Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This weather phenomenon is called a microburst , one of aviations deadliest threats. Can More Than One Microburst Occur in the Same Weather System? Either type can be deadly if encountered at low altitude, so you should always stay on high alert when flying through stormy weather. Absolutely! Microbursts dont always occur alone.

Wind Shear

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Winglets and Sharklets Both Airbus and Boeing operate aircraft with wingtip devices that are designed to increase aircraft efficiency by removing drag. The devices would prove to “reduce wingtip drag” and increase “fuel efficiency by 6-7%” but would need be positioned uniquely for each aircraft type.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2025

Palmer and his team created wooden models of various airfoils, engine cowlings, and tail surfaces in a rented garage before bringing them to Caltech in Pasadena, where they utilized the school’s wind tunnel to test the designs until they were satisfied with the results. Army Air Corps’ newest and fastest fighter.

Cockpit

Fear of Landing

JULY 4, 2025

The weather was overcast, with drizzly rain and visibility decreasing. The pilot dragged the helicopter onto a helipad and removed the ground wheels, storing them safely before boarding the helicopter. The tail boom was intact, so the tail rotor did not fail. There was no sign of an in-flight fire.

Hangar

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

Probable cause(s): The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees after takeoff, during high density altitude weather conditions. John Espe Cruiser Buhl, Idaho/Injuries: None NTSB Report: WPR23LA29 The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing, he encountered a gusting tail wind.

Density Altitude

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

One example, tail number M-585, c/n 843, was flown by its crew to Australia on March 8, 1942, and was later requisitioned by the US Army Air Force in Australia and given the serial number 42-68358 and was flown by the USAAF until it was stricken from the inventory in August 1944. to Fairbanks, Alaska, and back.

Cockpit

Flying Magazine

JULY 31, 2025

Subscribe Now We pushed back from the gate in anticipation of a quick spray of Type I deicing fluid to melt a thin layer of frost on the wings and tail. The airplane was floundering in Shreveport, Louisiana, because of a line of weather to the west. We dragged our bags and our weariness into the hotel room.

Cockpit

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The weather was overcast for the flight route, with cloud tops reaching temperatures forecast from 0° to -35°C (32° to -31°F). The captain made a passenger announcement to give the Guarulhos weather information and estimated time left in the flight. The estimated flight time was an hour and forty-five minutes for the flight of 735 km.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. To put it mildly, it is a very risky maneuver.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. To put it mildly, it is a very risky maneuver.

Airplanes

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance. Several incidents involving the Cessna 172 have been documented, typically attributed to pilot error, adverse weather conditions, or mechanical issues.

Knot

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And ice doesn’t just make things slippery, it messes with the airflow over the wings, cuts down on lift, and ramps up drag. Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. This leads to a serious loss of lift and an increase in drag. If you don’t act quickly, you’ll soon feel its effects.

Pitot Tube

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Gradually used to replace metals on parts of aircraft tails, wings, engines, cowlings, and parts of the fuselage, composites reduce overall aircraft weight and improve operational efficiency. Results from NASA flight tests and research were compiled in a large database to improve weather models and instrumentation for detecting SLD.

Wind Shear

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

I have tried to wait out a storm only to watch a bigger and badder one to move in and the overall weather situation getting worse. We should make more pro-active use of our radios to warn other aviators of threatening weather. They are also not limited to summer soaring weather. Are dry microbursts really invisible?

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

However, the increased drag might make it impossible to take off again. If you’re at a field with no weather reporting, gauge the wind speed and direction using the windsock. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. This does two things: it keeps the load on the wings and increases drag.

NOTAMs

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The aircraft felt underpowered and, faced issues with transonic drag, and went under further refinements in the design. It was also an all-weather fighter bomber, fitted with mono-pulse and Doppler radar for night or bad weather operations. Despite being less maneuverable than the smaller MiG fighters, the F-105 achieved 27.5

Weather

AeroSavvy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Weather, earthquakes, and even volcanoes present logistical challenges. The map seems to indicate Hawaii might be a more efficient stop (certainly better weather). Atlas Air 747-400 & UPS MD-11 departing Anchorage runway 15 Anchorage Weather Geographically, Anchorage is the perfect location for a trans-Pacific pit stop.

Cargo

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 5, 2023

Exceptions were 2013 (Pigeon Forge, TN) when I decided that my brand new instrument rating was not up to the challenge of fatigue and weather conditions, 2016 (Cadillac, MI) when thunderstorms and tornado warnings aborted that flight, and 2020 that simply did not happen because of COVID. We planned for a quick turn.

Weather

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

But don’t hang up your headset just because the weather isn’t perfect. Use weather forecast charts, METARs, and Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs). Have the winds changed since your departure weather briefing? A sideslip approach creates excess drag and requires more control inputs.

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

The tail comes off the ground before you even realize the airplane is ready, climbs like a bat out of you know where, handles like its on rails, and can land almost anywhere in a matter of a couple hundred feet. But my recommendation is to find a very early Bonanza for your first V-tail experience.

Airplanes

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Though renowned for its maneuverability, the Triplane struggled to pull away from the Camel, fighting against the fundamental drag of its triple tiered wings. He's at full takeoff power and he's got the tail up! A little weather en route home. This is the magic of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, the Hudson Valley's temporal anomaly.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

They turned out to be from a weather outpost for the US Army Air Force’s 11th Weather Squadron, and that they were the only other people on the island. Once the war ended, however, the Lightning was left to the elements on Buldir Island, and the weather outpost abandoned. Ernest “Pappy” Pruett.

Weather

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 1, 2025

With a beautifully rounded tail reminiscent of the 190 and 195 and robust spring steel conventional landing gear, it is essentially an early tail-dragging 172 with classic looks and similar performance. First produced in 1948, the 170 was the predecessor to the ubiquitous, tricycle-gear 172 Skyhawk.

Tail