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Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. Below 500 feet I got a bit slow, momentarily down to 147 knots, versus a reference speed of 144 and target of 152. On a typical flight I taxi at a maximum of 21 knots, rotate at 1.9 I hand-flew the first 13.3

Pilot

Pilot Knot Gross Weight Runway

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

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

In the Cessna 172S Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH), the landing distance decreases by 10% for every 9 knots of headwind. For the Cessna 172, landing distance increases by 10% for every 2 knots of tailwind. Temperature An increase in temperature will increase the density altitude.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent

Aviator Connection

Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

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

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