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Alaska Caravan Found Overweight Before Fatal Crash

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The report stated that the plane’s estimated gross weight at departure was approximately 9,865 pounds, which exceeded the maximum allowed takeoff weight for flights in areas with forecasted icing conditions by about 1,058 pounds.

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MOSAIC Progressing, 2025 Approval Likely

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The biggest change being that an LSA is defined by its weight at 1320 pounds maximum gross weight. Under MOSAIC, we get rid of the weight requirement completely and it goes to a performance based standard. So any airplane that meets a set of performance parameters based on clean configuration stall speed.

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Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1992 Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too

Plane and Pilot

A kit-built airplane derived from the 1950s-era Starduster, the Starduster Too incorporates a steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric. With a gross weight of 1,700 lbs and an empty weight of 1,175 lbs, this particular Starduster has a useful load of 529 lbs.

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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

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Best-Laid Plans

Plane and Pilot

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. First flight in a new airplane. The Pulsar was now the airplane in my dream.

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Quiz: Basic Aircraft Aerodynamics

Flight Training Central

As much as it seems sometimes that airplanes fly by magic, it’s important for every pilot to understand at least the basic fundamentals of aerodynamics. The term 'angle of attack' is defined as the angle between the airplane's longitudinal axis and that of the air striking the airfoil. What force makes an airplane turn?

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Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 2011 Slepcev Storch

Plane and Pilot

With an empty weight of only 761 pounds and a gross weight of 1213 pounds, the useful load is roughly that of a typical Cessna 140. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator.