Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5 minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. Below 500 feet I got a bit slow, momentarily down to 147 knots, versus a reference speed of 144 and target of 152. I hand-flew the first 13.3

Pilot

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Since it’s a ratio, it doesn’t matter if you measure speed in knots, miles per hour, or meters per second. At sea level on a standard day (15 °C or 59 °F), sound travels about 661 knots (approximately 761 mph or 1,225 km/h). Here, Mach 1 is roughly 573 knots (about 659 mph). The Mach value stays the same.

True Airspeed

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

We had a 40-knot headwind, but using a conservative 10:1 glide ratio at FL 300, I knew we could make Page Airfield. I was 20 knots above gear speed, but I knew the gear could handle it. The gear is locked down, and I am still 30 knots over landing speed as well as overweight, but I have the runway made.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

When discussing climb technique, it’s easy to confuse high power setting with increasing lift. It’s the wing that generates lift, not the engine. If speed is too low, meaning angle of attack is too high, induced drag builds up, as the wing is working extra hard to make lift.

Descent

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Compared to standard landings, no-flaps landings require certain adjustments in aircraft handling, such as: Higher approach speeds (5-10 knots faster than normal). Lift and Drag Modifications A no-flaps landing significantly reduces drag and lift, which is why the approach is flown at a higher speed. What should you do?

Pilot

AV Web

JULY 22, 2025

Sport Pilots will be able to fly aircraft that have a clean stall speed of up to 59 knots, and aircraft in that category can stall as high as 61 knots with flaps down, under new rules issued by the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a public ceremony at AirVenture on Tuesday.

Pilot

AV Web

JULY 14, 2025

Bell Helicopter has been asked to build a flying prototype of a jet-powered VTOL that can hit speeds of up to 450 knots by DARPA as part of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The new aircraft has tilting wings with engines and large propellers at the tips that allow for vertical takeoffs and landings.

Gross Weight

WayMan

APRIL 17, 2025

Pilots use this visual cue to plan their runway approach and takeoff to ensure theyre flying into the winda practice that increases lift and aircraft control. Estimating Wind Speed Through Windsock Observations Windsocks also help pilots estimate wind speed by how far the sock extends: Partially extended (3 knots): Indicates light wind.

Knot

Flying Magazine

MAY 7, 2025

Naval Academy, approached the problem by setting lift-drag ratio, L/D, as his metric of efficiency. For instance, in the range of cruising power settings the specific fuel consumption of my Continental TSIO-360the rate of fuel flow required to generate one horsepowerimproves by about 1 percent with each increase in speed of three knots.

True Airspeed

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

Joby Aviation and other eVTOL developers lifted off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport and soared between the Brooklyn Bridge and Governors Island. The models cruise speed of about 150 knots, demonstrated range of 336 nm, and charge time of less than one hour make it suited for regional trips with minimal downtime.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

It’s typically measured in knots (nautical miles per hour), with one knot being about 1.15 The faster an aircraft goes, the more lift it generates. Lift is the upward force that keeps you in the air. If airspeed is too slow, the aircraft could lose lift and stall. miles per hour. Dangerous mistake. It’s the IAS.

True Airspeed

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. During each turn, we lost about 1015 knots, but once wings-level again, the jet quickly accelerated back to 300. For every 100 pounds above 1,000, add one knot to each airspeed. One day, I had finally had enough. Gusty winds?

AGL

Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

It is designed for a pilot to fly as many as four passengers at up to 200 mph (174 knots) on short trips within cities such as New York and Dubai. But both of those models are lift-plus-cruise designs, with different sets of propellers for vertical and forward flight.

Knot

Flying Magazine

JULY 14, 2025

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had just lifted off from Ahmedabad airport (VAAH) bound for London when video shows the airline barely climbing, then it began a slow descent into a building off the end of the runway. The crash and subsequent fire killed 260 people, of whom 18 were on the ground. These are the fuel control switches on a 787.

Cockpit

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

Once the order is confirmed, customers receive live tracking updates as their delivery approaches at speeds close to 60 knots. Nagle on Tuesday urged the FAA to lift certain operational restrictions, as it did for Dallas-Fort Worth in July. From order to delivery, the entire process typically takes less than 30 minutes, Wing said.

Knot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

Aileron

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

This increases the load on the wings, requiring more lift to maintain altitude. Set your power and speed for the maneuver, maintaining a steady airspeed typically 10-20 knots above stall speed to allow for a margin of safety. A standard steep turn involves a sustained 45° bank, maintaining altitude ±100 feet and airspeed ±10 knots.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Horizontal wind speeds near the surface can be as fast as 45 knots, resulting in a 90-knot wind shear from headwind to tailwind across the microburst. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. Without enough altitude or time to react, the aircraft can lose lift and crash before you can recover.

Wind Shear

Flying Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

Beta pilots train on the CTOL before graduating to the VTOL, he said, since the models are identical—save for extra vertical lift propellers on the latter. We’re flying at night, IFR, flying across the Irish Sea over the waves with a 45 knot head,” Clark said. We’re flying into Atlanta. We’re flying into JFK.

Cargo

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Approach speeds typically range from 80 to 90 knots depending on weight and flap settings, while full flaps are often used to provide the necessary lift during landing. Full flaps provide maximum lift and stability, allowing the aircraft to fly slower without stalling. Maintain a descent rate of about 500 feet per minute.

Descent

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Witness statements and recorded video showed that during the takeoff roll from the 5,500-foot-long asphalt runway, the airplane accelerated slower than normal, used more runway than normal, and lifted off the runway in a nose-high attitude. It climbed about 300 feet above ground level while flying a left traffic pattern back to the runway.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 7, 2025

This whole assemblage of shapes, surfaces, and protuberances cruises at a little less than 100 knots. The Airtruk can lift nearly 200 gallons (or 2,000 pounds) of dry chemicals all day long and land on rough outback strips very near the job site. As you might expect, the landing gear is quite sturdy and draggy. Photo: Warner Bros.

Tail

Airline Reporter

APRIL 8, 2025

But we lifted off barely halfway into the 12,079-foot runway 22R – and with only a nine-knot headwind. The NYC area was sparkling at night and my eyes stayed glued to the window for the entire climb along the length of Long Island. On a side note, I had expected the worlds longest flight to have a crazy long takeoff roll.

Airline

AV Web

JULY 22, 2025

When the agency issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 18 months ago, the stall speed limit, which is really what counts now for Light Sport, was set at 54 knots clean. We should be seeing new aircraft, including powered lift and helicopter designs, coming out in the next five years.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

CDT, a Beech Baron lifted off from Runway 35 at Lubbock Executive Airpark in Texas (F82). It’s a bright sunny day, great visibility, some high stratus clouds, a bit windy maybe (050 at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots), and folks are wearing hoodies as the temperature is a brisk 38 degrees Fahrenheit. By 11:40 a.m.

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Aerotime

JULY 17, 2025

It also flies faster and farther by 470 knots. This makes Portugal the launch customer for the Super Tucano variant designed to meet NATO requirements. The KC-390 Millennium offers superior payload capacity (26 tons) compared to other medium-sized military transport aircraft. Recently, the global A-29 fleet surpassed 600,000 flight hours.

Payload

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The EL9 makes use of a unique blown-lift technology, which is what enables takeoffs at car-like speeds from soccer field-sized areas. Still, the EL9 is slower than most military aircraft, with a cruise speed around 175 knots. Its closest comparison may be the U-28A Draco, which cruises at about 220 knots and can cover 1,500 nm.

Knot

Flying Magazine

JULY 7, 2025

Helium contributes only about 60 percent of the lift—the shape of the balloon forms a giant wing, providing the rest. READ MORE: Airlines and Pilots Don’t See Eye to Eye on Autonomous Flights Aerodynamic lift and vectored thrust come from two pairs of ducted propellers running on kerosene-powered engines, mounted outside the main hull.

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AOPA

JULY 21, 2025

Get extra lift from AOPA. The aircraft has a useful load of just over 900 pounds, and a stall speed below 45 knots. The RV–15 will cruise at 140 knots and needs less than 400 feet for takeoff and landing. Start your free membership trial today! Inside the flight deck, the manual flap handle has been moved to the floor.

Tail

Jetwhine

JULY 14, 2025

An Air India Boeing 787 That’s because of a short piece of text on page 13 reads, “The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC, and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec.

Density Altitude

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 23, 2025

Wing root fairings add a few knots of cruise speed, while the LED landing light has a pulse mode to make you stand out to other traffic. On top of the glareshield, an Alpha Systems angle-of-attack gauge provides far more precise lift and stall margin information than just relying on the airspeed indicator.

Transponder

Flying Magazine

JULY 1, 2025

But it will be piloted at launch and cruise at about 174 knots. The S4 is designed for short-hop trips—such as from city center to airport—in urban areas like Dubai. The model could one day fly autonomously. It produces zero emissions and far less noise than a helicopter, according to Joby.

Lift

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. After arriving at the destination airstrip the student entered left downwind for Runway 13, resulting in a right quartering tailwind of about 5 knots.

Density Altitude

Aerotime

JULY 10, 2025

The initiative aims to develop a next-generation high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft capable of operating from unprepared surfaces while reaching speeds of 400 to 450 knots (740–830 kilometers per hour).

Lift

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

With lateral options dwindling, the Bell 47D went into a vertical lift. After one full revolution, the helicopter lifted rapidly from the ground and climbed immediately. The helicopter pilot assumed that the Cessna would turn onto another taxiway however the Cessna continued toward the helicopter. Feliz ao nuevo! pole dancer.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JUNE 13, 2025

President Donald Trump last week unveiled an executive order designed to give a lift to electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis—and that support has translated to fresh investment. The model is not particularly fast (about 130 knots cruise speed) or high endurance (expected range of about 87 nm).

Air Traffic Control

Fear of Landing

JULY 25, 2025

The key take-off speeds are V 1 , which is the speed at which a take-off should no longer be aborted, V R , the speed at which to rotate the aircraft, lifting the nose for take off, and V 2 , the speed at which the aircraft can still safely climb with one engine out. The stall speed of the CRJ 200 was 111 knots.

Ferry Flight