Air Facts

JULY 9, 2025

Should I treat every VFR hop like I’m departing into low IMC with a 10,000-foot density altitude at max gross weight? I fly cross-country often, and for those trips I plan thoroughly—weather analysis, performance calculations, forecasts for winds, icing, turbulence, the works. Maybe my attitude toward these flights is wrong.

Pilot

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. The reliability of the Cessna 172 shines through in various flight conditions, including crosswinds and turbulence.

Knot

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 19, 2024

From here, you can use the slider to move through the route, and tap the menu button at the bottom left to overlay icing, turbulence, and cloud forecasts. Maximum fuel is a great option: it will show the most fuel you can take without going over max gross weight, given the people and cargo you entered in the Payload section.

Gross Weight

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. The ELSA is a different animal. Modest wing loading—10.4

Airplanes

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. He was later inducted into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame at Oshkosh, and I was lucky enough to be there when it happened. Hopefully not.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Higher altitudes are also less prone to turbulence and have fewer birds. This is often the clean configuration at max gross weight. Turbulent air will require a larger airspeed margin. Wind gusts and turbulence can also throw you off your heading. Inexperienced pilots may drop up to 200 feet in a single stall.

Lift

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Aspen Avionics Aspen markets its Evolution Synthetic Vision as an $899 upgrade to its Pro Max retrofit flight displays, intended for Part 23 aircraft with gross weights upward of 6000 lb. In addition, previews of weather in 3D show Internet-based icing and turbulence forecasts at various altitudes.

Flight Deck

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