Flight Training Central
MARCH 3, 2025
Depending on design, airfoils used in general aviation, stall at angles of attack between 16 to 18 degrees. The power on stall simulates the takeoff and departure situations, and the power off stalls the approach and landing conditions. At the normal approach speed, lower the nose to the approach pitch attitude.
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 need to keep this behavior in mind as theyre likely to encounter these vortices while theyre on approach or during departure. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?
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Pilot Institute
MARCH 13, 2025
Airfoils use this principle, with faster airflow over the top creating lower pressure. As the airflow approaches the wing, the flow splits above and below the leading edge. Engineers use Bernoullis principle to shape airfoils to optimize the pressure difference needed for efficient lift generation.
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. In May, NASA renewed its collaboration with Boeing air taxi arm Wisk Aero, which has helped it study precision approach and landing for eVTOL aircraft.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
They are designed with a special shape called an airfoil, which encourages passing air to turn and deflect downward. This is why the typical airfoil shape has a curved top and a flat bottom, especially in slower-speed general aviation aircraft. Its very useful if youre too high on approach. Wings do just that.
Plane and Pilot
APRIL 14, 2025
The NXT was designed using computer-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD), NASA-derived airfoils, and was tested in the Lockheed wind tunnel to refine the aerodynamics. He flies downwind leg at 150 mph, final approach at 130, and touchdown at 110the NXT stalls at 90 mph. Flying the NXT is an experience.
Photographic Logbook
MAY 25, 2025
As I dutifully toed the line that was my instrument clearance, my benefactor at Rochester Approach looked out for me until the handoff to Buffalo Approach roughly halfway between the two cities. Frederick Douglass / Greater Rochester International Airport. Two(ish) mile final for runway 27L at Oakland County International.
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