Crosswind, Gross Weight and Pilot

Best-Laid Plans

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Pilot ready? I turned crosswind and attempted to shallow the climb. This time, I pulled out some power as I transitioned to the crosswind leg. First, any time you are flying an airplane youve never flown before, consult with an experienced pilot of that type. The engine monitor data was good, and the brakes were firm.

Runway

Runway Gross Weight Crosswind Airplanes

Game On!

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

I dont exactly fit the standard pilot profile of Game Aerospaces GB1 GameBird But theres always been something about the GameBird that has piqued my interest. Its first-class team, led by Ian Waghorn, ensures that pilots leave the training program feeling confident, competent, and safe in their new or new-to-them GameBird.

Knot

Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder

Easy on the Eyes—and Your Wallet

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 26, 2025

Many of you may know Johnson from his monthly Plane & Pilot columns and website, bydanjohnson.com , a popular light sport resource that will soon be integrated into the P&P website. Hunton and McLeod pilot the J-230D around South Texas. That will allow you to put in the back seat and use the 1,675 pound gross weight.”

Aileron

Aileron Gross Weight Crosswind Knot

Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. The canopy provides plenty of headroom for even taller pilots, while the view over the nose is equally generous. But successful? Not at all. How did any given airplane sell?

Airplanes

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight

Approachable Excellence

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

Fearsome metal airplanes helped win a global conflict, yet pilots came home to variations on prewar designs of tube-and-fabric construction and modest performance. You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable.

Approach

Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control

LSA Step-Downs: Training Is a Must

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Senior pilots (many were career professionals stepping down into GA) liked what they saw in the new LSA market: modern two-placers with far more tech than the average Skyhawk or Cherokee—not bad machines for golden-years fun. Today, the difficult insurance market is forcing plenty of aging pilots out of retracs , twins and turbines.

Gross Weight

Gross Weight Knot Airplanes Pilot

What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack (Part II)

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions—carefully selected ideal conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. None of these achieved enough altitude to have permitted a successful impossible turn, but there were pilots who tried, anyway.

Gross Weight

Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot

Don’t Shut the Learning Doorway

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

With your fresh pilot certificate, what fun steps can you take to continually grow as an aviator? The question for the new private pilot is simple: Is that a doorway to go through or one that you never open, limiting your flying career? One is with other pilots. Ride with other pilots and learn from them.

Crosswind

Crosswind Aileron Runway Gross Weight

Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Pilots and flight schools favor this aircraft for its ease of use and dependable performance. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface. This article explores the Cessna Skyhawk C172’s features, evolution, and lasting appeal.

Knot

Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight

Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. The canopy provides plenty of headroom for even taller pilots, while the view over the nose is equally generous. But successful? Not at all. How did any given airplane sell?

Airplanes

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight

Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Short field landings are a true test of a pilot’s skill. They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. Whether you’re new to short field landings or a pilot needing a refresher, this essential guide is for you. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights.

Weight-Shift-Control

Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent

We Fly: Aviat Husky

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Adventurous aerobatic pilot Frank Christensen, owner of Christen Industries, which built the Pitts Special series and the Christen Eagle II aerobatic biplane kit, watched as biplane sales fell during the early 1980s. Its shortcoming was a meager useful load for its 1,800-pound gross weight. Sales grew.

Gross Weight

Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Rudder

Return to Form

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The landing gear box had to be substantially stronger with the two-piece gear, so we were able to see a weight savings with the one-piece gear. You might ask what happens with crosswind landings when you take away rudder authority. Flight Design rates the F2 with the same 16-knot demonstrated crosswind component as the previous CTs.

Rudder

Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind

Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When spelled geoduck it represents a grotesque, oversized mollusk, or clam to we pilot simpletons. Much depends on the aircraft’s weight, pilot skill and, surprisingly, “how much abuse you want to experience. Checking the oil is the main attraction to the pilot. The airplane will handle more than you want to.”

Airplanes

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron

Aviator Connection

Best-Laid Plans

Game On!

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Easy on the Eyes—and Your Wallet

Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Approachable Excellence

LSA Step-Downs: Training Is a Must

What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack (Part II)

Don’t Shut the Learning Doorway

Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

We Fly: Aviat Husky

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