Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Almost immediately upon arrival into Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC), I knew I was in airplane heaven from the immediate close-by 747s taxiing past the terminal windows to the noise of Beaver seaplanes whizzing overhead. The terrain reaches well over 4,000 feet agl, so a good vertical rise is seen.

AGL

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

However, as Epic CEO Doug King told FLYING , the airplane was originally designed to be a big-engine, high-performance machine, unlike many manufacturers that start small and progressively add power. We note that the airplane we flew, the first AX off the line, equipped with nearly every option, had a useful load of 2,918 pounds.

Rudder

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

For example, describing a Cuban eight maneuver would involve such writing as, enter the (in Farsi , R-L), Cuban eight (in English, L-R), maneuver no lower than (in Farsi , R-L), 10,000 AGL (in English, L-R), at a minimum of (in Farsi , R-L), 450 knots (in English, L-R). Watching such scribbling could make ones head spin!

Pilot

AV Web

MAY 18, 2025

He took the airplane back and, problem solved, we did a great interview and I enjoyed watching his segments, which became a regular part of his show. ” The last ADS-B burst showed the plane at about 200 feet AGL and 77 knots, four knots above the published stall speed. But it goes beyond training.

Knot

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Flying a single engine airplane, under IFR, in the clouds, in a non-radar environment and without an autopilot, adds a great deal to the pilots work load. With three airplanes, we departed Springfield for Fairfield, Iowa to compete in an NIFA competition against five other schools. This was the situation on Friday, December 1, 1972.

VOR

Ask a Flight Instructor

JANUARY 26, 2025

I typically arrive over the airfield/intended landing point 3,000 AGL then fly a 360 degree steep descent to a short final. I believe the civilian equivalent is the 360 degree power-off landing once required of commercial pilot candidates, and described in previous editions of the Airplane Flying Handbook.

AGL

Pilot Institute

APRIL 30, 2025

Types of Altitude To fundamentally understand density altitude, you need to understand the five types of altitude used in aviation: Indicated altitude: the altitude read on the altimeter (regardless of altimeter setting) Pressure Altitude: the indicated altitude of the altimeter when it is set to 29.92

Density Altitude

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

We practice power-off stalls to help us identify the signs of a stall and the characteristics of your airplane when it stalls. The ACS states that recovery should be completed no lower than 1,500 ft AGL for single-engine aircraft and 3,000 ft AGL for multi-engine aircraft.

Descent

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Above 10,000 feet MSL , excluding areas at and below 2,500 feet AGL. The FAA requires transponders in certain types of airspace. If you plan to fly in: Group I Terminal Control Area (TCA). You must have a transponder equipped with 4096-code capability on Mode 3/A and altitude reporting Mode C.

Transponder

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 15, 2025

I dont like user fees any more than the next small-airplane owner, but were facing an uncertain future in federal funding of airports and, indeed, the entire aviation ecosystem, plus there have long been downward pressures on local municipalities to support their hometown airport.

AGL

Flying Magazine

JUNE 5, 2025

Airport At an elevation of 1,206 feet agl, Carroll County Airports 3,554-feet-long-by-75-feet-wide runway sticks out amongst the rural area that immediately surrounds it. One of the airports highlights is its terminal building, which has been honored for its distinct designsimilar to that of an airplane wing.

Runway

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. Theyre pretty much the same thing, but heres the difference: DH is measured above the ground (AGL). LPV is the most accurate RNAV approach and can get you as low as 200 feet above the ground (AGL), just like an ILS Category I approach.

Approach

CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. Perform at a safe altitude (typically 3,000 feet AGL or higher) to demonstrate safely.

Aileron

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

This can happen to any airplane type. You should conduct training sessions at or above 1,500 feet AGL. Do you know what causes aerodynamic stalls and how to prevent them? Let’s break it down: An aerodynamic stall occurs when the wing exceeds its critical angle of attack.

Lift

Flight Training Central

JUNE 20, 2025

Does the elevator of a T-tail airplane buffet as the main wing approaches a stall? The minimum flight visibility required for VFR flights above 10,000 feet MSL and more than 1,200 feet AGL in controlled airspace is 5 miles. 180°-359° magnetic. 0°-179° true. 080° magnetic. No Yes, but only when flaps are extended Yes Correct!

VOR

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Absolute Altitude The vertical distance of the aircraft above ground level (AGL), which is true altitude minus terrain elevation. Radio or radar altimeters measure absolute altitude, usually up to 2,500 feet AGL. The post The 6 Types of Altitude in Aviation (Airplane Pilots) appeared first on Pilot Institute.

Density Altitude

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

You may pilot aircraft with a Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) of 1320 pounds, carry no more than one passenger, and fly only during the daytime up to 10,000 feet MSL (or 2,000 AGL). A great option for that is taking an interactive ground school, such as the private airplane pilot course on Pilotinstitute.com. Multiengine land.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Ground reference maneuvers aim to train you to accurately control your airplane under various wind conditions. Youll want to perform any ground reference maneuver between 600 and 1000 feet Above Ground Level (AGL). Be respectful, and remember that your airplane makes a lot of noise. For this turn, use a moderate bank angle.

Crosswind

Air Facts

JUNE 30, 2025

The OV-10 was a great airplane, but it wasn’t pressurized or air conditioned. Binoculars were a vital FAC tool, especially when flying at 5,000–6,000 feet AGL. They were heavy, and using them meant flying the airplane with one hand. The enemy was highly skilled at camouflage, so spotting anything required serious visual work.

Weather

Air Facts

JULY 18, 2025

My instructor kept pulling the yoke aft as the airplane shrieked in protest, the stall warning screaming louder than any siren I’d heard before. Then, as the G-forces eased and the airplane began to recover, I saw the tallest pine branch pass by the window, its needles seemingly watching us in alarm. But no words came out.

AGL

Pilot Institute

JULY 30, 2025

Just imagine a pilot trying to navigate his airplane through terrain while blindfolded with no instruments. By comparing this pressure to sea level pressure, we can determine the drone’s altitude (either MSL or AGL ). Why Is the IMU Important? As the drone goes up or down, barometers detect changes in air pressure.

Stability

Plane and Pilot

JULY 22, 2025

After 800 hours of flying, with almost 50 different types in my logbook, there are several airplanes that I have felt one with—Game Aerospace’s GB1 GameBird , almost any member of the classic and modern day Cub species, and a very specific Cessna 170, just to name a few. Let’s walk through it real quick. Very nice,” Finkbeiner said.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 8, 2025

As a commercial photographer in Wichita, eventually you’ll see an airplane through your camera,” Bowen quipped. The photo platform varies, but Bowen said it is very important that the photo aircraft is capable of matching the speed of the subject airplane. Bowen’s career as an aviation photographer began in the 1970s. “As

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JULY 25, 2025

Fly the airplane you will or do fly in reality. Then try it right after takeoff at 500 feet agl. VFR sectional charts (paper or digital), electronic flight gags (EFBs) such as iFlyEFB , and even built-in air traffic control (ATC) simulation provide immersive procedural experiences. Stick with basic aircraft.

Cockpit

AV Web

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The airplane was even able to taxi off the runway and to the ramp under its own power. Your second reactionwhich actually should be part of the initial oneshould be to establish the best engine-out glide airspeed and ensure the airplane is aerodynamically clean: gear and flaps up, cowl flaps closed. Or all three.

Runway

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

While hover taxing on the taxiway, NTSB reports, a Cessna airplane taxied onto the same taxiway. The captain took control and applied aft stick pressure to return the airplane to a normal descent pitch attitude to prevent an overspeed. There, the airplane landed without further incident. at Marana, Arizona, on 2021s first day.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

More specifically, fast (aka high-energy) approaches, can be requested by ATC and become a trap and possibly lead to a bent airplane or, worse still, a fatal outcome. READ MORE: VFR Landing Skills Can Become Rusty During IFR Training Know your airplane, and all this might be relatively straightforward.

Approach

Flying Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

There was an overcast at 1,300 agl (1,850 msl), but no precipitation and good visibility below the clouds. Immediately after takeoff, when the airplane is both nose up and accelerating, the normal uphill sensation of climbing is magnified, especially in powerful airplanes that gain speed rapidly. It was a little before 11 a.m.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

But if I was going VFR over strange territory, I would want lots more than 1,000 feet agl. It wasn’t a big deal, but after a long week at EAA AirVenture and a long day in the airplane, the detour wasn’t appreciated. The post Long Trips & Small Airplanes appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

Airplanes

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

If you’ve arrived at a non-towered airport recently, especially one with a busy flight school, you may have heard another airplane announce something to the effect of “overhead for the teardrop entry.” There’s also the issue of turbine airplanes, which typically fly 500 feet higher in the pattern. So, what is safe and efficient?

Crosswind

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

No airplane or helicopter traffic No helicopter traffic No airplane traffic Correct! 3,823 feet MSL the surface 700 feet AGL Correct! Access unlimited practice exams and other test preparation tools in Sportys Learn to Fly Course. Let’s get to the quiz! Refer to Figure 82.) Refer to Figure 71, area 1.)

Altimeter

Air Facts

MARCH 28, 2025

Buffalo Hunting With Airplanes Air Facts Journal This is not a Wild West story involving Buffalo Bill. Those puffs were airbursts containing shell fragments that could cripple an airplane, or worse, wound or kill the crew. The post Buffalo Hunting With Airplanes appeared first on Air Facts Journal. A DC130 carrying a Firebee.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And Im particularly ears up when an accident involves an airplane or an airport that Im familiar with. A witness, who was located on the airport ramp on the south side of Runway 24, about 850 feet short of the departure end, observed the airplane fly by him after takeoff, the NTSB report reads. Dont put the airplane first.

Runway

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 7, 2024

The companion datalink traffic feature took a little longer to reach maturity, requiring your airplane to be equipped with an ADS-B Out transponder to get the full traffic picture. That limitation is now in the past since nearly every airplane flying in busy and high-altitude airspace is ADS-B out equipped.

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The firm’s March approval, which it obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, includes a COA authorizing a flight corridor up to 5,000 feet agl between New Jerusalem and Byron airports. However, technologies such as detect and avoid and remote identification have the potential to replace human observers as they mature.

Center of Gravity

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

It can also be dangerous when the learner drops the airplane to fly the checklist or radio, so practice in the ATD is often a good way to learn procedures, as the ATD is a CFI-controlled environment. To get the most out of the scenario, the learner should use the same procedures in the airplane. It’s an ATD. What could go wrong?

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. Anything in the airplane not tied down floated, even dust from the flight deck carpet, then slammed to the nearest surface moments later as we were caught by the next wave. Maintain maneuvering airspeed at all times.

Turbulence