Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2025

Quick estimates improve decision-making Helps with landing technique, wake turbulence, and IFR corrections. Crosswind is referenced in terms of knots, a fancy aviation term for nautical miles per hour . Example 1 Aircraft heading: 070 Wind Direction:160 Wind Strength: 25 knots This example is super easy. knots 20 0.34

Crosswind 69

Crosswind Pilot Knot Turbulence 69

Air

MAY 21, 2025

It is a particularly insidious phenomenon that can be a prime cause of turbulence. Vf = Vw x cos() The result will give the intensity in knots (KT) and the sign will give the direction: – A positive value indicates headwind (headwind). This rapid change can occur with height or across a horizontal expanse.

Crosswind 52

Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

These control surfaces dictate the aircraft’s roll, and this allows it to bank smoothly through turns or even recover from turbulence. 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 90

Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Surface winds are already thirty knots gusting to forty-five. Forecast much stronger, up to one hundred knots.” We can expect extreme thunderstorms, turbulence, torrential rain, and fog. Turbulence tosses us up, down, and sideways. “My calculations agree with the DME readout of seventy knots.”

Weather 98

Weather Knot Distance Measuring Equipment Pilot 98