AV Web
MAY 6, 2025
Operations below minimums on an instrument approach can be quite simple if the ceilings and visibilities are significantly above minimums. Lets take a deep dive into what it takes to get an airplane on the ground after a successful instrument approach. Another way to tell the distance is by using the approach lights.
Flying Magazine
MAY 7, 2025
Naval Academy, approached the problem by setting lift-drag ratio, L/D, as his metric of efficiency. Carsons approach was mathematically elegant but assumed that time and fuel were of equal value to a hypothetical pilot. Again, these are indicated airspeeds. That may not be the casein fact, it often isnt.
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Flight Training Central
MARCH 3, 2025
Practicing stalls will also help you learn the low airspeed flight characteristics of the airplane, and how to control the airplane at low airspeeds which is what you will encounter while maneuvering in the traffic pattern and approaching to land. As the airspeed slows into the white arc, extend the wing flaps.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
If you’re aiming to get comfortable with managing both airspeed and altitude in flight, you’ll need to understand the difference between indicated airspeed (IAS) and true airspeed (TAS). Key Takeaways Airspeed and altitude are directly linked to each other throughout different phases of your flight. Why is that?
One Mile at a Time
MARCH 20, 2025
degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1 Obviously it was gusty, but if youre not able to stabilize an approach, thats when a go around would ordinarily be performed. These details should be revealed in subsequent reports.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
This particular 172 normally cruised at 120 mph indicated airspeed, but with the ice it would barely do 90 mph and that required full throttle! But the prolonged operation at full throttle and reduced airspeed made a fuel stop at Kirksville, in Northern Missouri a necessity. What had happened? How can this be?
Plane and Pilot
JUNE 23, 2025
The Bonanza lay crumpled up in an empty lot just 2,400 feet from the approach end of the runway. While it wasn’t a particularly hot day, Big Bear’s density altitude was reported as 8,200 feet, resulting in a higher true airspeed compared to indicated airspeed. Moments later, the airplane crashed. Fuel is not mentioned.
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