Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. Other logbook entries weave a story of the experiences only general aviation can bring. Rudder stomping landings in the Cessna 180 that hated to stay in a straight line on the ground. First loop in the Citabria.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. Pre-Landing Preparations Like many things in aviation, planning and preparation are key. In most general aviation aircraft, we tend to initiate the flare at 10 feet. Good question.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

The Bravo throttle quadrant features a programmable annunciator panel, gear and flap levers, a backlit autopilot, and configurable throttle setup that can be interchanged between general aviation and commercial aviation setups. Redbird Simulations hardware is commonly used for FAA-approved Aviation Training devices.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

FlightAware Flight Tracker This app allows you to track real-time flight status and tracking map of any commercial flight worldwide, and can also track general aviation flights in the US and Canada. Improve your stick and rudder skills as a private pilot go beyond the instrument checkride with these advanced courses.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

Critical Angle of Attack As the AOA increases, the wing generates more lift, but only up to a specific point known as the critical angle of attack, typically around 15-20 degrees for general aviation aircraft (though this can vary depending on the wing design). Level the wings : Use coordinated rudder and aileron inputs.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Pilots are taught to pitch for VMC, “the airspeed below which the rudder no longer has the authority to overcome the yaw caused by the critical engine being inoperative,” under specific criteria mandated by the FAA. When flying alone, general aviation pilots should follow the same rules.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators and impossible turns (return to the airport following engine failure). The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 28, 2025

Before docking we have to shut down, remove our seat belts and headsets, get everything out of the way, and then someone has to jump out of the cockpit, onto the float, jump to the dock, grab the rope, tie the airplane down, and, oh, yeah, not fall in. This aint right, I said to Clinton as I peered down on him from the cockpit.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

With the introduction of the Cirrus SR22T in 2010, general aviation had a truly modern, high-flying, personal airplane that could fly at over 200 mph and make reliable long-distance travel a reality for the single-engine piston set. The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames.

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Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck. Ten years later, we introduced the G3000, bringing the first touch screens to the light turbine cockpit, and revolutionary technologies like the award-winning Garmin Autoland.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 4, 2025

Owner Ken Nelson smiles from the cockpit of his Varga. At that time, Citabrias and Decathlons were selling like hotcakes, and tailwheel aircraft were making a big resurgence in the general aviation market. Theres always a rudder dance on every takeoff and landing. Piper wanted to capture its share of that market.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

Photo via Brad Donner] “Like many pilots of my generation, I considered Biplane and Nothing By Chance to be canonical,” Texas pilot and vintage aircraft aficionado Brad Donner told Vintage Aviation News. He was heavily involved in general aviation, so the aviation bug is genetic for me.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Pilots are taught to pitch for VMC, “the airspeed below which the rudder no longer has the authority to overcome the yaw caused by the critical engine being inoperative,” under specific criteria mandated by the FAA. When flying alone, general aviation pilots should follow the same rules.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

An elegantly simple rope system inside the fuselage raises and lowers the Gweduck’s water rudder mounted inside the base of the main rudder (right). After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

General aviation is driven by myriad forces. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. You can sit there with full back stick, full aileron one way and full rudder the other, and its perfectly controllable. Well see about that.

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