Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2025

The FAA announced an immediate policy change that allows experienced pilots to operate multiple experimental aircraft with less documentation and procedures. Experimental aircraft pilots have had to jump through many cumbersome hoops in order to operate additional experimental aircraft, said Representative Sam Graves (R-Mo.),

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Aerotime

MAY 8, 2025

The results, announced on May 8, 2025, were buoyed by the start of new routes, a 3% lift in passenger numbers to 53.7 RELATED Emirates commits to hiring more than 1,500 new pilots within the next 2 years The post Emirates lands record $5.2B Dubai-based Emirates Airline has posted record annual profits of $5.2

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Aerotime

JUNE 13, 2025

Vertical’s VX4 is a piloted, four-passenger, eVTOL aircraft with zero operating emissions. Vertical Aerospace This ‘ready-to-fly’ model will provide VX4 customers with turnkey access to aircraft, pilots, maintenance, and insurance, lowering barriers to entry.

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Aerotime

JULY 10, 2025

The UK suspended flights of all Pakistan-based airlines, including PIA, in 2020 following safety concerns raised after the revelation that PIA was employing pilots with falsified flying licenses.

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Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Why do jet pilots talk about speed in terms of Mach number? Why don’t they use Indicated Airspeed just like the pilots who fly slower aircraft? Pilots switch to Mach number at high altitudes to avoid inaccuracies in IAS due to compressibility effects. Lift, drag, and handling correlate well with IAS in the lower atmosphere.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

The FAA has finalized its long-awaited Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) rule, implementing broad changes to the light sport aircraft (LSA) category and sport pilot privileges. Expanded Privileges for Sport Pilots The rule also expands what sport pilots can fly and how they can operate.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?

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Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

The United Kingdom has lifted the ban on Pakistani airlines from using its airspace, with the Asian country's carriers having been on the European nation's no-fly list for just over five years.

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

If there’s anything I’ve learned in my 31 years in aviation, it’s that just about every pilot claims their spiritual hometown as Lake Wobegon, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” My airline uses it both internally and as a pilot-facing app on our iPad EFBs.

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AV Web

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A total of 14 groups representing a broad range of pilots is asking the FAA to defer a new medical certification policy that could dramatically increase the number of denials issued. 1 the agency will deny medicals to pilots whose deferrals are not accompanied by all the required examinations and paperwork.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Whether you are an aspiring pilot, an aviation enthusiast, or simply curious about the subject, this article is for you. Category also has different meanings in pilot certification, aircraft certification, and instrument approaches. a jet engine) for lift at low speed but non-rotating surfaces (i.e., wings) at higher speeds.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Many explanations on websites, videos, and even some textbooks oversimplify or misrepresent the true mechanics of lift. In reality, lift generation involves both Bernoullis principle and Newtons third law working together. Read on to understand Bernoullis principle and how it relates to lift the right way.

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Aerotime

AUGUST 1, 2025

The VTOL aircraft would be deployed for low altitude missions and with an onboard pilot option, enabling both crewed and fully autonomous operations. Test pilot Zach Reeder took to the skies over Edwards AFB, performing a transition flight and pushing the boundaries of what’s next. Flying is what we do best.

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Aerotime

APRIL 1, 2025

On March 31, 2025, at 21:46 local time, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule lifted off to polar orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Fram2 mission from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, SpaceX announced in a statement. This marks the first spaceflight for all crewmembers.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 30, 2025

companies developing passenger-carrying eVTOL air taxis, which the FAA categorizes as powered-lift aircraft in the special category. The swing created a 10-degree yaw in order to replicate conditions required by the FAA for crashworthiness testing of powered-lift models. There are a handful of U.S.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It might sound a bit scary, but its a valuable skill for a pilot to master. Pilots must adapt their approach and landing technique during flap failure. When landing without flaps, pilots must adjust their techniques to compensate for higher approach speeds, a shallow descent angle, and longer landing distances.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

The Airbus flight computers noted the discrepancy in airspeed between the pilot and first officers displays, issued a warning to the flight crew, and disengaged the autopilot. Each had an open door, and the pilots were attempting to land. Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals.

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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.

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Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 22, 2024

By Josh Page, CFI The private pilot practical test is the finish line to getting your private pilot certificate and being able to fly as a licensed pilot. Lets look at four common private pilot oral exam questions and see how you can ace them! As a private pilot, youre going to be flying in a variety of airspaces.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

FlightSafety International provides instruction and training for aviation professionals, including pilots and maintenance workers. NetJets provides a range of aviation services, including private jet leases and charters, security, acquisition services, and financing of whole and shared aircraft.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

This is new territory for beginning pilots, who must be taught the right—and wrong—ways to manage ascent and descent. 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.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 15, 2025

Air Forces only bomber pilot to receive the Medal of Honor during that conflict. In the spring of 2021, unit leader Steve Swiftwho also serves as one of Night Mission s pilots and is a certified A&P mechanicassembled a team to perform a precautionary teardown of the aircrafts left Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine. Walmsley, Jr.

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Aerotime

JUNE 25, 2025

Homendy praised the actions of the Alaska Airlines pilots and cabin crew for their life-saving efforts during the emergency. Aviation is much more resilient than that. An accident like this only happens when there are multiple system failures,” said Homendy in her opening remarks.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Pilots can have multiple licenses. Each license gives a pilot different privileges. Pilots usually start by getting their Private Pilot license and then work towards a commercial pilot license if they are interested in being a pilot as a career. But its a necessary step to obtain higher pilot certification.

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Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The Davis Wing allowed for higher speeds and added lift at relatively low angles of attack. Bill Wheatley, Consolidated’s Chief Test Pilot, co-pilot George Newman, and flight engineers Jack Kline and Bob Keith. The crew of four was comprised of William B.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Aviation has influenced global events, transformed travel, and captured the imaginations of pilots and enthusiasts around the world. You wont, of course, encounter many lessons on aviation history during flight training, but it nonetheless provides a context within which we can better understand ourselves as students, pilots, or enthusiasts.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Top 10 iPad Pilot Gifts for 2024 iPad Pilot News The team at iPad Pilot News has spent hundreds of flying hours researching and testing the best apps, gear, and accessories for iPad pilots. Explore even more iPad pilot gifts at Sportys.com. Infinite Flight is the most popular among pilots.

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Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

If we look at the flight training segment of the market alone, there is the unescapable fact that the aviation industry will need to train approximately 600,000 pilots over the course of the next two decades. It also has double slotted flaps to enhance lift and control when landing, as well as non-exploding fuel tanks.

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AV Web

JULY 23, 2025

The long-awaited Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) final rule was signed by the FAA Administrator on July 18, 2025, marking the most significant change to the light aircraft landscape since the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) rule was introduced in 2004. Here’s what you need to know. Final Rule stall speeds.

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Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2025

Novak, CFI As a student pilot, you've probably already heard your instructor talk about using flaps during takeoff, landing, and sometimes even during slow flight practice. When deployed, they increase the wings lift and drag, allowing the airplane to fly safely at slower speeds. By Jillian C. How Do Flaps Work?

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 23, 2025

As you are getting oriented in the aviation world, student pilots need every advantage they can get. While no piece of equipment will make you a great pilot overnight, the right tools can make the process smoother, more efficient, and even safer. Many students opt to upgrade later after earning their private pilot license (PPL).

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

The market survey ticket] gives us the ability to train pilots, the ability to demonstrate it to customerswhich we did todayand do it in this configuration, Clark said. Joby Aviation and other eVTOL developers lifted off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport and soared between the Brooklyn Bridge and Governors Island.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing. In level flight, the aircraft is adjusted so that the wingtips dont add lift. Lift is reduced, and the nose pitches downward. This creates an increase in lift, and the nose pitches up.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

While a constant-speed propeller system is not too difficult to operate, many pilots do not fully understand how it works, and many do not understand why it exists. The threaded shaft is connected to a pilot valve, which controls the flow of oil into and out of the propeller hub. A Practical Example The prop lever (i.e.,

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Whether you’re aiming for a private pilot license or seeking advanced certifications, Leopard Aviation provides personalized training programs to fit your schedule and goals. Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 16, 2025

The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The forward surface would stall first, causing the nose to dip slightly and preventing the main wing from stalling.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Starting on your path to becoming a pilot might feel like stepping into the unknown. Let’s get you set up with what you need to begin your pilot journey. Key Takeaways Getting a pilot’s license requires a high school education or GED and passing a basic medical exam. What Are the Basic Requirements to Start Pilot Training?

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