Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2025

In training airplanes such as the Cessna 172, you will find a notation of the “demonstrated crosswind” with the caveat “not a limitation.” ” To get this information the aircraft manufacturers put their airplanes into crosswind conditions to see that it can handle them.

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The inclusion of wheel pants creates a finished, factory look while improving cruising speed by a few knots. For an entry-level or simply economical airplane, this 150 checks many boxes. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator.

Knot

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2025

Crosswind is referenced in terms of knots, a fancy aviation term for nautical miles per hour . Example 1 Aircraft heading: 070 Wind Direction:160 Wind Strength: 25 knots This example is super easy. The wind strength is 25 knots. So 1 (the sine of 90) X 25 (knots) = A crosswind component of 25 knots. knots 20 0.34

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

Standard FAA aviation windsocks are calibrated to fully extend at a wind speed of 15 knots. How To Read a Windsock Hanging limp : Winds are under 3 knots. Extended halfway: Winds are around 7-8 knots. Fully Extended : Winds are strong, likely 15 knots or higher. What Is a Windsock and Its Purpose?

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The story of this unique airplane begins in the early 1930s with Fred Weick, an engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aviation (NACA). Once the war ended, Weick and ERCO believed they were in the right place at the right time with the right airplane for the thousands of pilots returning home. Thus was born the Mooney Cadet.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JUNE 25, 2025

I just started flight training, and the flight school aircraft have placards that read “maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity 15 knots.” ” Does that mean I can’t fly when the winds are above 15 knots?

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

I felt knots forming in my stomach. The winds and rain caught up with the little craft as if a hand was reaching out grabbing control of the airplane. It was all I could do to keep the airplane straight. I spent time with the tie-down ropes and kept getting blown into the airplane as I worked to make sure they were tight.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JUNE 23, 2025

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?

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

However, as Epic CEO Doug King told FLYING , the airplane was originally designed to be a big-engine, high-performance machine, unlike many manufacturers that start small and progressively add power. We note that the airplane we flew, the first AX off the line, equipped with nearly every option, had a useful load of 2,918 pounds.

Rudder

AV Web

APRIL 1, 2025

So any airplane that meets a set of performance parameters based on clean configuration stall speed. What has so far been agreed to by the FAA is 54 knots clean stall speed. Under MOSAIC, we get rid of the weight requirement completely and it goes to a performance based standard. We did in our comments ask to get that raised to 58.

Gross Weight

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

I fully expected the gauge to fix itself before we landed because that is what old airplanes frequently do (this airframe was about 42 years young). Time for that full disclosure stuff… I am a CFI in airplanes and gliders, and actively teach in gliders. I was 20 knots above gear speed, but I knew the gear could handle it.

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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?

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

MAY 7, 2025

Subscribe Now Carsons argument began with the familiar observation that because airplanes need to climb, their engines are more powerful than they would be if they were sized solely for most efficient cruising. Efficiency here means specific range, which is measured in miles per gallon, as it is with cars.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.

Pitot Tube

AV Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

pounds 10 pounds less than any other option for the airplane. CubCrafters president and CEO Pat Horgan said of the propeller, It delivers superior handling, improved takeoff and climb performance, and a 3-4 knot increase in cruise speed compared to other propellersall while maintaining a lightweight design.

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AV Web

MARCH 10, 2025

Combining helicopter and airplane flight characteristics onto a flying wing reflects Sikorskys drive to innovate next-generation VTOL UAS aircraft that can fly faster and farther than traditional helicopters, said Sikorsky Vice President and General Manager Rich Benton. Top speed so far has been 86 knots.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 21, 2025

Flying with Starlink satellite internet: tips for pilots iPad Pilot News In-flight satellite connectivity is more accessible now than ever for pilots flying piston airplanes and light jets. Mounting the Mini antenna in a GA airplane takes some creativity due to its size, but it can be done. More on Roam pricing options later.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 13, 2025

gallons per hour, and your cruise is 148 knots. gallons per hour, and your cruise speed has reduced by ten knots to 138. gallons per hour and your cruise to 128 knots. Consider youre in your Bonanza C35 and cruising at 6,000 feet on a standard ISA day. Youre at 75% power, with 2150 rpm showing and 23 inches of manifold pressure.

Altimeter

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

We’re like, this is an all-electric airplane. And most people don’t believe you because sometimes they look at it, and they’re like, You came from hundreds of miles awaywhat do you mean that’s an electric airplane? According to Clark, the configuration makes for a really slippery, efficient airplane.

Air Traffic Control

AV Web

JULY 22, 2025

Sport Pilots will be able to fly aircraft that have a clean stall speed of up to 59 knots, and aircraft in that category can stall as high as 61 knots with flaps down, under new rules issued by the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a public ceremony at AirVenture on Tuesday.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 13, 2025

This modern arrangement has helped new designs arrive in large numbers and allows much faster action than agency certification standards, such as the Part 23 rule used to approve new GA airplanes. This [MOSAIC] will encompass airplanes like the Cessna 172 and Cessna 182,” said Pelton, who was formerly chairman, President, and CEO of Cessna.

Knot

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. For example, in a Cessna 172S, the approach speed increases from 60-70 knots with full flaps to 65-75 knots without flaps.

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Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

For example, describing a Cuban eight maneuver would involve such writing as, enter the (in Farsi , R-L), Cuban eight (in English, L-R), maneuver no lower than (in Farsi , R-L), 10,000 AGL (in English, L-R), at a minimum of (in Farsi , R-L), 450 knots (in English, L-R). add 5 knots for winds at 10 knots gusting to 20 knots).

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

As with all airplane maneuvering, proper altitude changes are based on the foundational formula “power plus attitude equals performance.” This climb speed is determined by minimizing the two sources of drag acting against the airplane. The airplane then sinks back down, requiring time and effort to bring it back to the target altitude.

Descent

Flying Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

Subscribe Now While still in production in limited numbers by Textron as the G36, refurbished A- and B36-series models with new avionics, aesthetic and creature improvements, and low airframe and engine time are good alternatives to high-dollar, later-model G36 airplanes. Bonanza pilots learn early on to use the electric pitch trim.

Gross Weight

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.

Weather

AV Web

MARCH 9, 2025

The capacious flying boat will carry 19 passengers 350 nautical miles at 250 knots in the regional airline configuration. Mallard Enterprises has sold 30 of its ME-1A twin turboprops to a South African start up regional airline JOLY. There is also a 10-passenger executive layout with a range of 980 nm.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 19, 2025

When flying an airplane, you become a part of the air around you. The wind is from the south at 8 knots. The KT indicates that the scale used is knots (an abbreviated term for nautical miles per hour ). So, you will want to know what the air and prevailing weather conditions are doing. Forget checking your phone apps or the TV.

Weather

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Effectively discounted by a dated panel and high-time engine, this Cardinal RG flies well but enables the next owner to update it as their budget allows, ultimately ending up with an airplane worth far more than the $79,500 asking price of todays bargain. Complete logs provide additional peace of mind to the next buyer.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 18, 2025

For a certain segment of pilots looking to travel a certain distance, a fast, personal airplane can serve as a veritable time machine. And the rest of the airplane follows suit. While individual upgrades like these often return only a few knots each, they can collectively boost a stock airplanes cruise speed noticeably.

Transponder

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

He shook the stick in reply: Youve got the airplane. During each turn, we lost about 1015 knots, but once wings-level again, the jet quickly accelerated back to 300. For every 100 pounds above 1,000, add one knot to each airspeed. I lowered the nose, pushed the throttles to 100%, lifted off again, and cleaned up the airplane.

AGL

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Since it’s a ratio, it doesn’t matter if you measure speed in knots, miles per hour, or meters per second. At sea level on a standard day (15 °C or 59 °F), sound travels about 661 knots (approximately 761 mph or 1,225 km/h). Here, Mach 1 is roughly 573 knots (about 659 mph). The Mach value stays the same.

True Airspeed

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. This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. This includes single or multi-engine prop airplanes including Cessnas and Pipers. Mass and inertia also matter.

Turbulence

AV Web

MAY 18, 2025

He took the airplane back and, problem solved, we did a great interview and I enjoyed watching his segments, which became a regular part of his show. ” The last ADS-B burst showed the plane at about 200 feet AGL and 77 knots, four knots above the published stall speed. But it goes beyond training.

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CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. How to Perform: Trim the airplane for a climb or approach speed (e.g.,

Aileron

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Step-by-Step: How to Use the E6B for Time and Speed Calculations Calculating Time en Route Lets say were flying at a constant airspeed of 100 knots. That means itll take 24 minutes to fly 40 miles at 100 knots. That means our groundspeed was 90 knots. The weather station reports wind from 030 degrees at 20 knots.

Groundspeed

AV Web

JULY 14, 2025

Bell Helicopter has been asked to build a flying prototype of a jet-powered VTOL that can hit speeds of up to 450 knots by DARPA as part of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The new aircraft has tilting wings with engines and large propellers at the tips that allow for vertical takeoffs and landings.

Gross Weight