Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
Although he was flying at or near the proper airspeeds for an overhead pattern, he was constantly moving the throttlesfrom near idle to near full thrust within seconds. Our Talon accelerated as it climbed toward pattern altitude1,500 feet AGL. I once had a T-38 student pilot who flew the traffic pattern the same way.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
Our NIFA team of pilots would travel to other colleges and compete in sanctioned competition involving precise navigation, pre-flight inspections, accuracy landings, and simulated bomb drops into a barrel from 100 AGL feet using bean bags as bombs. It was also destroying the propellers air foils causing a loss of thrust.
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Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
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. It’s mainly due to the effects of thrust and the high-energy slipstream from the propeller preventing boundary separation.
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
The yaw damper automatically activates when 250 feet up on takeoff and deactivates at 200 feet agl on landing. Taxiing requires forays into Beta as there is so much thrust at idle that the Epic will rapidly accelerate beyond taxi speed.
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). Furthermore, you may fly only Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) and youre not eligible for additional ratings.
AV Web
APRIL 15, 2025
The pilot reported that he was too high and fast crossing the threshold 70 feet above ground level (AGL) at 90 mph. Halfway down the runway the airplane was about 30 feet AGL at a speed of about 45 mph, and oscillating 20 degrees either side of center. Post-almost-flight investigation proved embarrassing.
Aerotime
MARCH 21, 2025
Around 13 seconds before touchdown as the aircraft was descending through 153 feet above ground level (AGL) the TSB said the CRJ900s indicated airspeed increased to 154 knots whereas the ground speed did not change appreciably, consistent with a performance-increasing wind gust. The bank angle increased to a 4.7right bank.
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