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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

This horizontal component of lift is called Induced Drag. Its called induced drag since it only exists as a consequence of lift. If youre generating lift, youre stuck with induced drag as well. Increased Drag Moving air around is hard work! What Does the Vortex Strength Depend On?

Turbulence

Turbulence Lift Drag Runway

Going Up and Going Down

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

This climb speed is determined by minimizing the two sources of drag acting against the airplane. If speed is too low, meaning angle of attack is too high, induced drag builds up, as the wing is working extra hard to make lift. If speed is too fast, parasite drag becomes excessive, created from the increased wind resistance.

Descent

Descent Drag Lift Aileron

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Flying a Small Plane: Key Insights for Beginners

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

Weather

Weather Pilot Drag Rudder

Pneumatic Pressure Required

Fear of Landing

APRIL 11, 2025

At the same time, air traffic control called emergency services to report an aircraft stopped on the grass. Instead, they had to drag the aircraft tail first off of the grass and back to the hangers. The captain shut down the engines and then called for engineering assistance.

Cockpit

Cockpit Runway Air Traffic Control Drag

How to Execute a Power-Off 180: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pilots

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Be mindful of controlled or restricted airspace and coordinate with air traffic control as necessary. Deploying flaps prematurely increases drag and shortens glide distance. Emergency Procedures Integration: The power off 180 simulates an engine failure landing.

Pilot

Pilot Descent Approach Final Approach

Aviation Weather 101: What Makes Microbursts So Dangerous?

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

If dangerous wind shear is detected, the LLWAS will display the hazard to air traffic controllers (ATCs), who will relay the warning to all pilots at the relevant frequencies. Keep wings level to prevent unnecessary drag or instability. Your top priority is to regain and maintain airspeed. Dont lower the nose!

Wind Shear

Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach

What Is the Average Flying Altitude of a Commercial Plane?

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

However, flying a small plane often means operating at much lower altitudes, usually between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, depending on weather conditions, terrain, and air traffic. Flying a small plane at lower altitudes allows pilots to navigate visually and avoid the complexities of high-altitude air traffic control.

Weight-Shift-Control

Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Turbulence Weather

From albatrosses to slimy eels: Aircraft design and concepts inspired by nature

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Winglets and Sharklets Both Airbus and Boeing operate aircraft with wingtip devices that are designed to increase aircraft efficiency by removing drag. The devices would prove to “reduce wingtip drag” and increase “fuel efficiency by 6-7%” but would need be positioned uniquely for each aircraft type.

Lift

Lift Drag Air Traffic Control Tail

NATO Phonetic Alphabet: Learn It Fast With These Easy Tips

Pilot Institute

MAY 21, 2025

Pilots rely on it for accurate communication with air traffic control. Your jingle doesnt need to be flawless; it just needs to be catchy enough that repetition becomes less of a drag. Youll find it in the military, maritime industries, and emergency services. Just keep it brief and memorable.

Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Drag

Step-by-Step Guide: How to Land a Piper Seminole Safely

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Clear communication with air traffic control (ATC) is essential at this stage to receive landing clearance and avoid conflicts with other aircraft. Managing the critical engine, which is the engine closest to the aircrafts wingtip, is key to reducing drag and maintaining control.

Descent

Descent Final Approach Approach Runway

What Is a Belly Landing? Causes, Risks, and Recovery

Pilot Institute

MAY 8, 2025

During certain phases of flight, you may retract the landing gear to reduce drag and improve climb performance. Landing gear systems are typically controlled hydraulically, electrically, or through a combination of both. Youre communicating with air traffic control and configuring for landing.

Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control Runway Pilot Approach

What are the Key Parts of a Plane?

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

They also become familiar with systems like the Flight Management System (FMS) and transponder , which helps air traffic control identify and track aircraft. Training aircraft often use fixed landing gear, while faster, more complex aircraft use retractable landing gear to reduce drag during flight.

Lift

Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer

Farewell Flight Turns Fatal in Cairns

Fear of Landing

JULY 4, 2025

The pilot dragged the helicopter onto a helipad and removed the ground wheels, storing them safely before boarding the helicopter. Cairns Airport has 24-hour air traffic control services based on the control tower. The controller on duty had dealt with a flight at half past midnight, the last flight of the night.

Cockpit

Cockpit Hangar Air Traffic Control Pilot

What Is an Aircraft Go-Around and When Is It Used?

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Landing gear is also retracted as the aircraft gains altitude to reduce drag and improve climb performance. Communications with Air Traffic Control (ATC): Once the go-around is initiated, the pilot must immediately inform ATC by announcing the go-around. Pilots must comply promptly to ensure the orderly flow of traffic.

Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Wind Shear

The physics of mobility: an interesting comparison of road, rail, and air travel

Aerotime

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Energy is always required for acceleration, to overcome air drag, as well as rolling and friction resistance of wheels on road and rail, and for “lifting work”, i.e., working against gravity. It must be noted that energy to overcome air drag is only required when the movement takes place in an atmospheric environment.

Drag

Drag Lift V Speed Airplanes

The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Once in the air and with airspeed building, the crew will note “ Positive Cimb ” and raise the landing gear and retract the flaps to their fully stowed position, making the wing profile an efficient shape for flight and decreasing drag.

Cabin Crew

Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot

Airport Runways: What do those big numbers mean?

Aeroclass Blog

MAY 21, 2024

Therefore, it is vital for the pilots, air traffic control , and other aviation personnel to be familiar and clear with the airport layout and regulations, especially the critical and busy areas including the runways and the taxiways. Each of these runways has the same heading of 274.4

Runway

Runway Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Drag

Exploring the Essential Sections of an Aircraft: A Comprehensive Guide

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most aircraft have an advanced flight management system that oversees critical systems in a multi-function display, including: Fuel usage Hydraulic control Electric motors The pilot will maintain these key parts of an airplane through various controls and large LCD screens inside the cockpit.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift

What Is Pilot Ground School?

Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Knowing how these forces interact is essential for controlling an aircraft in different flight conditions. Air Law : Knowing the rules of the sky is essential for every pilot.

Pilot

Pilot Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan

Recognising NASA Technology on Modern Airliners

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

Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airlines

Panic, and How To Not

Air Facts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

keyed the mic, and asked air traffic controller (“RAPCON”) for “vectors to Buffalo.” Shucks, forty-five more seconds at this speed and I’ll blow right past the VFR entry point, right into the center runway approach, then on to Arkansas. Then I suddenly thought “Ask for vectors, dummy!,” No one did that, by the way.

Runway

Runway Aileron Pilot Approach

Bears in Blue Ridge | Part 1, Easy Pickens

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 5, 2023

Once in cruise, I prefer to be on an instrument plan for multi-state cross countries because it guarantees coordination with air traffic control and simplifies dealing with any clouds encountered along the way. The hungry bear actually dragged the garbage can partway up the mountain before abandoning it.

Weather

Weather Runway Approach Clearance

World Aviation Festival: ATC and engine issues require adaptable approach, says Wizz Air boss

Aviation Bussiness News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The aviation supply chain remains more challenging than ever forcing business models to become more resilient, the boss of Wizz Air told World Aviation Festival. Speaking at the event in Amsterdam this week, József Váradi picked out problems with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) as particular issues.

Approach

Approach Air Traffic Control Drag Airlines

Reviewing Your 2024 Predictions and Making Your 2025 Picks

Cranky Flier

JANUARY 2, 2025

And those of you who dragged Avelo into this? The Air Traffic Control Debacle AirlineFlyer – 2023 was awful for ATC in the Northeast, but I predict summer 2024 will be so bad that itll made 2023 look like pre-COVID times. Only Yo gets some credit here, and that’s not for Breeze.

Airlines

Airlines Airline Air Traffic Control Cockpit