Flying Magazine
MAY 21, 2025
The NOTAM is out, and the FAA has made a few changes to the 2025 version. “The most essential information for any pilot flying to Oshkosh involves reading and thoroughly understanding the 2025 AirVenture [NOTAM] to ensure safe operations on arrival and departure, said Sean Elliott, EAAs vice president of advocacy and safety.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
They read the NOTAMs “before” they take off into the wild blue yonder. While the ground-bound commuters down below trudge along in heavy traffic along the highways and byways, we pilots get to play three-dimensional chess at 150 knots or so in our piston-powered magic carpets. We can cross a major city in 10 minutes or less, no stress.
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Pilot Institute
MARCH 19, 2025
The wind is from the south at 8 knots. The KT indicates that the scale used is knots (an abbreviated term for nautical miles per hour ). For example, if we were to write this METAR in plain English, it would sound something like this: The weather is taken from Boston at 1730 Zulu time on the 08th of the month.
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
Other relevant numbers for the E1000 AX are its max cruise speed of 333 knots, max operating altitude of FL 340 and NBAA range of 1,560 nm. A solid pushback into the seat as you hold enough right rudder to track the centerline and the airspeed tape seems to spin as you ready for the 90-knot rotation speed—which is reached with alacrity.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 23, 2025
For example, it shouldn’t be that difficult to maintain 100 knots and 1,200 feet msl, but it is for many. READ MORE: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh NOTAM Now Available But what to practice? Historically, some newbies apparently can’t tell the difference between 60 knots and 90 knots on their airspeed indicator, but you’re better than that. (If
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
NOTAM Notice to Airmen A NOTAM is a notice that contains essential information to alert pilots of potential hazards at a specific location or along a flight route. NOTAMs are publicly available. Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs along their relevant routes or locations before the start of a flight.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 20, 2025
The aircraft was at an altitude of 8,000 ft msl and 270 knots ground speed at that time. ADS-B data showed the airplane subsequently turned abeam NESTY at about 3,750 ft msl and a ground speed of 200 knots. The aircraft’s ground speed was approximately 120 knots. The pilot answered, “I think we’ll be alright.”
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