Flight Training Central

JANUARY 6, 2025

As winter sets in, it’s more important than ever to understand how the cold weather will not only affect the aircraft performance but also your preflight and weather planning. Use this quiz to test your cold-weather flying knowledge. What type of weather is forecast for the area to the northeast of area D?

Weather 105

Weather Camber Lift NOTAMs 105

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 52

Pilot Lift Camber Airfoil 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing. The Weather Vane It mostly comes from the vertical stabilizer (fin) and the sides of the fuselage behind the center of gravity. To help you understand this, imagine a weather vane with the CG as the pivot.

Tail 52

Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 14, 2025

Flaps, which extend from the trailing edge of the wing, together with slats, which extend from the front, provide critical lift at low speeds. Amplified by the steamy weather in Ahmedabad (high temperatures have a detrimental affect on both engine and aerodynamic performance), such a screw-up turned deadly. Other ideas?

Air Traffic Control 69

Air Traffic Control Camber Thrust Lift 69