AGL Airplanes Turbulence 
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 1, 2025
m/s) Visibility: 9999 6 or more sm (10+ km) Weather: VCSH VCSH (showers in the vicinity) Clouds: SCT010 BKN030 OVC060 Scattered clouds at 1000 feet AGL, broken clouds at 3000 feet AGL, overcast cloud deck at 6000 feet AGL Ceiling: BKN030 3000 feet AGL Icing: 620509 Light rime in clouds from 5000 to 14000 feet AGL 1.
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.
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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.
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 8, 2025
This can happen to any airplane type. If you tilt your hand upward slightly, you can feel an increase in lift but if you tilt it too much, the airflow becomes turbulent, and lift suddenly decreases. You should conduct training sessions at or above 1,500 feet AGL. When you keep it flat, the air flows smoothly above and below.
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
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.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 7, 2024
ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts iPad Pilot News Datalink weather stole the show when portable ADS-B technology debuted over a decade ago, providing pilots with free in-flight weather imagery in mobile apps like ForeFlight. The visual depiction of the wake provides an aid to situational awareness when approaching wake turbulence.
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