Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

And the scenario could become even more concerning if a high-crosswind or an engine-out condition were to occur simultaneously with a jammed or restricted rudder. On August 28, 2024, Boeing notified the NTSB that 25 US-registered planes have or had an affected SVO-730 rudder rollout guidance actuator installed. “As

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Rudder Crosswind Airplanes Pilot 294

Air Facts

MAY 19, 2025

Each flight added new layers of understandingthe way morning fog clings to river valleys, how afternoon thermals dance over mountains, the particular way crosswinds speak to the wings. The logbook’s precise columns document the quantifiable journeyhundreds of landings across dozens of states, from grass strips to major airports.

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Crosswind Approach Tail Weather 92

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

When an airplane is flying north, it is always said to be flying a heading of three-six-zero, and never zero zero zero degrees. Crosswind Calculations in Areas with High Variation Variation, the difference between the magnetic and true heading, is not a constant the world over. Want to know about crosswinds? The end result?

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Runway Crosswind Pilot Airplanes 98

Flight Training Central

MAY 13, 2025

Best glide speed is only effective in strong crosswinds. The forward slip turns the airplanes fuselage into the relative wind. How does this affect the airplane aerodynamically? What is the proper corrective action if you bounce the airplane during landing? Gliding distance to the runway will be reduced.

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Approach Descent Final Approach Drag 78

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Airplane ready. At 500 feet down the runway, the little airplane leaped into the air despite my plan to build more speed before taking off. Adrenaline coursed through my veins, and every sense was tuned to the heartbeat of the small new airplane. I turned crosswind and attempted to shallow the climb. First flight!

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Runway Gross Weight Crosswind Airplanes 64

Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

Starlink Mini isnt exactly tiny, but it can be mounted in most GA airplanes. Ive flown with it on multiple cross-country trips and can tell you its like having full-speed home Wi-Fi on your airplane, all over the US and at all altitudes. Attention is a scarce resource in life today, and flying light airplanes requires a lot of it.

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Weather Airplanes Pilot Cockpit 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

If you’ve arrived at a non-towered airport recently, especially one with a busy flight school, you may have heard another airplane announce something to the effect of “overhead for the teardrop entry.” ” What about the old fashioned midfield crosswind, which many of us grew up flying? So, what is safe and efficient?

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Crosswind Airplanes AGL Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

Airplanes like the Piper Cherokee probably dont get their due. Ask a stranger to think of a small GA airplane, and theyll probably conjure something like a Cub. Fearsome metal airplanes helped win a global conflict, yet pilots came home to variations on prewar designs of tube-and-fabric construction and modest performance.

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Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 71

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

Included in the package: Sportys Learn to Fly Course (online, iOS app, Android app, Apple TV app, Roku channel) Sporty’s Electronic E6B Flight Computer Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement Private Pilot FAA Airplane Flying Handbook Online Private Pilot Maneuvers Guide Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Pilot’s Log Book FAR/AIM (..)

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Flight Computer Crosswind Cockpit Turbulence 83

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Have you ever thought about landing an airplane without using flaps? Think about these scenarios: maybe the flaps stop working, or youre flying an older airplane that doesnt even have them. Crosswind Landings : Learning no-flap crosswind landings can help improve aircraft control in high-wind conditions.

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Pilot Drag Descent Approach 52

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

He shook the stick in reply: Youve got the airplane. After closing the speed brakes and raising the gear and flaps, I turned crosswind at the departure end. I lowered the nose, pushed the throttles to 100%, lifted off again, and cleaned up the airplane. Youve got the airplane. Then I shook the stick.

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AGL Crosswind Final Approach Threshold 52

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. Several times I’ve landed smoothly in a strong crosswind, then had trouble keeping the airplane on the runway. I approach using the wing low method in a crosswind. Which brings up a point about gusty crosswinds.

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Crosswind Knot Rudder Turbulence 98

Jetwhine

JUNE 2, 2025

I learned as the days went on that McFarlane is a famous provider of almost anything great for airplanes and has a great reputation for building things better for less money. I walked around the show with Bob that year seeing all kinds of amazing airplane things. It was amazing to see all the people coming and going at our booth.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Runway 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

It can also be dangerous when the learner drops the airplane to fly the checklist or radio, so practice in the ATD is often a good way to learn procedures, as the ATD is a CFI-controlled environment. To get the most out of the scenario, the learner should use the same procedures in the airplane. It’s an ATD.

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Crosswind VOR Airplanes Runway 111

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Anyone who’s tried to enter a sideslip during a crosswind landing with a twist grip knows how hard it is. Mid-Tier The MFG Crosswind pedals are twice the price of the Logitech pedals, but they are a significant step up in quality. The Crosswinds use Hall sensors for both rudder and brakes, making them very precise.

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Rudder Crosswind Pilot Air Traffic Control 96

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

From 150s to Cherokee 140s to two-place Grumman AA-1s , good airplanes abound, but most are quite commonplace and few really stand out as classic or unique. While, in the air, the two share virtually identical flying characteristics, the tricycle gear of the Tri-Pacer certainly makes it easier to negotiate gusty crosswinds.

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Payload Crosswind Thrust Airplanes 54

Pilot Institute

MARCH 19, 2025

When flying an airplane, you become a part of the air around you. Ideally, they try to land into a headwind, may tolerate crosswinds , and try to avoid significant tailwinds. Why it is important in a METAR Landing in a strong crosswind is a tricky business. Forget checking your phone apps or the TV.

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Weather Altimeter Runway NOTAMs 84

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Ground reference maneuvers aim to train you to accurately control your airplane under various wind conditions. Be respectful, and remember that your airplane makes a lot of noise. When the wind is coming from directly behind the airplane, ideally, no wind correction angle is necessary.

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Crosswind Airplanes Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

It actually flew fine, and it flies like a normal airplane. “If you view the video of the first flight on YouTube ( LINK ), you’ll see the airplane does some wiggling around, but most of that was done on purpose as I was trying to get the feel of it as fast as I could.” It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds.

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Crosswind Airplanes Tail Cockpit 124

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. Getting an airplane to fly is easy. If there is a crosswind at the airport, you should mention this in your brief. Discuss your nominated crosswind technique. For example, the crosswind is from left to right. Safe flying!

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Airplanes Descent Approach Crosswind 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Amy and I walked our gear out to the airplane, and she returned to the FBO while I did my ritual of loading everything up. The FAA would have a conniption at the idea of a new airplane rolling out with a sales brochure for a POH, but thats what the Mooney owners manual is. The hourly forecast called for winds to lessen around 4 p.m.,

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 96

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

At the departure end of the runway, he turned crosswind and continued to the outside downwind, approximately two miles west of the inside downwind. The Iranian Air Force allowed those students who didnt graduate from UPT to serve as a copilot in a crewed airplane, such as a C-130, provided they had soloed in the T-38.

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Pilot Knot AGL Approach 98

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

The system for VAOAI is pretty much all of general aviation and not just the hardware on the airplane. When VAOAI is suggested as being comparable to airspeed, the technique for flying the airplane with VAOAI replacing airspeed or being used in conjunction with airspeed must be documented. The equivalent in biology is called ecology.)

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Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 90

Plane and Pilot

JULY 9, 2024

The unique H-tail reduces the left-turning tendencies during takeoff while also minimizing the weathervaning effect prevalent in crosswinds. While the original Ercoupes lacked a rudder and rudder pedals entirely, this example has had them installed as an aftermarket kit, making the airplane a bit more familiar for newcomers to fly.

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Rudder Airplanes Crosswind Tail 91

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

These aircraft have lower crosswind limitations and are more affected by gusts and wind shear. A windsock can become your main source of real-time wind information, especially when your aircraft radio equipment is unavailable or malfunctions. More Safety Private Pilots usually fly lighter aircraft that are more sensitive to wind.

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Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Heres a rundown of what youll need (based on single-engine airplane): Age Requirement: At least 18 years old. 10 hours of instrument training (5 hours in a single-engine airplane). 10 hours of instrument training (5 hours in a single-engine airplane). Hold a Private Pilot License (PPL). 50 hours of cross-country flight time.

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Pilot Checkride Cabin Crew Airplanes 98

AV Web

DECEMBER 22, 2024

None of my students have killed themselves in an airplane, and all of them have miraculously passed their check rides without too much drama. The government can’t expect our airplanes to hold themselves in their parking spot by themselves. Nigel led off with, “chocks?” ” I don’t see why not, I said.

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Airplanes Hangar Aileron Crosswind 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. Runway 27 and expect a crosswind from the right. VASI lights as shown in this illustration indicate that the airplane is below the glide slope. 040° and 220° true. 040° and 220° magnetic.

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Crosswind Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

If youre flying an airplane with a short wingspan, you should do everything you can to avoid severe wake turbulence. As at higher altitudes, the vortex movement near the ground is affected by crosswinds. This includes single or multi-engine prop airplanes including Cessnas and Pipers. Mass and inertia also matter.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The electronic E6B is equally useful when in the airplane, to help determine actual winds aloft, true airspeed, fuel burn, and descent planning. Find the crosswind component for Runway 36 if the reported wind direction is 320 at 12 knots. 926 175 167 Correct! knots Correct! knots Correct!

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Flight Plan True Airspeed Flight Computer Groundspeed 52

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. The yaw of the airplane rotates around its vertical axis. The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. This is especially vital during crosswind landings.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

From misjudging the flare to battling crosswinds, these mistakes can challenge pilots of all experience levels. 1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

As I went through the preflight inspection, my wife strapped my daughter into the car seat and climbed into the airplane herself. With a little forward pressure on the yoke, I was able to keep the airplane on the runway to continue picking up airspeed as we arrived at my target of 60 knots for takeoff. Approach switched me to Tower.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. And on short final at Knoxville, I got chirps from a flock of unrecognized electronic birds, telling me something but not in airplane-speak.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 78

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Then design an airplane and purchase one of the great names in aviation history to produce it. The story begins in 1947 when Anderson and Greenwood formed a company to design and produce inexpensive and innovative airplanes. Before we talk about how this story ends, let’s discuss this remarkable airplane.

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Tail Airplanes Crosswind Knot 98

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

Piper PA-28-180 Riverside, California/Injuries: 1 Minor NTSB Report: WPR23LA156 The pilot completed the airplanes engine run-up and carburetor heat function checks with no anomalies noted. Velocity Andrews, North Carolina/Injuries: 1 Fatal NTSB Report: ERA23FA194 The owner recently purchased the experimental amateur-built, modified airplane.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes Runway Pilot 86