Approach Crosswind Tail 
Pilot Institute
APRIL 5, 2025
In this article well demonstrate how to perform a quick crosswind calculation and why it is important to know. Key Takeaways Crosswinds are nearly always present Knowing how to calculate them is essential for safe flying. Use the clock face method A simple way to estimate crosswind components quickly. What Is a Crosswind?
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. I also like to look for what I call crummy weather thats just low enough that I can get an instrument approach in, but not so much that I don’t have any outs.
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Fear of Landing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The approach controller gave them the current wind as 070 gusting 33 knots and let them know that a Boeing 737-800 had just landed. A poster on PPRuNe asked about the landing conditions: Is it pretty much standard for operators of this particular aircraft type in the UK to land in 35 knot crosswinds on 1800m wet runways? right rudder.
Air Facts
MAY 19, 2025
” The book spoke of how humans approach the world in two fundamental ways: I-It , where we analyze, use, and experience things objectively, and I-Thou , where we enter into genuine relationships with them. I remember my mother saw my reading and writing at age six was voracious, and I had run out of books.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. Pilots need to keep this behavior in mind as theyre likely to encounter these vortices while theyre on approach or during departure. Whats Happening Inside the Vortex?
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
As we pushed back, the colors popped on the various tails parked down the row of gates, and we sat in line for takeoff with the low sun angle perfectly lighting a yellow Spirit Airbus against an ominous dark sky, save for the rainbow that arched high across the vista. As we approached the gate, my phone rang again.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
Helicopters use a small rotor mounted on the tail that produces sideways thrust to counter the main rotors torque reaction. The tail rotor pushes air to one side ( action ), and the tail moves the other way ( reaction ). Other Designs The tail rotor is not the only way to solve the torque reaction problem.
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