Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

When air flows over the aircraft wing, the shape of the airfoil creates low pressure above the wing and relatively higher pressure below the wing. Pilots can find out the prevailing winds aloft such as from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center and predict the vortices direction and rate of drift behind the preceding aircrafts flight path.

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

JULY 24, 2025

Air Force ace Chuck Yeager’s historic supersonic flight in 1947, as well as several systems—such as the NACA airfoil—that remain in use. But as aircraft evolve, so too must the systems that oversee them. IASMS uses all of that data to build “digital twins” of planned routes and their hazards.

Airfoil

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Air Traffic Management Over the decades, NASA has developed a number of air traffic management simulation tools, including: Center TRACON Automation System (CTAS) – 1990s: CTAS is a suite of software tools developed by NASA that generates new information for air traffic controllers.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 4, 2025

Unbeknownst to me, the weather turned bad, and Damian wound up getting stuck. Of those, six are now aviation professionals, including one air traffic controller. m2) Airfoil: NACA 43015 Empty weight: 1,150 lbs. …We agreed that the plane looked clean, so he decided to buy it. He flew home via the airlines.

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