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Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water

Flying Magazine

I’ll start with a confession: I have never ditched an airplane. I don’t have any plans to ditch an airplane. The current elevation of lake (it’s changing rapidly) is 4200 feet msl, so the airplane was about 1400 feet above the water. But notice: the airplane floated. Will I Have To?

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Step-by-Step Guide to No-Flaps Landings for Pilots

Pilot Institute

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. The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. What should you do?

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Types of Aircraft Maneuvers Every Student Pilot Should Learn

Pilot's Life Blog

From basic turns to emergency descents, every maneuver shapes how a student reacts under pressure and handles real-world flying. Turns: Students practice shallow, medium, and steep turns to develop a feel for how the airplane behaves when banking. Controlled, safe descent techniques protect the pilot and passengers.

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Mastering the approach and landing: A quiz for pilots

Flight Training Central

Apply carb heat if applicable, establish a descent airspeed (defer setting flaps until the base leg). Reduce your power, and set flaps to full to establish a maximum descent rate. Apply carb heat if applicable, reduce your power, set the flaps to their first setting, and establish your descent airspeed of 1.4

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Go-Around Required

Plane and Pilot

Moments later, the airplane crashed. After a shallow turn from downwind, the Bonanza was positioned on base at a proper altitude and airspeed and with a constant descent rate. He corrected to the left, but it wasn’t enough to counter the crosswind, so the plane got no closer to the extended centerline.

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Your First 10 Hours of Flight Training: What to Expect

Inflight Pilot Training

Your instructor will guide you through maintaining straight-and-level flight, performing gentle turns, climbs, and descents, and understanding how the throttle, rudder, and ailerons work together to control the aircraft. Hours 7-8: Takeoffs, Landings, and Traffic Patterns Takeoffs and landings require practice and precision.

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The Role of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation

Pilot Institute

Application of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation When we talk about airplanes, we focus primarily on two forces: Lift (how the aircraft stays aloft). So, an airplane with a propeller or jet doesnt need to push on stationary air molecules in the atmosphere; it simply grabs and throws whichever air molecules are available backward.