Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance. Another interesting model is the 172RG Cutlass RG, which features retractable landing gear and a more powerful Lycoming O-360-F1A6 engine, offering a cruise speed of 140 knots.

Knot

Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

He was in his forties when we flew together in his V-tail Bonanza. Upon reaching five knots before the rotation speed, I merely tugged on the manual trim slightly and the aircraft rose without hesitation. The A36 Bonanza is rated to fly at 178 knots ROP at 6,000 feet. You can lose up to five knots or more.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In order to shorten development time and save costs, the aircraft featured components of two closely related aircraft of the Beech Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas: the wings, ailerons, and landing gear of aBeech Bonanza general aviation aircraft and the tail assemblyof a Beech T-34 Mentor military trainer.

Thrust

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

But the engineering behind the G7 didn’t wring a few more knots from the carbon fiber airframe by tweaking fairings or FIKI panels. All versions come standard with a three-year, 1,000-hour spinner-to-tail warranty that rivals other new piston singles. Service Ceiling: 17,500 ft. Max Zero Fuel Weight: 3,400 lbs.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

I glanced over my shoulder to see our loadmaster scramble up the cargo bay’s side panels, then cling to the ceiling, barely clear of slashing horns. Load’s” relatively safe haven high in the tail section left him hanging upside down on steel-wire control cables, emulating a tree sloth. That was about 89 knots, as I recall.

Weight-Shift-Control

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Despite those ground clearances, we found that the ceiling above our home airport was high enough to accommodate VFR departures with airborne clearances. Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. Better safe than sorry.

Clearance

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Heres their list and rationalizations: Caylas Picks It might be more common to see Jennies hanging from ceilings than seeing them in the open air, there are still a few out and about. Cruising around 200 knots, the Rocket is a fantastic cross-country machine or around-the-patch sunset flier. Thirty years ago, I got to fly Serial No.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 20, 2023

I flew to my hometown against a 30 knot headwind that stretched the flight time to just over three hours. By the time I crossed into Canada, the landscape ahead was cloaked in darkness with the western horizon at my tail dimly radiating twilight's residual warmth. At the fuel pump in Sodus preparing for departure.

Runway

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Weather reports from the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field on the island warned of a low cloud ceiling, overcast at 700-800 feet. The wind favoured runway 22, as usual, but at only 5-7 knots, it wasn’t really a factor. They saw the tail of the air craft, about a mile west of the airport and 300 feet below.

Runway

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

The tail comes off the ground to a tail-low position and the airplane flies off at about 45 knots. The best angle of climb speed (VX) is 59 knots and gets the Husky over a 50-foot obstacle in seemingly no time at all. We are aware of some loss of control accidents immediately after liftoff with full flaps in crosswinds.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do.

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