Plane and Pilot

JULY 24, 2025

The new regulation, first proposed in 2023, will reform the light sport aircraft (LSA) category by replacing current weight-based limitations with a performance-based standard. With a gross weight of 1,653 pounds and a stall speed of 51 knots, the aircraft fits well within the new specification of the rule changes.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Here youll see how creative errors can sneak in and deprive pilots of the fuel that keeps us airborne. Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. A multiengine pilot transferred fuel after two hours in flight but was unaware there was insufficient power to run the pump. He landed safely.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. The canopy provides plenty of headroom for even taller pilots, while the view over the nose is equally generous. With a 41-knot stall speed, the common 1.3 But successful?

Airplanes

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Known for its reliability and versatility, it has been a go-to choice for pilot training and leisure flying. Speed is a key factor for pilots, whether for planning cross-country trips or understanding the aircraft’s capabilities. Its stable flight characteristics and forgiving nature make it ideal for beginner pilots.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 26, 2025

Many of you may know Johnson from his monthly Plane & Pilot columns and website, bydanjohnson.com , a popular light sport resource that will soon be integrated into the P&P website. Hunton and McLeod pilot the J-230D around South Texas. That will allow you to put in the back seat and use the 1,675 pound gross weight.”

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Flying Magazine

JULY 28, 2025

The new regulation, first proposed in 2023, will reform the light sport aircraft (LSA) category by replacing current weight-based limitations with a performance-based standard. With a gross weight of 1,653 pounds and a stall speed of 51 knots, the aircraft fits well within the new specification of the rule changes.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These tools help the pilots deal with this busy section of the flight replete with numerous checklists, changing clearances, and traffic. We have some of the same checklists, clearances, and traffic, and we have one less pilot to get them all done. The post Arriving in Style appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

Descent

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 7, 2025

To that he added wings and tail, and placed the pilot behind all this. The pilot moved from behind the hopper to the top of it. The PL-12 retained the high-mounted pilot seat and added seats for three passengers, one behind the pilot and two behind the large hopper. The tank formed the center fuselage.

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AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Senior pilots (many were career professionals stepping down into GA) liked what they saw in the new LSA market: modern two-placers with far more tech than the average Skyhawk or Cherokee—not bad machines for golden-years fun. Today, the difficult insurance market is forcing plenty of aging pilots out of retracs , twins and turbines.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 15, 2025

Pilots looking for a high-performance, single-engine piston aircraft with modern systems and commemorative styling will find this 60th Anniversary Edition G36 Bonanza represents a compelling choice. With a cruise speed over 200 knots and fuel burn around 16 gph at mid-altitudes, the airplane delivers efficiency without compromise.

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Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

The wreckage of the airplane was found two days after the crash in which all nine passengers and the sole pilot lost their lives. The controller suggested to the pilot of flight 445 that he slow his aircraft down to minimize the delay in landing once overhead Nome. At that time, the airplanes airspeed was 99 knots.

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Air Facts

JULY 9, 2025

Mea Culpa: Confessions of a Joyful Pilot Air Facts Journal I have a confession to make. Should I treat every VFR hop like I’m departing into low IMC with a 10,000-foot density altitude at max gross weight? Do I have to be within ±1 knot and ±10 feet on every approach? I do weight and balance calculations when appropriate.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 11, 2025

Besides having the desire, the curious sim pilot will need to dedicate some free time to learning the basics of the airplane’s operation and systems, and it is here that the PMDG DC-6 really shines. This allows the DC-6 to be flown by both the novice and advanced sim pilot, making the DC-6 approachable despite the complete systems modeling.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

MAY 16, 2025

The aircraft also has twin-boom vertical stabilizers to the rear and a monocoque cabin that can accommodate up to six passengers, plus the operating pilot. We are looking forward to proving this next on our full-scale, piloted technical demonstrator that is currently under construction.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

what happens later this year when the FAAs MOSAIC regulation is finally released upon the pilot population? How will pilots respond? Views expressed here reflect my personal focus, and I readily admit to a bias in favor of aircraft that pilots can affordthat was part of the intention under LSA and should be under MOSAIC.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Pilots and flight schools favor this aircraft for its ease of use and dependable performance. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface. This article explores the Cessna Skyhawk C172’s features, evolution, and lasting appeal.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. The canopy provides plenty of headroom for even taller pilots, while the view over the nose is equally generous. With a 41-knot stall speed, the common 1.3 But successful?

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Short field landings are a true test of a pilot’s skill. They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. Whether you’re new to short field landings or a pilot needing a refresher, this essential guide is for you. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Steep turns should be one of the most fun maneuvers pilots learn. But for many pilots, flying coordinated turns while keeping altitude and speed steady is hard enough. In maintaining a properly coordinated steep turn, the pilot must use the opposite aileron to maintain bank.

Lift

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Key Takeaways Slow flight trains pilots to handle the aircraft at speeds just above stalling. That’s why it’s crucial for pilots to learn aircraft control at low speeds. Additionally, both private and commercial pilot checkrides require the demonstration of slow flight. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead.

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Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

It was evidence that high wing pilots who buy low wing airplanes need to process their surroundings in a different way. These kinds of events change a pilot's behavior. How many pilots grab the housing of their alternator to give it a good shake on every preflight? Don't tell anyone I gave you that tow bar!" I said it was dodgy.)

Airplanes

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As it does, one aircraft is seeking to capture a particular slice of the advanced air mobility market, one that none of its rivals can challenge – that is, the provision of electric flights for seven people flying at up to 250 knots (450kph) and with a stage length of around 500 miles (800km). meters (38ft) in length, and 2.8

Lift

Flying Magazine

MAY 29, 2025

These days, the Aerostar gets high marks from owners for the same reasons pilots liked them early on. The airplane gets a gross weight boost to 6,356 pounds ramp weight. Claimed 75 percent cruise is a blistering 261 knots, and initial climb rate is 1875 fpm. and also the Aerostar Owners Association.

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Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

There are a number of tail strike incidents caused by the take-off weight being logged as lower than it actually was. The Pilot Flying gently applies back pressure on the control column, pitching the aircraft nose up to transition from rolling on the ground to flying in the air. The Boeing 777 became airborne at 180 knots.

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Six Brave Souls Air Facts Journal During the spring of 1977, I was a pilot for Skyway Airlines based at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. I was the chief pilot at Skyways and a captain and company instructor/check airman on all our airplanes. Since we were now at our maximum gross weight, a full power takeoff was mandatory.

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Air Facts

MAY 21, 2025

Likewise, a 50-knot headwind can make the miles slow and days very long. The last three times we have ridden on jets (we don’t ride them oftenthis was in the period of a year) the trips have been perfect on time, smooth air, good chow, pleasant stewardi, and pilots who could get the things down without making us nervous.

Weather

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Adventurous aerobatic pilot Frank Christensen, owner of Christen Industries, which built the Pitts Special series and the Christen Eagle II aerobatic biplane kit, watched as biplane sales fell during the early 1980s. Its shortcoming was a meager useful load for its 1,800-pound gross weight. Sales grew.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When spelled geoduck it represents a grotesque, oversized mollusk, or clam to we pilot simpletons. Much depends on the aircraft’s weight, pilot skill and, surprisingly, “how much abuse you want to experience. Checking the oil is the main attraction to the pilot. But it will go 140 knots at 28 gph total.)

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The landing gear box had to be substantially stronger with the two-piece gear, so we were able to see a weight savings with the one-piece gear. Flight Design rates the F2 with the same 16-knot demonstrated crosswind component as the previous CTs. Max Gross Weight: 1,320 lbs. Empty Weight: 840 lbs. Wing Area: 121.6

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

MAY 16, 2025

Pilots anxiously expecting MOSAIC may be wondering if gradually ever becomes suddenly. Pilots will not like this further delay, but here are two reasons why this is not a major concern. A Rotax 916-powered HW can carry four people with a claimed useful load of 1,060 pounds, cruising at 145 knots on just 7.5 gph of auto fuel.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 16, 2025

Well-informed readers are aware that MOSAIC Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certificationis nearly upon us after years of proposals, public comment, and endless discussion among pilots. MOSAIC provides pilots flying under sport-pilot rules access to a much broader base of aircraft, both new and old. Not this time.

Calibrated Airspeed

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Kilo Charlie was in need of a modern glass-panel trainer, adequate for a student and instructor, IFR capable, with low operating costs and, most importantly, capable of presenting well to this generation of prospective student pilots. Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. Wing Area: 128.1

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