Flying Magazine
JUNE 3, 2025
Beta Technologies Alia, tail number N916LF, taxis on the runway at Modern Aviations JFK FBO terminal. Jack Daleo/FLYING] Typically, Clark said, Beta does not need to alert air traffic control (ATC) about demonstration flights. The Alia is piloted using advanced flight computers and fly-by-wire controls.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 5, 2025
Basically, any wind that blows across the runway or flight path instead of head-on or tailing the aircraft. You wont have time to be messing around with a flight computer or crosswind chart. As the name would suggest, a crosswind is any wind element that imparts sideways deviation on the aircraft.
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Most of the ailerons mass lies behind the hinge, making it tail-heavy. Tail-heavy ailerons droop downwards when they arent being pulled by the control system. potentially reverting the aileron back into a tail-heavy state. These aircraft have three engines; one on each wing and one mounted on the tail ahead of the rudder.
Air Facts
MARCH 24, 2025
It was only my fourth flight in the Discus, and even though launch, aerotow, gaggle flying, setting up my flight computer, and landing at 89TA had all gone well, I was exhausted from the stress. Soaring had always been a peaceful and exciting getaway, but such a tough flight on day one left me blue and apprehensive.
Flight Training Central
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The side is printed with the FARs pertaining to night flighting, and a focusing head makes it easy to throw light up high on the tail of an aircraft. Flight Outfitters HorizonHeadlamp —A headlamp puts the right type of light where you need it without tying up your hands. The side flap has extra pockets for other gear. #10
Air
MAY 21, 2025
Headwind component (Vf), either on the face or tail, is calculated with the cosine function. The Graphical Method Using a flight computer (like the classic E6B) or a graphical chart allows for a more visual way to determine wind components. Crosswind component (V) , obtained with the sine function.
Fear of Landing
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
I pony-tail my long hair, disheveled by the tempest brewing across much of central Canada, and say, “We’re in for a treat today. Then, like the pioneer aviators, I bring out my manual flight computer, a circular slide rule invented in the 1930s, to plot distance flown against time in the air. Gavin sniggers.
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