Center of Gravity Descent Knot 
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
Other relevant numbers for the E1000 AX are its max cruise speed of 333 knots, max operating altitude of FL 340 and NBAA range of 1,560 nm. Over the years we’ve flown a lot of aircraft with “aft-tending” centers of gravity—if you filled the seats, you were outside the aft CG limit, and the rear seats in six-place airplanes were unusable.
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 11, 2025
There’s even an alert for weight and balance when your center of gravity is out of limits. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft.
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Increasing The Aircraft Speed Small, light, and low-powered aircraft such as the Cessna 172 have a relatively narrow operational speed range ranging from 40 knots up to about 160 knots. Commercial airliners fly at speeds above 300 knots but also need to be controllable at speeds below 150 knots.
Photographic Logbook
JUNE 1, 2025
Given the terrain around Lock Haven, descent into the Susquehanna River valley in strong gusts can make for a very unpleasant ride. The "400" refers to the eight cylinder, 400 horsepower Lycoming IO-720 powerplant shoehorned into the cowling that gave this beast a 185 knot (213 mph) cruise speed.
AV Web
APRIL 15, 2025
Fixed-Wing Foibles Consider the Airbus first officer (FO) who tried to satisfy ATCs request to increase their descent (rate), so he engaged open descent mode. The captain took control and applied aft stick pressure to return the airplane to a normal descent pitch attitude to prevent an overspeed. Other than that, what?
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
(Wright State University) The original configuration of the Bell Model 68 was an open cockpit all-metal monoplane with fixed landing gear that was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines with thrust deflectors located at the aircraft’s center of gravity.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2024
This tendency is due to their high center of gravity and heavy engine over the nose wheel. High-wing aircraft might need more power or pitch to arrest the descent. High Descent Rate If you have a high sink rate on approach, you’ll have a tough time arresting the descent during the roundout.
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