Pilot Institute
JUNE 9, 2025
Today we will explain airplane holding patterns in detail, answer some common questions, and even teach you a few ‘hacks’ to make flying a hold a real breeze. A holding procedure is when an airplane flies in a pattern to maintain its geographic location using its onboard navigational instruments. Here’s why airplanes take up the hold.
Simple Flying
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
There is also a difference between airspeed and groundspeed (there's a reason why airplanes take off and land into the wind ). Aircraft can be easily destabilized at such low speeds, so they typically fly at substantially higher speeds (typically around 155 miles per hour).
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Learn how to use the wind side to find groundspeed and wind correction angles. Your groundspeed (which will differ from your airspeed as the wind pushes you around). The rear has the wind side for calculating wind correction angles and groundspeed. That means our groundspeed was 90 knots. Thats not all.
Flight Training Central
APRIL 11, 2025
True course and groundspeed. Groundspeed and true heading. The amount of excess load that can be imposed on the wing of an airplane depends upon the: abruptness at which the load is applied. speed of the airplane. What does the line from point A to point B of the wind triangle represent? True heading and airspeed.
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 11, 2025
The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. The alert is only triggered when groundspeed is above 40 knots or the connected device does not have a GPS fix. IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. MSL and 25,000 ft.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 12, 2025
At low groundspeeds, the air flowing through the engine is much less than at high speeds. They have to absorb and dissipate a lot of kinetic energy to slow the airplane down. When spooled up to maximum reverse thrust, they can throw a huge mass of air forward, producing a strong braking force. This, of course, means less thrust.
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. Calculate the planned groundspeed if the winds aloft are forecast to be from 250 at 15 knots flying a true course of 130 with a true airspeed of 112 knots. knots Correct! knots Correct!
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