Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

And it was, in fact, while working as an engineer at several aerospace companies in France that he came to the realization that the light aircraft industry was way more conservative in its approach to technology adoption than the boat builders he knew so well.

Aileron

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Pilots must adapt their approach and landing technique during flap failure. The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. Certain Conditions Certain conditions, such as severe icing or busy airspace (request for faster approach), may require a no-flaps landing.

Pilot

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2025

When deployed, they increase the wings lift and drag, allowing the airplane to fly safely at slower speeds. When flaps extend, they increase the camber (curvature) of the wing, which boosts the amount of lift the wing generates. On takeoff , flaps help the airplane become airborne sooner by increasing lift. How Do Flaps Work?

Camber

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

To maintain our global leadership in aerospace innovation, we must modernize air travel by lifting the outdated ban on civil supersonic flight. The race for supersonic dominance between the U.S. and China is already underway and the stakes couldnt be higher, he said.

Lift

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Many explanations on websites, videos, and even some textbooks oversimplify or misrepresent the true mechanics of lift. In reality, lift generation involves both Bernoullis principle and Newtons third law working together. Read on to understand Bernoullis principle and how it relates to lift the right way.

Pilot

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. At the normal approach speed, lower the nose to the approach pitch attitude.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5 minutes and achieved stable approach to Runway 19R at 1,710 feet. This one is for an unstable approach due to an excessive descent rate (1,232 ft/min). I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 I hand-flew the first 13.3

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

About 100 local officials, industry executives, city developers, and other spectators gathered at Modern Aviations JFK FBO to witness the approach of Beta Technologies Aliathe first all-electric model to fly into one of the areas three major airports. But navigating complex Class B airspace is a key next step.

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

For climbing, full or recommended climb power is usually employed, and for descent or landing approach, a power setting that produces the desired descent rate is selected. When discussing climb technique, it’s easy to confuse high power setting with increasing lift. It’s the wing that generates lift, not the engine.

Descent

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

Weather

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 8, 2025

A delay of just under 90 minutes might not sound that bad, except for on one major issue Berlin Airport has a strict midnight curfew, and no planes can land after that time, until its lifted at 5AM. So it was a race against the clock. They needed to land in a flight time of under 4hr20min in order to beat the curfew.

Final Approach

Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

This first-things-first approach allows for smooth and controlled instrument flight and is vital when an in-flight emergency or unplanned situation occurs. One sunny upstate New York afternoon, he lifted off gracefully for a local flight. 1 is to maintain flying speed. Shortly after takeoff, the Apaches door popped open.

Airplanes

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

Climate Scientist Downburst windshear can cause aircraft to deviate from the approach path. Many will recall the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 at DFW (Intl, Dallas-Fort Worth TX) in 1985 after the aircraft encountered a microburst that robbed it of lift at a critical moment. By Karsten Shein Comm-Inst. miles (2 km).

Crosswind

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. Add half the gust factor to final approach and touchdown speeds. Rolling wings-level on final, the jet slowed to our approach speed of 160. I lowered the nose, pushed the throttles to 100%, lifted off again, and cleaned up the airplane.

AGL

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

Twice, lines attached to the aircraft snapped during the lift and twice new lines were attached to Hellcat 66237 before it was lost to the sea for a second time. Elcock was at the controls of BuNo 25910, lining up for an approach onto the training carrier USS Sable. On January 5, 1945, Lieutenant, junior grade Walter B.

Cockpit

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

Once the order is confirmed, customers receive live tracking updates as their delivery approaches at speeds close to 60 knots. The partners cited the states legacy of aviationits license plates read First in Flight, a nod to the Wright brothers maiden flight in Kitty Hawkand forward-thinking approach to drone regulations.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why its important: This biography rightfully frames the Wrights as systematic inventors who used a disciplined approach to engineering challenges. Langewiesche provides one of the clearest expositions of aerodynamics and flight control, breaking down concepts like angle of attack, lift, stability, and stalls.

Rudder

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 18, 2025

Its a lot easier than some of those big tray tables that are stored and then have to be lifted up and turned over. View approaching Tokyo Haneda Airport At around 4:15PM, the seatbelt sign was turned on, and the crew was asked to prepare the cabin for landing. We touched down there at 4:35PM on runway 34R.

Airline

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

This can cause you to lose lift. Key Takeaways Power-off stalls mimic a stall during the flight’s approach and landing phase. Remember Bernoulli’s Theorem and how lift is created. The loss of lift causes the aircraft to stall and lose altitude. On final approach, it can be the difference between recovering and crashing.

Descent

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

1] NASA provides this excellent but unavoidably long definition: At NASA, systems engineering is defined as a methodical, multi-disciplinary approach for the design, realization, technical management, operations, and retirement of a system. An historical antecedent is the concept of the unstable approach.

Final Approach

WayMan

APRIL 17, 2025

Pilots use this visual cue to plan their runway approach and takeoff to ensure theyre flying into the winda practice that increases lift and aircraft control. The narrow end trails downwind, showing the direction the wind is blowing toward. If the windsock is pointing west, that means the wind is coming from the east.

Knot

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The faster an aircraft goes, the more lift it generates. Lift is the upward force that keeps you in the air. If airspeed is too slow, the aircraft could lose lift and stall. Meanwhile, lower altitudes demand that you be extra careful with airspeed to maintain lift and prevent stalls. miles per hour. Dangerous mistake.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

Aileron

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

When learning how to land a Piper Seminole, it is crucial to understand the role of each engine in the approach and landing phases. Pilots must be proficient in managing engine power, especially during the approach, where power settings and speed management are critical to a smooth and safe landing.

Descent

Aerotime

JULY 7, 2025

Note] are really helping us lift that off.” Elbers reiterated that India’s sheer size makes a multi-hub approach a more reasonable option. Unlike, for example, Dubai (DXB), we have multiple hubs. From that angle I would like to compare our network growth more to the US majors, which have different strongholds throughout the country.

Airline

AV Web

APRIL 8, 2025

A departing aircraft on 4L lifted off and overflew the offending airplane. Approaching a runway, be sure you have clearance to cross. Best Practices for Departure An enhanced taxiway centerline warns pilots theyre approaching a runway. Taxi Before you taxi, youll want the airport diagramelectronic or paperhandy for reference.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 9, 2025

Cathay Pacific business class seat console A321neo Cathay Pacific business class seat controls A321neo If you lift the leather panel to the side of the seat, youll find the entertainment controller, though I dont find that to be needed, since the monitor is also touchscreen. Underneath this area is some exposed storage space.

Narrow-Body Aircraft

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down. Ready to experience the skies with us?

Aileron

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

As late afternoon approached, I was expecting a call about what hotel we would be in that night. I asked ATC to arrange for fire/rescue in case I messed up my approach/landing. I explained that I was flying a “cone” pattern that would make the approach path easy to manage and continued with that plan.

Knot

Chess In the Air

JULY 15, 2025

good lift, nice clouds to mark it, not too much wind). If my first turnpoint is not directly in the direction of the best early lift, I may need to initially deviate from the direct course line. (The prior one was “just” 1001 km. You can read up on it here.) That’s just a given.

Lift

Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 22, 2024

The nose pitches up, sometimes aggressively because of how the airplane was trimmed on final approach and all your flaps are generally still down (lots of lift there). When you decide to go around, youre adding full power. What happens next? Make sure you can explain how to recover from a spin and avoid one altogether!

Pilot

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

Torque

Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Most avionics systems are an easy lift for these instructors. Together we reviewed the approach plate, with my instructor highlighting important details on screen. As a novice, the approach plate can be intimidating, but it helped to watch him flow across it in real time. Need to learn a Garmin 530W, GTN 750, or G1000 (like me)?

Cockpit

AV Web

JUNE 10, 2025

Since Safe Flight invented the stall warning system lift detection system in the 1940s, its AoA tech leverages a similar wing leading-edge sensor for AoA and speed indexing. That’s a photo I captured of Safe Flight’s second-gen system from a demo flight on approach to Waterbury Oxford Airport in Connecticut in the company’s Cessna.

Primary Flight Display

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Stalls and Stall Recovery No list of essential maneuvers would be complete without stalls, as they teach you to recognize and recover from the aircraft losing lift, a situation every pilot must handle safely. Normal Takeoff and Landing: Students learn the standard procedures to smoothly lift off and touch down.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

This increases the load on the wings, requiring more lift to maintain altitude. Rolling Out: As you approach your desired heading, smoothly release the bank and return the aircraft to level flight. This maneuver is essential for developing spatial awareness and smooth control inputs, skills that carry over into more advanced flying.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. When you fly into a microburst on approach or departure, youll first encounter a strong headwind, which will give you a brief lift.

Wind Shear