessons on aviation history during flight training, but it nonetheless provides a context within which we can better understand ourselves as students, pilots, or enthusiasts.

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World Airline News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Air Canada today said that it welcomes the result of a vote by its more than 5,200 pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, approving a new collective agreement between the company and the association. Air Canada aircraft photo gallery (current livery): Screenshot

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Mistakes are a natural part of learning, but understanding common pitfalls ahead of time can help you progress more efficiently, build confidence, and become a safer pilot. In this comprehensive guide, well take a deep dive into the top 10 mistakes student pilots make, why they happen, and actionable strategies to avoid them.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

Endeavor Air CRJ-900 debris map So, what do we know about the two pilots? Obviously it was gusty, but if youre not able to stabilize an approach, thats when a go around would ordinarily be performed. Is it possible that pilot error caused this? The right wing came to a rest around 215 feet beyond the main wreckage.

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 108

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 11, 2025

These stories shine a light on the aircraft and test pilots that pushed the limits of aeronautical knowledge, many of them flying out of the legendary Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong Flight Research Center) at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Research pilot John McKay flew it once in this form on September 17, 1956.

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Drag Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airfoil 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

No matter how skilled a pilot may be, the unpredictability of real-world environments can turn even the most routine missions into disaster. Today, more pilots carry insurancenot because their clients require itbut because they want to insure themselves and protect their investments. These things happen.

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Simple Flying

JUNE 21, 2024

In the cosmos of aviation, pilots encounter tons of challenges and maneuvers during flight. It is caused by relatively weak positive directional stability instead of positive lateral stability and many other aerodynamic and aeronautical factors. One of these phenomena is known as the Dutch roll.

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Stability Pilot 116

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The government test pilot bailed out and was uninjured, but the prototype was a write-off. This version was equipped with modified flight controls based on lessons learned from the initial prototype, had a larger vertical stabilizer, and several other minor improvements.

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Airplanes Ceiling Stability Tail 96

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airframe was all metal, with a fabric-covered wing, and the vertical stabilizer lacked the curved dorsal fairing of later 170s. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1948 Cessna 170 appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. First flown in 1948, the first Cessna 170s were essentially scaled-up 140s.

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Transponder Stability Airplanes Pilot 98

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Back in the mid-2000s, United was just trying to stabilize itself. It was also from the reduction in Essential Air Service and small airplane flying due to the pilot shortage. The number of flights plunged with July 2017 having over 20 percent fewer flights than July 2004. That is, of course, only part of the story.

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Stability Runway Airplanes Airline 130

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A pilot training aircraft is designed with robustness, stability, and absolute reliability. The list compiles some of the best-selling flight training aircraft used by flight schools worldwide.

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Stability Pilot 111

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 20, 2025

This particular 108 is the dash three model, identifiable by the large vertical stabilizer. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1948 Stinson 108-3 appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. It has a low 2,221 hours on the airframe with no known damage history. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Stability Tail Airplanes 94

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

I dont exactly fit the standard pilot profile of Game Aerospaces GB1 GameBird But theres always been something about the GameBird that has piqued my interest. Its first-class team, led by Ian Waghorn, ensures that pilots leave the training program feeling confident, competent, and safe in their new or new-to-them GameBird.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Professional Pilot

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

During the 2025 fire season, both TBM 960s will deploy in Canada, with a government agency Air Attack Officer in the right seat and a Conair pilot in the left. The post Daher Aircraft delivers the first TBM 960 birddog airplanes to Conair in support of wildfire air attack missions first appeared on Professional Pilot Magazine.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

It is essential to ensure safe takeoff and flight, as iced surfaces can disrupt aerodynamics, reduce the aircraft’s stability, and affect performance. This identification is necessary for ramp agents, specialists, and pilots. The decision is made by the flight ramp agent in collaboration with the pilots.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At this point, the pilots will contact ATC for push and start clearance , allowing the plane to be pushed back from its parking position (if applicable, depending on the airport) and to start its engines in sequence. Once this message is conveyed to the pilots, they disengage the aircraft’s parking brake, hence the ‘ wobble ’.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 276

Flight Training Central

MARCH 28, 2025

Each year, the Redbird State of Flight Training Survey provides valuable insights into the evolving landscape of flight training, and the 2025 report brings some welcome stability. What’s it cost to earn a Private pilot cerificate? About $14,000 is the median cost to earn a Private license according to the survey.

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