Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. The satellites then send the corrected signals back to your airplane. For example, at Penn Valley airport, airplanes using an LP approach can descend more than 600 feet lower than those using LNAV. Without it, youre limited to LNAV.

Approach

Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

I was one of four transient airplanes on final for the larger runway 27L and Detroit Approach provided a pair of vectors to delay my arrival until those ahead landed. Though it is not a required instrument for VFR (GOOSEACAT) or IFR (GRABCARD) flight, I think one should be mandatory for airplanes flying IFR in the Great Lakes region.

OAT

iPad Pilot News

MAY 23, 2025

In the end, the key point here is that you as PIC are responsible for ensuring that your iPad (or other PED) does not interfere with your airplane and provides a reliable source of data. The AC recommends using position data from an installed GNSS source. This does not have to mean lots of tests and paperwork for part 91 operators.

Pilot

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

The Main Parts of an Airplane While aircraft come in many designs and sizes, they all share several core components. Regardless of placement, the principle remains the same: wings generate the lift that makes flight possible. Cockpit: Where Control Happens Cockpit, also known as the flight deck , is the nerve center of the airplane.

Lift

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 17, 2025

Instead, it’s all about the experience – how an airplane makes you feel, and what sorts of memorable experiences it can unlock. Crosswind landings are remarkably simple, and the inability to cross-control the airplane makes the airplane “spin-resistant” in official terminology, or essentially spin-proof in reality.

Primary Flight Display

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 10, 2024

photo by Rob Frolic – 2015) The team at Coulson Aviation has been working on getting the airplane ready for the ferry flight. After eight years on the dock all the systems, cabling, flight controls, and engines were put through a series of detailed inspections.

Ferry Flight

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Learn the basic structure of an airplane while in flight school at Leopard Aviation. Contact our flight instructors today for more information about enrolling. One of the first things an aspiring pilot learns in flight school is the various sections of an aircraft. What are the basic parts of this section?

Horizontal Stabilizer

iPad Pilot News

MAY 14, 2024

In the end, the key point here is that you as PIC are responsible for ensuring that your iPad (or other PED) does not interfere with your airplane and provides a reliable source of data. The AC recommends using position data from an installed GNSS source. This does not have to mean lots of tests and paperwork for part 91 operators.

Pilot

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Evolution of Cirrus SR22 Dale and Alan Klapmeier’s visionary journey initiated with building kit airplanes, which eventually led them to establish Cirrus Design and develop the SR22. Their passion for aviation led them to develop what would become one of the most iconic aircraft in general aviation.

Knot

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

While we were sitting in the airplane on the morning of the flight, the pilot received his IFR clearance, which kept us on the eastern route. As we turned to intercept the localizer, the winds were 360 at 53 knots at 2,000 feet, according to our wind vector on the primary flight display.

Weather

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

A few years ago, I got the bug to fly small airplanes again. I trained for a few weeks at a local flight school, then rented a Cessna 172 to fly with my family. We fly our new-to-us Piper to Florida often (the airplane could probably find Orlando on its own), and we agreed it was time for something more adventurous.

Density Altitude

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

The first application for Garmins Emergency Autoland on a piston-powered airplane, Cirrus announced today that the FAA-certified Safe Return with autothrottle will be standard on the SR G7+ series models. The first application for Garmins Emergency Autoland was nearly six years ago and until now has been limited to turbine-powered aircraft.

Primary Flight Display