Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Glider This category includes aircraft that are designed to fly without an engine and rely on natural air currents for lift through the reaction between the air and the wing. Rotorcraft This category includes aircraft that use rotating blades to generate lift, such as helicopters or gyroplanes. propellers) or thrust (i.e.,

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 15, 2025

The milestone flight lifted off at 2:14 p.m. Boeing) Powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojet engines, each producing 10,000 pounds of thrust, the Dash 80 demonstrated impressive performance during testing. from Renton Field near Seattle, Washington, with Boeing test pilots Alvin M. Tex” Johnston and Richard L.

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AV Web

JULY 11, 2025

The switches are immediately below the thrust levers and must be lifted before they will move to the cutoff position. About eight seconds later, someone restored both switches to their correct position but by then the plane was descending and while the engines appear to have automatically relit, they did not produce significant thrust.

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Fear of Landing

JULY 11, 2025

The most practical solution was to make the gear swivel so pilots could land the f *r sideways while using engine thrust to counteract the force of the crosswind. The wing flex actually works in your favor on landing, because the wing tips are up off the ground as long as they’re producing lift. Alexander W.

Crosswind

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

Weather

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

JULY 11, 2025

Lift, drag, and handling correlate well with IAS in the lower atmosphere. This means the inboard wing loses lift first, while the wingtips might still be lifting. The net lift vector moves rearward as Mach increases into the transonic range. on dry thrust alone. This nose-down pitching moment is called Mach tuck.

True Airspeed

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

Left-turning tendencies are primarily caused by four aerodynamic effects:torque, spiraling slipstream, gyroscopic precession, and P-factor (asymmetric thrust).Each This occurs because the descending propeller blade (on the right side) generates more thrust than the ascending blade (on the left) when the aircrafts nose is pitched up.

Airplanes

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. In addition, both fuel thrust levers were full forward, and the fuel control switches were found in the “RUN” position.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

As I am executing the abnormal engine checklist and reviewing the single-engine procedures, the right engine rpm steadily decreases to below flight idle, and the aircraft is yawing significantly from the differential thrust. The yaw from the asymmetrical thrust was now gone, and the rudder needed to be retrimmed.

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 9, 2025

Based on the available data so far, investigators can’t rule in or our improper, inadvertent, or intentional actions, leading to the lack of thrust. Switching the fuel control switch from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” immediately stops the fuel from flowing to the engine, causing the engine to immediately shut down, and lose thrust.

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Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Although he was flying at or near the proper airspeeds for an overhead pattern, he was constantly moving the throttlesfrom near idle to near full thrust within seconds. As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. I once had a T-38 student pilot who flew the traffic pattern the same way.

AGL

Professional Pilot

JULY 7, 2025

However, they underestimated their climb from the lift off point and, with the sluggish rate of climb, the saddle ridge across the departure path suddenly became a dangerous obstacle they might not clear. Every pilot knows that aircraft fly because the forces of lift and thrust balance or exceed the weight and drag countering them.

Density Altitude

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 11, 2025

They flew a total of 313 missions, collecting invaluable data on pitch stability, lift, drag, and buffeting in transonic and supersonic flight. Photo via NASA Three Aircraft, One Mission Three Skyrockets were built, designated Bureau Numbers 37973, 37974, and 37975NACA 143, 144, and 145, respectively.

Drag

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

Flight Training Central

MARCH 3, 2025

If the bank increases, the loss of vertical lift component tends to lower the nose. This is because the vertical component of thrust reduces the wing loading, and the propeller slipstream tends to maintain airflow over the center sections of the wings. During all turning stalls there is a tendency for the bank to increase.

Rudder

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down.

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WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

Wings: The Source of Lift The wings are what make fixed-wing flight possible. As air moves over the curved top surface of the wing and the flatter bottom, lift is generated, allowing the plane to rise. Regardless of placement, the principle remains the same: wings generate the lift that makes flight possible.

Lift

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

Torque

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 3, 2025

The engine will join the museums growing display of historic powerplants and highlight the groundbreaking engineering behind the Harriers vertical lift and maneuvering capabilities. There are two exhaust ports on either side, visible in this image, which connect to the variable-position nozzles that direct the thrust.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 24, 2025

Once the airplane has reached a point where it nearly stalls or loses lift, youll initiate a pivot or turn. When the thrust is not enough to overcome the force of gravity, the aircraft slides backward and eventually flips to point the nose toward the ground, known as a tailslide. The stall turn consists of three main parts.

Rudder

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 5, 2025

kN thrust). It featured a Martin-Baker Mark 1 type ejection seat, a yoke-style arresting hook, long-stroke landing gear, attachments for a catapult strop in the wheel wells, provisions for rocket-assisted takeoff gear (RATOG), and lift dumpers. TS413 powered by a Rolls Royce Nene 3 Mk.101 101 turbojet (22.7

Thrust

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

This can cause you to lose lift. Remember Bernoulli’s Theorem and how lift is created. The loss of lift causes the aircraft to stall and lose altitude. It’s mainly due to the effects of thrust and the high-energy slipstream from the propeller preventing boundary separation. Why Practice Power-off Stalls?

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Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

The 737 does not use Weight on Wheels (WoW) to enable the thrust reversers. The 737 thrust levers use a mechanical interlock that requires the lever be at the idle stop before the ‘piggy back’ reverse levers can be lifted to deploy reversers. I see no evidence of speed brakes deployed in what I’ve seen.

Thrust

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. When you fly into a microburst on approach or departure, youll first encounter a strong headwind, which will give you a brief lift. Without enough altitude or time to react, the aircraft can lose lift and crash before you can recover. What do you do?

Wind Shear

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

This configuration provides the necessary power for both climb and cruise, while also offering valuable training for managing asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine-out situation. Full flaps provide maximum lift and stability, allowing the aircraft to fly slower without stalling.

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Aerotime

MAY 29, 2025

The start of the year also saw Vertical Aerospace complete its first piloted thrustborne flight maneuvers and become only the second company in the world, after Joby Aviation, to achieve the step using a full-scale vectored thrust eVTOL aircraft. Aircraft Three recently arrived safely at its home base, the Vertical Flight Test Centre.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

This means pitchingmoment changes are small, but lift still rises and falls with airspeed. This disabled all flight controls, leaving the crew to maneuver the aircraft with engine thrust only. The pilots used differential thrust to navigate to Sioux City airport. Why is that important? As it descends, it regains speed.

Stability

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Stalls and Stall Recovery No list of essential maneuvers would be complete without stalls, as they teach you to recognize and recover from the aircraft losing lift, a situation every pilot must handle safely. Normal Takeoff and Landing: Students learn the standard procedures to smoothly lift off and touch down.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

During training, you’ll learn about Newton’s laws of motion, Bernoulli’s principle, and aerodynamic forces, including lift, thrust, and drag. The physics you’ll encounter is straightforward. A Private Pilot License usually costs between $16,000 and $21,000.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 23, 2025

This necessity gave the F3D its distinctive barrel-shaped fuselage and broad, straight Hershey bar wings, which provided the lift needed to keep the radar-equipped airframe airborne. Given the size of airborne radar systems at the time, the aircraft had to be designed around the bulky equipment to accommodate it effectively.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

While most equate this to improved landing distances, the flaps are particularly effective at reducing the takeoff distance by creating more lift. One very effective way to add more takeoff thrust is with a McCauley 80/42 seaplane propeller , a modification that’s a small fraction of the cost of installing a larger engine.

Density Altitude

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

You can lift most limitations through the completion of a prescribed training course with an FAA-certified flight instructor. Rotorcraft: Heavier-than-air aircraft that depends principally for its support in flight on the lift generated by one or more rotors. Have either a student or sport pilot certificate. So, hows it any different?

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Flying Magazine

JULY 26, 2025

The FAA this month quietly published long-awaited guidance for the certification of powered-lift aircraft—the first new category of civil aircraft since helicopters were introduced in the 1940s. For lift during horizontal flight, they use rigid airfoils such as wings. b) regulations for special class aircraft.

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Jetwhine

JULY 14, 2025

When fuel control switches are moved from CUTOFF to RUN while the aircraft is inflight, each engines full authority dual engine control (FADEC) automatically manages a relight and thrust recovery sequence of ignition and fuel introduction. The EGT was observed to be rising for both engines indicating relight.

Density Altitude

Aerotime

JUNE 1, 2025

In 1923, Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva came up with a rather revolutionary idea: an aircraft that could use an unpowered rotor at the top to generate lift, while relying on an engine-driven propeller for thrust. He called it an autogiro, later anglicized to autogyro (and also often referred to as gyroplane).

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 18, 2025

On July 18, 1943, the third prototype, Me 262 V3 (callsign PC+UC), lifted off from an airfield in Leipheim, Bavaria, at 8:40 a.m. This was the first flight using the aircraft’s intended powerplants—two Junkers Jumo 004 axial-flow turbojet engines, each producing 1,850 pounds of thrust.

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