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. Yeah, So How’s It Fly?

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 26, 2025

I’ll start introducing you to everyone I know, and we’ll have them teach you a little bit about each of these airplanes.” Featuring a Jabiru 3300 120 hp, 6-cylinder, air-cooled engine, the aircraft was built to accommodate a 1,675 pound gross weight. “All right, let’s just go out and walk the booths,” said Johnson.

Aileron

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. After a review, the airplanes fuel capacity was less than the expected 40 at 35-37 gallons, and the fuel gauge was too optimistic. He then did a weight and balance check and found that he needed to reduce the weight to within maximum gross weight.

Pilot

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Before anything else, these are single-engine, unpressurized two-seat lightweights with a max gross weight of 1320 pounds. Check that against the max gross of a Piper Malibu at roughly 4300 pounds, or a Beech A36 Bonanza at around 3650 pounds or a Cessna 150 at 1600 pounds gross. Same for gliders.

Gross Weight

Flying Magazine

JULY 15, 2025

Every day, the team at Aircraft For Sale chooses an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, a good deal, or has other qualities we find interesting. With a cruise speed over 200 knots and fuel burn around 16 gph at mid-altitudes, the airplane delivers efficiency without compromise.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Anytime the airplane is heading downhill toward terra firma, our attention should be on the instruments in the clouds, and out the windows when the sky is clear. However, I am always aware that VA hovers somewhere near 100 knots, and VB may be even less, both depending on gross weight.

Descent

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

The wreckage of the airplane was found two days after the crash in which all nine passengers and the sole pilot lost their lives. Indications show that its speed dropped from around 160 knots to 110 knots. About that time, the airplanes airspeed began to decrease and was accompanied by a reduction in engine power.

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Air Facts

JULY 9, 2025

Should I treat every VFR hop like I’m departing into low IMC with a 10,000-foot density altitude at max gross weight? Do I have to be within ±1 knot and ±10 feet on every approach? Find a simple airplane. Make sure you’re legal and safe—no TFR busts, plenty of fuel, and a sound airplane. Do a solid preflight.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 11, 2025

For this year’s Ultimate Issue, I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone into an airplane worthy of the Ultimate title. The DC-6 sits tall on its landing gear to accommodate the three-bladed propellers, but the airplane has a balanced and proportional appearance. One can dream and prepare, right?

Flight Deck

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. Yeah, So How’s It Fly?

Airplanes

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Twenty years ago today, I bought an airplane. I'm in Oklahoma and I just bought an airplane." Compared to the tired, 100 horsepower, 2-seat Cessna I did my training in, this airplane was a veritable beast and it had a great paintjob, too. Also, weak batteries cannot start airplanes. Bill admonished out of embarrassment.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

In the Cessna 172S Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH), the landing distance decreases by 10% for every 9 knots of headwind. For the Cessna 172, landing distance increases by 10% for every 2 knots of tailwind. Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To learn all the maneuvers you’ll need to perform on your practical test, check out Airplane Maneuvers Mastery for more. The Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) for your airplane will list V A , typically for maximum gross weight. Maneuvering speed decreases as your airplane gets lighter. Clear the area.

Lift

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

This is often the clean configuration at max gross weight. The stall warning horn sounds at least 5 knots above the actual stall speed. Since you need to fly without triggering the warning, select a target airspeed of about 2 to 5 knots more. Check your POH for specifics.

Lift

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As it does, one aircraft is seeking to capture a particular slice of the advanced air mobility market, one that none of its rivals can challenge – that is, the provision of electric flights for seven people flying at up to 250 knots (450kph) and with a stage length of around 500 miles (800km).

Lift

Flying Magazine

MAY 29, 2025

READ MORE: Top 5 Used Four-Seater Airplanes to Buy One upgrade they offered is called the Super 700 Aerostar, which takes 601P and 602P Aerostars and fits them with 350-HP Lycoming TIO-540-U2A engines mated with three-blade Hartzell props. The airplane gets a gross weight boost to 6,356 pounds ramp weight.

Knot

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Skyway was a small commuter airline that operated a fleet of seven airplanes, including one DC-3. I was the chief pilot at Skyways and a captain and company instructor/check airman on all our airplanes. I was the chief pilot at Skyways and a captain and company instructor/check airman on all our airplanes.

Gross Weight

Air Facts

MAY 21, 2025

Collins A MONTH or so ago we were sitting in a big comfortable chair thinking about airplanes. After that we thought about airplanes some more over a cup of Sanka. The airplane was enroute from Wichita to Kansas City to Newark. Likewise, a 50-knot headwind can make the miles slow and days very long.

Weather

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Confirm the gauges reflect full power and feel the airplane quiver in anticipation. Can an airplane feel excitement? FLYING Magazine flew the Aviat Husky thanks to one mans desire to build and sell a serious utility backcountry airplane. He wanted to expand his companys offerings by selling a backcountry airplane.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes. General aviation is driven by myriad forces.

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

MAY 16, 2025

Fast, Fuel-Efficient, Four-Seater Known to many as those guys from that company that fly their new airplanes around the world, developer The Airplane Factory (TAF) from South Africa may be one of the most prepared for MOSAIC. It is, of course, an automated engine, and the airplane features the latest avionics. gph of auto fuel.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 16, 2025

This makes sense when you understand that MOSAIC has two componentsthe airplane and the pilot. The airplane side of the regulation I have described as the FAAs Christmas in July (2023) gift to the flying community. Industry has pushed back, asking for higher limits, ranging from 57 to 63 knots.

Calibrated Airspeed

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The aging fleet flown by many operators is steadily racking up hours, imposing more and more maintenance burdens on 50-year-old airframes while production of new airplanes has slowed to a trickle, and the cost of the few available is high. A two-seat dedicated IFR training airplane hadn’t been certified since the Cessna 152 of 1978.

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