Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Sadly, GA accident reports are littered with singles and twins that land just short of the runway with windmilling props and dry tanks. However, I am always aware that VA hovers somewhere near 100 knots, and VB may be even less, both depending on gross weight. First, how much avgas is enough? Nice Landing Ace, Now What?

Descent

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

On a standard day, with a full load and at sea level, the Cessna 172 can take off in roughly 1,500 feet of runway. The rate of climb and takeoff distance can be affected by factors such as altitude, temperature, and aircraft weight. Weight and Load Weight is one of the primary factors affecting the Cessna 172s speed.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 26, 2025

Featuring a Jabiru 3300 120 hp, 6-cylinder, air-cooled engine, the aircraft was built to accommodate a 1,675 pound gross weight. When MOSAIC comes into effect, you can bring it to a service center, and we will write a new certificate of airworthiness and weight and balance. But the J-230D still packs an impressive punch.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 25, 2025

Designed to access areas without prepared runways for the purposes of medevac, communication, and liaison roles, it incorporated a massive wing optimized for slow flight, long-travel main gear to soak up unprepared surfaces, and a 240-horsepower inverted V-8 engine.

Gross Weight

Flying Magazine

JULY 17, 2025

This is especially true if it has been modified for unimproved runway operations, which is exactly what’s been done to the restored 1958 C-182A that will be the grand prize of the Jim Richmond Backcountry Aviation Foundation (JBRAF) raffle.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

At least the Cherokee gave the pilot a better view of the runway from the patternno wing in the wayand lacked the high-wing Cessnas pitch change with flap deployment. There were 23 runway loss of control (RLOC) events. We found six runway overrun accidents. I got 17 years of service out of a prop they said was unairworthy.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance.

Airplanes

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Before anything else, these are single-engine, unpressurized two-seat lightweights with a max gross weight of 1320 pounds. Check that against the max gross of a Piper Malibu at roughly 4300 pounds, or a Beech A36 Bonanza at around 3650 pounds or a Cessna 150 at 1600 pounds gross. Same for gliders.

Gross Weight

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

As the aircraft approached Nome, air traffic controllers informed the pilot of flight 445 that Nomes runway was being de-iced and was temporarily closed, and that flight 445 could expect a 10 to 15 minute delay in landing clearance to be given.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2025

However, neither center had runways long enough to accommodate the B-47, so the aircraft was assigned to NACAs High-Speed Flight Research Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The average gross weight was 115,000 pounds. From December 10, 1966, until his retirement on February 27, 1976, Stanley P.

Gross Weight

Flying Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

Given that gross weight for the NX is 2,300 pounds and the standard empty weight in base configuration is 1,216 pounds, CubCrafters achieved its goal. While the NXCub can carry a big load, it can only do so if loaded carefully because the weight and balance envelope has an unusual shape. That got our attention.

Gross Weight

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2025

The aircraft sped down the runway and into the overcast skies above Los Angeles. Remarkably, the team led by Glenn Odekirk and Dick Palmer managed to incorporate all these upgrades at just 700 pounds above the original gross weight. Construction of the long set of wings for the Hughes H-1 Racer, which are inverted in this photo.

Cockpit

Flying Magazine

JULY 11, 2025

With all four engines showing satisfactory oil pressure and temperature, I released the parking brake and taxied out to Runway 4L at KBOS, being sure to observe the rpm restrictions due to propeller harmonization that can occur when taxiing in low rpm settings. I set up the DC-6 on a very wide left downwind approach to JFK’s runway 4L.

Flight Deck

AV Web

JULY 25, 2025

I’ll be back—although small fly-ins involving grass runways and free ice cream attract my old rheumy pilot eyes more often than the glitzy trade shows the alphabet groups’ super fly-ins have become. AirVenture was a fun outing with friends.

Gross Weight

Aerotime

MAY 16, 2025

This increases to 815kg (1,800 lbs) if flying purely in conventional flight mode, using runways to take off and land.The maximum gross weight of the aircraft is stated as 2,500kg (5,500 lbs).

Gross Weight

Northstar VFR

JUNE 22, 2023

Things to look at when choosing an alternate are: runway lengths, weather, services and distance from your planned arrival airport. Runway Lengths and Conditions The second part of this regulation has to do specifically with performance. First up is aircraft performance with airport elevation and runway slope. It states, “.other

Gross Weight

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The instructor was able to complete the turn, but the airplane overshot the runway. The pilot flying wrote, “After completing the turn back to the field we saw the airport environment and we were located over the runway but more than halfway down runway 17. One checkout was at normal weight and c.g.

Gross Weight

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

gross weight is reduced. Airport operations: Prospective pilots must show their understanding of traffic patterns used by manned aircraft pilots, runway markings and signage, and the sources for airport data. Example question No. CG is shifted rearward to the aft CG limit. Correct answer: B Example question No.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. This allows them to safely operate into and out of these tight runways. You’re not alone.

Weight-Shift-Control

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If you learned in a four-seater, chances are most of your flying was with only two people on board, with a nice cushion below max gross weight and with a mid- or forward CG. Every now and again, planes go off the side of the runway. The time to master those skills is at home base, likely with your CFI. Why might that be?

Crosswind

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Corporate pilots who had seen nothing but gray or rain outside the windshield suddenly could see the terrain, obstacles, runways, approaches, their own flightpath ahead, and even traffic in 3D. Airports and runways will be clearly marked, and could be even textured to represent asphalt, grass, and other surfaces.

Flight Deck

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance.

Airplanes

iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The weight and balance tool calculates gross weight and center of gravity for a wide range of airplanes. Sophisticated takeoff and landing calculations are also available, so you can “run the math” before every flight—including temperature, runway slope, and wind.

Weather

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Realizing that 63 knots was intended for the airplane at its maximum gross weight, I started backing off on my landing speed when lightly loaded. Eventually, I settled for a fence crossing airspeed of 55 knots when solo, 60 knots when carrying one passenger, and 63 knots when loaded near maximum gross.

Airplanes

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This increases to 815kg (1,800lbs) if flying purely in conventional flight mode, using runways to take off and land. The maximum gross weight of the aircraft is stated as 2,500kg (5,500 lbs). For landing, it can use a conventional runway.

Lift

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The runway came out worst, with a 720-metre scrape, about 2,350 feet, two metres left of the centre line. Zero Fuel Weight : 219,460 kg Take-off Weight : 328,425 kg Fuel in Tanks : 109,625 kg There were 15 crew, three pilots and twelve cabin crew. The Boeing 777 is listed as having only minor damage. From the preliminary report.

Tail

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Flying from the left seat with Audrey as my copilot, I taxied onto the runway and advanced the throttles to 43 inches and Audrey pulled the props back to 2600 RPM. Since we were now at our maximum gross weight, a full power takeoff was mandatory. During takeoff, all engine parameters were normal at this power setting.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

At slow cruise, an electric trainer can log time efficiently, so long as one maintains enough battery reserve to get back to the runway. Our current crop of light sport airplanes, limited to 1,320 pounds gross weight, haven’t been able to penetrate the flight training market for this reason.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

MAY 28, 2025

It can hold the extra gross weight. It’s 2,300 pounds, but when you add floats, it will get [bogged] down, so you need an airplane that can [carry] the weight. Power-to-weight ratio is also impressive for a floatplane. Its a horrible boat, and an awful airplane, but its a whole lot of fun, said Clinton.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

That was a process with the FAA he noted, but because the aircraft has a gross weight of just 900 pounds, it qualifies as a light sport aircraft (LSA), and that is how McCartney has been flying it for the past five years. We were number three for landing on Runway 35. The winds had shifted.

Weight-Shift-Control

Air Facts

MAY 21, 2025

The stimulating thing about having one take you to Fordyce is the 1400-foot runway. We were down and stopped in not much more than half the length of the runway. We also probably puffed our chest out a bit over how little runway had een used in making our entrance. It’s amazing how well it works, too.

Weather

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Its shortcoming was a meager useful load for its 1,800-pound gross weight. and focused on improving the Husky, including upping the gross weight. The A-1C was certificated in 2007 with both 180 and 200 hp engines and a gross weight of 2,200 pounds, which later became 2,250 pounds. Sales grew.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Max Gross Weight: 1,320 lbs. Empty Weight: 840 lbs. Over the course of many landings, I tried everything from wide, stable patterns to tight turns near the runway, and found the airplane willing to work with me. FLIGHT DESIGN CT F2 Price, Fully Equipped: $241,915 Wingspan: 34 ft. Wing Area: 121.6 Length: 22.5 Height: 8.8

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. Ducking the head, we slid the canopy closed into a central overhead latch then applied two extra latches at each forward corner With the backup fuel pump on, we took to the runway. All of Tecnam’s production is built-to-fill orders. Wing Area: 128.1

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