Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

So when you’re in the cockpit, you’ll know exactly what to do. When the aircraft is in a high-drag configuration, a stall at a low altitude can be quite dangerous. Landing flaps add a lot of drag; removing this notch will help the aircraft accelerate quickly. Why Practice Power-off Stalls?

Descent

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The aircraft also featured a pressurized cockpit, and considerations were made for it to be armed with six 20mm cannons or six 12.7mm machine guns.Consolidated-Vultee submitted the design of the Model 102 to the US Army Air Force’s Air Material Command in September 1943, and the Model 102 was approved for further development as the XP-81.

Thrust

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

This configuration provides the necessary power for both climb and cruise, while also offering valuable training for managing asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine-out situation. The operative engine will create asymmetric thrust, so adjusting the aircrafts heading and maintaining coordinated flight is essential.

Descent

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

Inside the aircraft were two rocket propellant tanks, twelve nitrogen spheres for fuel and cabin pressurization, the pilots pressurized cockpit, three pressure regulators, a retractable landing gear, the wing spar structure, a 6.000-pound-thrust rocket engine, and more than five hundred pounds of special flight-test instrumentation.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

Approaching and passing through Mach 1, however, an airplane acquires, in addition to the drag it already has, a new kind of drag, called wave drag. READ MORE: Boom Goes Supersonic, Makes Civil Aviation History Wave drag is part of what made the speed of sound a barrier in the 1950s.

Drag

Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

at sea level and reach high speeds even with full armament, which does not cause additional drag due to being stored in internal weapons bays. The MiG-31, only used in Russia, has its speed hobbled by the cockpit glass. But the F-22 is different: it can fly faster than Mach 1.2 without using afterburners. Mach, it flies at only 1.5

Jet

Fear of Landing

JULY 4, 2025

There was no cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder installed. The pilot dragged the helicopter onto a helipad and removed the ground wheels, storing them safely before boarding the helicopter. CCTV footage showed the cockpit lights turn on and then the strobe lights started to flash. The fuel caught on fire.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

As you reach high speeds, especially near or above the speed of sound, you can then sweep the wings back to reduce drag. They delay the formation of shock waves that cause wave drag. You can adjust the wings using a manual control in the cockpit. But when you’re doing high-speed dashes, sweeping the wings back will reduce drag.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

At Leopard Aviation , we teach this maneuver early on because knowing when and how to go around is a key part of good judgment in the cockpit. This ensures the aircraft gains enough thrust to climb away from the runway safely. Landing gear is also retracted as the aircraft gains altitude to reduce drag and improve climb performance.

Air Traffic Control

Air Facts

JULY 30, 2025

However, we didn’t have to hook up a long hose, drag a bucket of soapy water, sponges, and a chamois cloth out on the ramp, then sweat under the Florida sun to complete the task. The F-16 cockpit sits directly above the engine intake, and our engine sucked in a LOT of air—even at idle. We worked to keep those effects to a minimum.

Runway

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 27, 2024

The common cockpit design allows pilots to transition between different Airbus aircraft with minimal additional training, enhancing operational flexibility. One of the standout features is its unique wing design with a high aspect ratio, which allows for improved lift and reduced drag, ensuring smoother and more efficient flights.

Ceiling

Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Ground school provides the theoretical knowledge needed to understand aviation principles, which youll later apply in the cockpit. Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Its a crucial part of becoming a pilot.

Pilot

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airlines are upgrading older cockpits with newer displays, so this old indicator will soon become a relic. When an aircraft exceeds M MO , a shock wave forms over the wing causing increased drag, buffeting, and possible loss of control. The instrument provides pilots with a surprising amount of information.

Pitot Tube

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

built fighter jet—including the narrow and mildly pressurized (4 psi) cockpit. ” The 3,800-pound-thrust Ukrainian-built AI25-TL engine needs an air-assisted start provided by the onboard Sapphire APU. Many of the panel gauge identifications are written in Cyrillic, with metric scales, the panel looks much like that of a U.S.-built

Knot

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

On June 15, 1985, during the second stop off in Beirut, a 23-year-old US Navy diver called Robert Stethem was dragged to the plane’s open door and executed with a gunshot to the head. However, that all changed when, around 20 minutes into the flight, three men stormed the aircraft cockpit shouting that they had a bomb.

Cockpit

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

The F-15’s vertical takeoff capabilities, achieved through its impressive thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced flight control systems, allow rapid ascents and extreme maneuverability, vital in combat situations. Reaching 65,000 feet in just 122 seconds further exemplifies the F-15’s unparalleled performance.

Jet

Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

The Four Forces of Flight (Lift, Thrust, Drag & Gravity) obey Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Her father had been allowed to sit in the back seat on the last day and violated the sterile cockpit rule. STEM was the main course. Like Moses and the Ten Commandments, aviation is limited by 10 laws of physics and chemistry.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

All cockpit gauges confirmed critical systems were humming and happy. It felt like we were dragging an 18-wheeler truck! Functioning exactly as designed, those flat-plate boards sticking into the airstream were creating beaucoup drag, battling against the J-79s’ thrust. What the….? Had we been hit? Firing missiles!”

Drag

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Originally used as a trainer in World War II, the Stearman features a tandem, open cockpit with forgiving, yet challenging flight characteristics. Top that off with modern avionics, a roomy, comfortable cockpit, and its overall charm, Carbon Cubs are built for comfort and adventure. Whats not to love?

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Winging It Aside from the aforementioned desire for a greater aspect ratio for reduced drag, the one-piece Gweduck wing was developed for minimal weight, ease of construction and benign handling. Keeping drag corralled was emphasized as the Gweduck mission is foremost long-distance cruising. Maintenance room is generally very good.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Unlike the Concorde, though, the aircraft also had two small retractable canards that would deploy from the just behind the cockpit to allow for increased lift at low speeds, such as during takeoffs and landings.

Pilot in Command

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 14, 2025

No thrust, no power, and/or no lift? When an experienced captain says that a plane has no thrust and is losing power, what can we really conclude from that? If one were to take that at face value, that would suggest that the plane was actually losing engine power and thrust, meaning there was some sort of issue with engines.

Thrust