Altimeter Checkride Lift 
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
This increases the load on the wings, requiring more lift to maintain altitude. Monitor your instruments closely, especially the altimeter and airspeed indicator, and make small, continuous adjustments. When performing steep turns, you typically bank the aircraft between 45 and 50 degrees.
Air Facts
JULY 7, 2025
From then until my checkride, I would stick strictly to what I needed to know to pass the FAA’s standards. On checkride day, I faked the language well enough to pass the oral exam. To maintain altitude in the turn, the airplane needs extra lift, which increases the load on the wings. And that meant memorizing vocabulary.
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Northstar VFR
OCTOBER 27, 2024
By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI My checkrides have always had at least one element of surprise to them. On my Commercial checkride, this happened during the oral exam. The FAA isn’t out to get you on your checkride. I passed on the first attempt, but it was a great reminder how thorough we need to be in our checkride preparation.
Pilot Institute
MAY 9, 2024
Lazy eights sound like the least challenging commercial checkride maneuver to learn. The higher speed creates extra lift, causing the airplane to bank further into the turn. The aileron on the right wing deflects down, increasing the camber and creating more lift. The left wing’s aileron deflects up, decreasing lift.
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
A smaller bank angle will result in more lift, while an increased bank angle will reduce the lift. As an aircraft banks, lift is divided into horizontal and vertical components. The horizontal component of lift causes the aircraft to turn. Combining both components of lift, the total lift required increases.
Pilot Institute
MAY 4, 2024
They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. The local altimeter setting is 29.65, the temperature is 25°C, and we have a 9-knot headwind. Subtract the altimeter setting from 29.92, multiply it by 1,000, and add that to the field elevation. Reducing lift puts more weight on the wheels.
Pilot Institute
AUGUST 2, 2024
Icing Icing on the aerofoil disrupts the smooth airflow over the wings that produce lift. This decrease in lift has the potential to cause the aircraft to stall. Increasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Decreasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Decreasing altitude – read from your altimeter.
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