Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Anti-torque pedals manage the tail rotor’s thrust, countering the main rotor’s torque to maintain directional control and stability. Does turbulence affect helicopters differently? Yes, helicopters experience turbulence differently due to their rotor system. Which takes longer to learn, helicopters or airplanes?

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

Anyway we were informed about the turbulence and for this flight, the first officer did the announcements. As you can see, it was raining at this point but nothing bad in terms of turbulence. We touched down smoothly and reverse thrusts were deployed to slow the aircraft down. I declined as I prefer the window seat.

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Descent Runway Cabin Crew Weather 102

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Thrust : The force generated by the engine that propels the aircraft forward. Pilots must counteract the additional drag with more thrust to maintain altitude. Higher altitudes are also less prone to turbulence and have fewer birds. Turbulent air will require a larger airspeed margin. Don’t go all the way back to idle.

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Lift Rudder Drag Checkride 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Depending on the wind direction and airport surroundings, you may experience some turbulence. This will reduce your workload in turbulent conditions. This is because only one engine produces thrust. Landing on the windward wheel. Briefing this in advance will make you more prepared for this.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For the flight itself, after take off at Delhi, we encountered quite a bit of turbulence and also more turbulence happened during the crossing through the Bay of Bengal. I slept about 2 hours but I did wake up a few times due to turbulence. Reverse thrusts were deployed and our aircraft slowed down to taxi speed.

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Cabin Crew Weather Turbulence Descent 59

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A significant amount of thrust generated by the engine comes from the fan rather than the core. Turbine pilots will experience more icing, more instrument conditions, instrument approaches flown closer to minimum decision altitudes and in low visibility, more turbulence, and will have to frequently avoid convective weather while flying.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Air Traffic Control 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. Bad data caused by turbulence, turns, and other anomalies was discarded. As altitude increases, air molecules spread out, resulting in less power and lift.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As this was the first time sitting quite front in the Boeing 767-400ER, I find it to be quite noisy during take off and there was quite a bit of turbulence during the flight. Reverse thrusts were deployed to slow our aircraft down. There were 2 meal service on this flight, dinner and breakfast. We landed smoothly on runway 31L.

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Airlines Airline Runway Final Approach 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

These control surfaces dictate the aircraft’s roll, and this allows it to bank smoothly through turns or even recover from turbulence. 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?

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Jet engines don’t like this low-density air either, producing less thrust. We also get a detailed paper printout before each departure that factors in weight, temperature, wind, runway length, and so forth, providing us with the speeds, thrust, and flap settings that we’ll use for takeoff. beyond which operation isn’t permitted.

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Weather Thrust Lift Tarmac 90

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Vulcan engines had a high thrust-to-weight ratio, allowing it to reach higher altitudes much faster than the other bombers in its category. Additionally, being an aircraft capable of reaching speed close to sound, the Vulcan generated more sound due to the aerodynamic effect of the shock waves and turbulent airflow. meters Length 32.13

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Payload Thrust Stability Lift 98

Air Facts

JUNE 19, 2024

During the takeoff mode, the biggest one of these emergencies being loss of thrust (loss of engine power). And possible out of nowhere, we may encounter teeth-chattering clear air turbulence. This is culled by both the anticipation of the flight and by the potential unknowns that might occur.

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Pilot Crosswind Cockpit Threshold 98

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 15, 2025

For example, if you encounter turbulence, the bumps you experience will increase the load factor. V1 is where the pilot must take the first action (such as reducing thrust) to stop the aircraft or risk a runway overrun. VNO is marked by the upper limit of the green arc on the airspeed indicator.

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V Speed Runway Pilot Knot 98

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

Unfortunately, they had miscalculated, and no amount of brake action and thrust reversers could keep the jet from plowing into the snow at the end of the runway. Those are solid signs of windshear and turbulence downwind of the ridge crest or mountain peak. No one was badly injured, but the aircraft was damaged substantially.

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Crosswind Weather Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway 40

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Stalling with a high-power setting takes more effort since there is thrust and a high-energy slipstream from the propeller, which prevents boundary layer separation. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. Buffeting is like flying in rough, choppy air.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Power is turned into thrust by three-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering propellers. Flying for merely a few hours in light to moderate turbulence made me appreciate the pilots that wrestled these machines for more than eight hours while keeping their assigned position in formation.

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Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 105

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Additionally, only those events where aircraft have been reported as either substantially damaged or written off, or there has been a fatality onboard a public transport flight due to inflight turbulence, have been included. The copilot selected the thrust reversers. The aircraft then bounced to a height of about three feet (2m).

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Runway Airlines Airline Horizontal Stabilizer 261

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Somewhere over Pennsylvania a Cessna 208B Caravan with two pilots and the three passengers [was] going to a business meeting in the float-equipped airplane when they encountered clouds and turbulence. The flight descendedbecause its scary to fly inside cloudsand flew along a riverbed, at times below the surrounding trees and terrain.

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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. Wind shear, turbulence, or gusty winds can create challenges during the landing phase, so knowing how to adjust for these factors is critical.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

One of them informed us about the weather and possible thunderstorm at Delhi Airport and he mentioned about the smooth ride when they flew in from Delhi so we could be expecting smooth ride during cruising but possible turbulence when we approach Delhi. We flew through some layers of clouds but it was not turbulent.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Ceiling 59