Flying Magazine

JULY 14, 2025

The preliminary investigation into the crash of an Air India flight in June suggests the fuel supply to the engines was shut off shortly after takeoff—an act that surprised both pilots, according to the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). On the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he shut off the fuel.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Why do jet pilots talk about speed in terms of Mach number? Jet aircraft often fly at speeds close to the speed of sound. Since it’s a ratio, it doesn’t matter if you measure speed in knots, miles per hour, or meters per second. Here, Mach 1 is roughly 573 knots (about 659 mph). Here’s why. The Mach value stays the same.

True Airspeed

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? One day, I had finally had enough. Gusty winds?

AGL

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. Arithmetic skills sometimes atrophy in the cockpit. It might be challenging to detect a weakened electrical system from the cockpit, stressing that it is important to monitor all the gauges. He confirmed the aircraft had been misfueled with jet-A.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

For buyers stepping up into the world of turboprops and jets, a significant part of the transition might be learning an unfamiliar avionics suite. Moreover, when deciding which aging jets it will pursue for an STC of this magnitude, Garmin also looks at obsolescence and the overall value of the aircraft.

Flight Deck

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 21, 2025

Flying with Starlink satellite internet: tips for pilots iPad Pilot News In-flight satellite connectivity is more accessible now than ever for pilots flying piston airplanes and light jets. They also unlocked a new high-speed service, Global Priority , for $250/month, providing in-motion access at speeds up to 550 mph (478 knots).

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 8, 2025

In a rare behind-the-scenes look at high-performance flight operations, Starfighters Aerospace recently shared footage of a full supersonic flight conducted in their single-seat Lockheed F-104S Starfighter, filmed from the cockpit at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Climb out with the Kennedy Space Center in the background.

Payload

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Combining the data shown on your cockpit instruments helps you make better judgments. It’s typically measured in knots (nautical miles per hour), with one knot being about 1.15 One example is Indicated Airspeed (IAS), which is the airspeed you read directly from cockpit instruments. miles per hour.

True Airspeed

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The following is CCTV video of the crash as posted on X : New surveillance video captures the moment a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 75 passengers on board leaving 18 injured. The cockpit recordings during the final approach and the flight data on impact are sure to be of particular interest.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The privately owned jet was at the end of an all-night flight that began on the East Coast around midnight local time. The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. Ring camera video from the event shows puddles of jet fuel burning and people running door to door to warn their neighbors of the danger. The jet flew for 3.5

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2025

Unlike today, when a new jet fighter may take a decade or more to develop, in the 1950s new and unique ideas were designed, constructed, and tested in a matter of months. This golden age birthed the fabled Century Series jet fighters, the X-planes that set and reset speed and altitude records, and the incredible U-2 and SR-71 spy planes.

Jet

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Preparing the cockpit and cabin. Holding Speed Compare a fighter jet to a light aircraft. For tailwind on the outbound leg, subtract 1 second per knot of tailwind component. For a headwind on the outbound leg, add 1 second per knot of headwind component. The wind is 050° at 25 knots. Our airspeed is 120 knots.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. 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.

Aileron

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

In reality, jet engine thrust reversers only redirect their exhaust by about 135 degrees, not 180 degrees, which is exactly opposite the normal direction. Target or bucket reversers were commonly used on many first-generation turbofan airliners and some military jets. The Douglas DC-9 is another jet with the same kind of reversers.

Thrust

Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

Our old and slow Stearman PT-17 biplanes were racing along at 65 mph as we were fighting a 20-knot headwind, so we were still almost 15 minutes from touchdown! Delta pulls most of their big jets out of the way and replaces them with Warbirds for this one-day celebration. You just have to be there to experience it.

Clearance

Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

On the 3rd of March 2023, a passenger in a private jet died after severe injuries in the cabin, which were originally reported as caused by severe turbulence. The captain slowed the aircraft from 104 knots and exited the runway onto a taxiway. He called out eighty knots followed by V1, the decision speed, at 116 knots.

Turbulence

Aerotime

MAY 21, 2025

Photo: USAF While a gun (or at least a recoilless rifle) was always in mind during the design of the jet, at no point was it envisioned as its only armament. The USAF simply needed an attack jet which could do everything earlier attack aircraft did, but better. It cruises at around 300 knots, but its mission doesnt demand speed.

Cockpit

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

I sat in the cockpit of the old Tecnam P92-JS Echo, tail number I-GITR. I’d ridden in helicopters, C-130s, and even a white, unmarked Air Force jet outfitted with school bus seats and no toilet during various deployments. At 55 knots, I eased back on the stick. I replied, “I hear you loud and clear, Giorgio—can you hear me?”

Runway

Flying Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

Boom boasts that XB-1 is the first privately developed jet to break the sound barrier. Almost eight times as much fuel is needed to propel an airplane at 400 knots as at 200. The none-too-modest aim of Boom Supersonic is to design and manufacture a supersonic airliner, which it calls Overture.

Drag

Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

On paper, the fastest fighter jet of 2025 is the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-25, which sets a pace of Mach 2.83. In terms of widely-used, theater-ready fighter jets, the F-15 Eagle takes the crown. However, in their day-to-day operations, the jets tend to fly significantly slower. It is followed by its sistership, the MiG-31.

Jet

Plane and Pilot

JULY 24, 2025

As a rule, these people have often done something pretty spectacular in the cockpit or, perhaps, in the realm of design. According to Davis, some owners of small planes that he has painted have reported a 3-knot speed increase.

Airplanes

One Mile at a Time

JULY 22, 2025

If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, below is a cockpit landing video from the parallel runway (unrelated to the incident), and the area behind the green set of lights would be the displaced runway threshold. Fortunately the Boeing aircraft rejected its takeoff at around 60 knots, preventing a catastrophe. Was it a brain fart?

Runway

Plane and Pilot

JULY 31, 2025

Anytime someone is lucky enough to crawl into a vintage-era warbird cockpit, chances are it’s going to be a good day. It’s smooth like a jet. At 30 inches of manifold pressure and cruising, it’s smooth as glass and indicates about 210 knots. It flies great,” Hinton said. It doesn’t vibrate at all, and it’s not very loud inside.”

Cargo

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

TSB Approach sequence Due to reported wind gusts as the CRJ900 approached Toronto Pearson following a flight from MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport (MSP) the aircraft was flown at 149 knots. seconds before touchdown the aircrafts indicated airspeed was 136 knots, and its ground speed was 111 knots.

Indicated Airspeed

AV Web

DECEMBER 5, 2024

5 at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona, where the jet was headed for Provo Municipal Airport (KPVU) in Provo, Utah. According to the report, the aircraft accelerated to 130 knots but began to decelerate about 3,000 feet down the runway, overrunning the remaining 2,100 feet. The crash occurred Nov.

Knot

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2025

Because he didn’t ask “if,” but instead, he asked “why” Did the actions of the other pilot support that he actually didn’t touch the switches, or was that just said on the cockpit voice recorder, to create deniability? And if there were human factors, was it accidental, or was it intentional? That’s a mystery.

Cockpit

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Ultra-Modern: Cirrus SR22 If what turns your head is a sophisticated aircraft with advanced avionics, comfortable cockpit, and safety features such as a whole-airframe parachute, consider the Cirrus SR22 series. The latest Skyhawk model has a top cruise speed of 124 knots, range of 640 nm, and useful load of 878 pounds.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Saab TF-35 Draken AT-155 of the Royal Danish Air Force, at RAF Mildenhall, 1985 (Wikimedia Commons) As the Swedes and Danes began retiring their Draken fleets, American contractors were interested in purchasing the jets for their handling characteristics and the fact that they were on the market.

Pilot in Command

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The flight crew adjusted the icing bug to 165 knots. The temperature at their cruising altitude was around -9° with westerly winds at 46 knots. The ATR’s airspeed was 191 knots. During the conversation with the controller, there was the sound of a single chime on the cockpit voice recorder.

Knot

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. With a lighter corporate jet, that is powerful.

Crosswind

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Sitting so high up and trying to look down inside the cockpit for the airspeed is nearly impossible. “Coming back around, I’m usually at about 60 knots. 2B Fighter, a Bulldog Seems Logical Storo enjoyed a long career with FedEx, first flying Falcon jets, then Boeing 727s, and finally DC-10s before retiring in 2004.

Crosswind

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Because I want to fly jets, sir!” I’ve been flying jets for years as a corporate pilot, but not real jets to some … like fighter jets. My goal in these Gauntlet jet-training sessions? Down low, maximum speeds can easily exceed 425 knots. But good jet flying is still demanding. asks Foley.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 22, 2024

This new jet received the Air Force designation YF-96A and first flew on June 3rd, 1950. USAF photo] The YF-96A was powered by the Wright YJ65-W-1 turbojet, which required Republic to deepen the F-84 fuselage by 7 inches and make certain changes around the cockpit/canopy area. It was the Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech.

Torque

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. The windsock promised that getting the little yellow bird into the air would be a white-knuckle affair.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? This 172 had a flap extension speed of 85 knots, and my old Cessna 172’s limit was 100 mph, or 87 knots. I had a total knee replacement. These discrepancies helped me get my head back in the game.

Pitot Tube

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. It was capable of flying up to 172 mph (277 km/h, 149 knots) and reach a service ceiling of 18,000 ft (5,500 m). Bell X-14 in its original configuration as USAF s/n 56-4022 hovering during a test flight.

Thrust

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

One benefit of these aerodynamic tweaks is a vibration, or “initial buffet,” that is felt in the seat of the pants and flight controls, about 10-15 knots above stall speed. However, the real focus of this maneuver is avoiding situations that might place the jet anywhere near stall speed.

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