Flight Training Central

JANUARY 6, 2025

As winter sets in, it’s more important than ever to understand how the cold weather will not only affect the aircraft performance but also your preflight and weather planning. Use this quiz to test your cold-weather flying knowledge. What type of weather is forecast for the area to the northeast of area D?

Weather 105

Weather Camber Lift NOTAMs 105

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing.

Tail 52

Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Wing Camber Wing camber defines how much more curved the wings upper surface is compared to the lower surface. A problem with carburetors is that they are prone to icing – even in warm weather. These devices effectively increase the wing camber, boosting lift without requiring excessive airspeed.

Pilot 52

Pilot Lift Camber Airfoil 52

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 14, 2025

On the other hand, the 787’s aerodynamics are uniquely sculpted, and when the flaps are extended the wings take on a camber, a smoothly downward curve, front-to-back, that makes the flaps less conspicuous than they are on other airplanes. Other ideas? Whatever it was, the data and voice recorders will tell us shortly.

Air Traffic Control 69

Air Traffic Control Camber Thrust Lift 69