Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

My airline uses it both internally and as a pilot-facing app on our iPad EFBs. Participating airlines equip their aircraft with quick access recorders to harvest and regularly uplink detailed flight data. I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 What changed?

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Pilot Knot Gross Weight Runway 111

Aerotime

MAY 16, 2025

Just some panels sliding closed – working similarly to modern flaps and slats on every commercial airliner. This increases to 815kg (1,800 lbs) if flying purely in conventional flight mode, using runways to take off and land.The maximum gross weight of the aircraft is stated as 2,500kg (5,500 lbs). No altitude loss.

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Gross Weight Stability Payload Knot 304

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

Its maximum takeoff weight of 9,300 pounds and large cabin space made it suitable for cargo, passengers, or specialized equipment. After the war, many surplus aircraft were repurposed for civilian use in business aviation, regional airlines, and bush operations. Such it was in those days.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude.

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Descent Approach Final Approach Wind Shear 56

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If you learned in a four-seater, chances are most of your flying was with only two people on board, with a nice cushion below max gross weight and with a mid- or forward CG. Then I had occasion to fly with an airline pilot, giving him a ride home in his leaseback before I was to fly it back. He had the altitude nailed.

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Crosswind Aileron Runway Gross Weight 52

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Corporate pilots who had seen nothing but gray or rain outside the windshield suddenly could see the terrain, obstacles, runways, approaches, their own flightpath ahead, and even traffic in 3D. Airports and runways will be clearly marked, and could be even textured to represent asphalt, grass, and other surfaces.

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Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Runway 52

iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The weight and balance tool calculates gross weight and center of gravity for a wide range of airplanes. Sophisticated takeoff and landing calculations are also available, so you can “run the math” before every flight—including temperature, runway slope, and wind. Our advice is to not overthink things.

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Weather Approach Pilot Airplanes 52