Flight Training Central

MAY 11, 2025

You can take a friend and fly for lunch at another airport, tour local landmarks or attend fly-ins to meet other pilots and get involved in the aviation community. Whether you want to fly for a living or just for fun, general aviation offers a safe, rewarding and efficient way to travel.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

Tack on an extra 20 knots to an approach speed for an aircraft that should be flown at 70 knots and the landing distance is doubled. Adobe Stock] Get Back to Basics As instrument pilots, the importance of the stabilized approach was hammered into our heads during training. Let’s play with some numbers. Remember the physics too.

Approach

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,400 pounds and a maximum gross weight that ensures stability, this aircraft is robust enough to handle a variety of flying conditions. However, the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 paved the way for its return, and production resumed in 1996.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 12, 2024

Accordingly, parts availability and easily sourced maintenance expertise are virtually unmatched in the general aviation fleet. Among the various 150 subtypes produced over the years, this late-model example is visually defined by its modern-looking swept vertical stabilizer and large rear windows.

Stability

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

About this time, the Bellanca Aircraft Company of Alexandria, Minnesota, was in the throes of financial distress, an unfortunately common occurrence for legacy general aviation companies of the period. The T-tail, a novelty in the late 1970s, features a powerful stabilator. So how does this efficient bird fly?

Tail

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 13, 2024

Key Takeaways The Cirrus SR22 has evolved significantly since its certification in 2000, introducing key innovations like the Avidyne Entegra glass cockpit in 2003 and the turbocharged SR22 Turbo in 2006, which have set new standards in general aviation.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

However, if you take a close look at the inboard upper wing surface of the B-52, you will see a neat row of vortex generators that correspond to the width of the horizontal stabilizer. These were added to manage the low speed air flow over the wings, stabilizer and elevators.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In order to shorten development time and save costs, the aircraft featured components of two closely related aircraft of the Beech Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas: the wings, ailerons, and landing gear of aBeech Bonanza general aviation aircraft and the tail assemblyof a Beech T-34 Mentor military trainer.

Thrust

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This allows you to configure appropriately and ensures a stabilized approach. Take your ground speed in knots and divide it by two. So if your Vso is 50 knots, then aim to fly 70 knots. So if our stall speed was 50 knots, our approach speed would be 65 knots. For example: 80 kts/2 = 40. Good question.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

But a reputation for dishonest dealing spreads quickly in the relatively small world of general aviation. Expect to put down 20 to 25 percent of the purchase price as your demonstration of financial stability. That’s not to say there aren’t some shysters ready to unload a dog of a plane they happen to have for sale.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Once the aircraft is stabilized in its dive, your pitch attitude is true -45. Lets say your stall speed was 60 knots. 60 X 1.4 = a new stall speed of 84 knots! For many general aviation aircraft, the critical AOA is in the range of 15-18 degrees. Your pitch attitude is -45 during the early stages of the maneuver.

Lift

Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

You can take a friend and fly for lunch at another airport, tour local landmarks or attend fly-ins to meet other pilots and get involved in the aviation community. Whether you want to fly for a living or just for fun, general aviation offers a safe, rewarding and efficient way to travel.

Pilot in Command

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. But a review of the avionics data shows it was entered at the correct airspeed (placarded as between 104 and 165 knots), and the roll rate was constant.

True Airspeed

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. But a review of the avionics data shows it was entered at the correct airspeed (placarded as between 104 and 165 knots), and the roll rate was constant.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 15, 2025

V-speeds can be defined using any type of airspeed, such as knots or miles per hour, but the designation remains V unless a Mach number is used then it becomes M. VFC Maximum speed for stability characteristics. In most General Aviation (GA) aircraft, VR is usually the same regardless of conditions. VF Design flap speed.

V Speed

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Yet, statistics show that go-arounds are among the riskiest maneuvers in general aviation. Top Reasons for Go-Arounds Unstabilized Approach An aircraft must have a stabilized approach before landing. An approach is stabilized when: The aircraft is on the correct flight path, i.e., on runway centerline and glideslope.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do. Early on a speed restriction of 130 knots was applied as a flutter issue. This was resolved on the kit version and led to cruising at 50% power and 120 knots, which proved to be the Gweduck’s sweet spot.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

General aviation is driven by myriad forces. The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Well see about that.

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

said the company is the world’s largest privately owned aircraft manufacturer and was the number 1 seller of single-engine piston planes in the first quarter of 2024, according to the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA) figures. Stall Speed, Flaps Down: 44 knots Takeoff Distance: 1,017 ft. Takeoff Over 50-ft.

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