Plane and Pilot
JUNE 15, 2025
Postaccident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation, however, the weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of serious carburetor icing at idle power. The weather conditions cleared about an hour after the accident.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Calculating True Airspeed Follow steps 1-3 from the section above. Find your Calibrated Airspeed on the middle scale on the movable disk. Thats your true airspeed. Calibrated airspeed is not the same as indicated airspeed. The weather station reports wind from 030 degrees at 20 knots.
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Plane and Pilot
JUNE 2, 2025
Post-accident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation, however, the weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of serious carburetor icing at idle power. The weather conditions cleared about an hour after the accident.
Pilot's Life Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
Aircraft contain all kinds of wonderous indicators and instruments to measure velocity, altitude, weather conditions, etc. However, the single most important aircraft instrument is probably the airspeed indicator. A plane’s specific stall speed depends on the plane’s size, dimensions, and even weather conditions.
Air Facts
MARCH 10, 2025
Isn’t it interesting to know that based partly on measurements from weather balloons, you can predict the way the winds aloft are going to cause your plane to drift as you fly from point to point, and that you can correct for that as you fly? Winds on the surface, and winds at altitude: both concepts are covered in the nav-log lesson.
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