Airline Knot VOR 
Plane and Pilot
JULY 31, 2025
Aviation then was a realm of VOR needles, paper charts, and the pure joy of stick-and-rudder flight. Navigation meant tuning VORs or tracing sectional charts, while entertainment was a crackling AM radio delivering faint music or static-laced talk shows. Today, glass cockpits dominate even entry-level aircraft.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
The general prognosis indicated no icing in the clouds, no turbulence and a quartering headwind from the west resulting in a mere five knots of headwind component. Instead of a gentle breeze out of the west, we had over 20 knots of headwind blowing out of the south. Obviously, the winds aloft were nowhere near forecast.
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Flying Magazine
MAY 21, 2025
As the pilot responded, the airplane bank angle increased to 90 degrees and the airspeed exceeded 260 knots, then the aircraft experienced structural failure and hit the water. When an air carrier declares an emergency due to a loss of a VOR or other instrumentation, I get an email. ATC asked the pilot to verify his heading.
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
With a cruise speed of around 162 knots and a range near 700 nautical miles, the Seminole provides performance without overwhelming complexity. Students training on the DA42 often move directly into airline cadet programs or turbine transition courses. Its versatility makes it a popular choice in both the U.S. and Europe.
Flying Magazine
MAY 12, 2025
Some Cirrus owners have successfully installed Starlink Mini in the baggage area under a window, while others have explored more creative solutions such as mounting it in a wing tip (though this requires testing to ensure it doesnt interfere with other systems like VOR antennas). If using USB-C power, ensure you have the newer 2.0
Pilot Institute
MAY 26, 2025
airline accidents between 2009 and 2018. ” This usually means the wind change is stronger than what the aircraft is built to handle safely, like sudden airspeed changes of more than 15 knots or vertical speed shifts over 500 feet per minute. Horizontal wind speed changes by 40 knots or more over 150 miles. Sound familiar?
AV Web
JUNE 24, 2025
But it’s a futile one, since you aren’t building a Level-D airline-grade sim. If I’m taking off from RWY 31L, the minimum climb gradient is 386 feet per NM which at 100 knots is 643 FPM—no issue for the Arrow (or even a 172 for that matter) with a field elevation just under 500 FT. Again, this thinking is misguided.
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