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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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Recreational Pilot License (RPL) A Recreational Pilot License lets you fly aircraft with only 180 horsepower or less during the day and in good weather. Weather patterns : Consider the local weather conditions and how that could impact training schedules. Cost: $100-200 (medical exam fee). Minimum Age: 17 years.

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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. Review current weather conditions, including wind speed, direction, and visibility, as these can significantly impact the approach.

Descent

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This weather phenomenon is called a microburst , one of aviations deadliest threats. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. Can More Than One Microburst Occur in the Same Weather System? Without enough altitude or time to react, the aircraft can lose lift and crash before you can recover.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

You can lift most limitations through the completion of a prescribed training course with an FAA-certified flight instructor. Pilotinstitute.com offers several online courses for drone pilots , including Part 107 commercial drone pilot, drone maneuvers mastery, and aviation weather for drone pilots. So, hows it any different?

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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 weather was good VFR that afternoon, although the temp was 37C, nearly 100 degrees F.

Density Altitude

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 3, 2025

Look at how lovely the weather was that morning. We lifted off with raindrops showering on our aircraft. The view is certainly breathtaking especially in good weather. Spoilers were armed while the reverse thrust was deployed to slow the aircraft. We arrived in good weather in Barcelona. Touched down!

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

I was fortunate to be able to enjoy such good weather on that day. Off we go, taking off in this beautiful weather. Our aircraft touched down smoothly with the spoilers and reverse thrust deployed to slow the aircraft to taxi speed. (Below) During my stay at Barcelona One of the streets near my accommodation at el-Poble-sec.

Airline

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The foreplane on the aircraft was mounted ahead and above the main wing in order to provide extra lift at slower speeds and improve its short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. When the design was finalized in 1963, it featured a double delta wing canard layout.

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Fear of Landing

JULY 4, 2025

The weather was overcast, with drizzly rain and visibility decreasing. At 01:46, the helicopter lifted off of the helipad. As a result of the pitch up, the helicopter would have rapidly lost airspeed and lift. In this case, the Robinson R44 was in a hangar, but the hangar had been left open to park the other two helicopters.

Cockpit

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Whether it’s due to runway obstacles, unstable approaches, or weather changes, the aircraft go-around is a pilot’s best tool to avoid accidents and ensure a smooth, safe flight every time. This ensures the aircraft gains enough thrust to climb away from the runway safely. Retracting flaps too quickly can reduce lift prematurely.

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

JULY 17, 2025

The certification indicates that a pilot understands how to navigate the skies between airspaces, weather, airports, and other questionable areas. They provide lessons on flight rules, weather, charts, and safety, along with practice tests, instructional videos, and exam strategies. Why Attend a Drone Pilot Ground School?

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Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

Yet, improvements in vertical-lift technology are still coming fast. AutoFlights Prosperity and CarryAll variants all carry 13 propellers 10 for lift and 3 pushers. The Albatross V400 heavy-lift air cargo eVTOL or hybrid-electric aircraft has a max payload of 220 lb. The rear props are strictly for lift.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This will generally convey information about the flight time remaining, the weather at the destination, and the flight crew thanking you for choosing their airline and wishing you a safe onward journey once on the ground. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.

Cabin Crew

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

Key Takeaways Air density affects aircraft performance, including lift, engine power, and propeller effectiveness. These include lift, propeller thrust, and engine combustion. When flying through a high-pressure weather system, the same volume of air contains more molecules. As the air becomes less dense, lift reduces.

Density Altitude

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Aerodynamic Differences Fixed-Wing Aircraft (Airplanes) Airplanes , or fixed-wing aircraft, generate lift through their stationary wings as they move forward. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift.

Torque

Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Ground school is where youll learn the theory behind flyingeverything from aerodynamics to flight regulations and weather patterns. Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lets break down what you can expect from these topics.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Horizon Aircraft During the take-off and landing phases of flight, the wing surfaces can transform from a smooth horizontal flying surface into a stabilizer, housing 14 fans that provide the lift for vertical flight – five embedded on either side of the main wing, plus a further two mounted either side within the forward canard wings.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

When an area of volcanic ash is identified, the responsible VAAC will issue a Volcanic Ash Advisory (VAA), which is disseminated to pilots as a NOTAM or SIGMET via ATC, company network operations centers (NOCs), or weather services. In some cases, the cloud may circle the Earth. Karsten Shein is cofounder of 2DegreesC.org.

Pitot Tube

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A significant amount of thrust generated by the engine comes from the fan rather than the core. Some of these systems are related to the airplane being bigger, others are related to passenger and crew comfort, while other systems are related to operating in foul weather. This is the common ‘jet’ engine in use today.

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

ADS-B provides real-time traffic information and almost-live NEXRAD radar and weather data. More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. Research and planning is worth the effort.

Density Altitude

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 14, 2024

Navy’s request for a multi-role fighter capable of all-weather operations. Equipped with a thrust-to-weight ratio that enhanced its agility, the F-4 Phantom II could effectively engage enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat. This heavy-lift capability was critical for its roles in both air-to-air combat and ground attack missions.

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Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

On the most basic level, hot weather affects air travel the way it affects most things: it makes people uncomfortable and wears them down. Aerodynamically, warmer air is less dense than cooler air, meaning that in hot weather a wing produces less lift. Jet engines don’t like this low-density air either, producing less thrust.

Weather

Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

The weather was hot: the METAR for the crash time (VAAH 120700Z 25006KT 6000 NSC 36/19 Q1001 NOSIG) shows a slight crosswind for runway 23, with good visibility and temperature of 37°C, standard conditions for June in Ahmedabad. However, the Boeing lifts off and seems to reach a positive rate of climb, despite being heavy on a hot day.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

The F-15’s vertical takeoff capabilities, achieved through its impressive thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced flight control systems, allow rapid ascents and extreme maneuverability, vital in combat situations. This immense thrust capacity is a key factor in the F-15’s speed, vertical takeoff capabilities, and overall combat effectiveness.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We learn all about aerodynamics, thrust, drag, lift, and gravity, study flight manuals, emergency procedures, and FARs, take oral exams and check rides, and constantly review everything we can find about flying. The weather was doable, 1,500 feet overcast with the visibility at 2 miles in light, blowing snow.

Runway

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 15, 2025

For example, the rotation speed (VR) is the speed at which the pilot initiates a gentle rotation of the aircraft to lift off the ground during takeoff. A V-speed may change depending on factors such as aircraft weight and weather conditions, but its designation (e.g., VLOF Lift-off speed. VR) remains the same.

V Speed

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 14, 2025

That being said, evidence suggests the Boeing 787 suffered either a loss of thrust in both engines, or an inadvertent retraction of the plane’s flaps and slats before reaching sufficient speed. The loss of thrust theory is evidenced a few different ways. All they could do was glide straight ahead. Then we have the landing gear.

Air Traffic Control

Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It has been a supersonic, twin-engine, all-weather, multi-role combat aircraft since 1995. They have powerful turbine engines that create thrust. The two broad wings will then create lift. In addition, they have two engines F414-GE-400 which can give a static thrust of 22,000 pounds (9,977 kg) each.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 1, 2025

You can occupy an afternoon when the weather is crummy by googling aviation halls of fame and scrolling through pages and pages of names who have been selected and the galas held to honor them. Subscribe Now Some celebrate with an elaborate banquet and awards ceremony, while others simply honor their honorees with a plaque or a scroll.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

And the finest example of a Cirrus SR22 is not going to want to lift a full load out of a backcountry strip on a warm afternoon with a density altitude reading five digits. You should go only if the weather is as benign as forecast, good alternates exist, and you feel good about doing it. Probably not without some practice.

Density Altitude

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Therefore it is common for flight delays in departure and arrival especially if the weather is bad. Anyway, fortunately for us, the ride into Delhi was smooth, hardly any turbulence and furthermore the Captain told us the good news and that is the stormy weather forecasted earlier had cleared. The weather was much better at this point.

Cabin Crew

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 4, 2025

The rest is just lift, drag, thrust, weather, and navigation. Most of the controllers speak passable English, and generally the weather in the eastern 90 percent of South America is better than the same quantity of acres in the United States. It may be a tower controller, weather office, or airport manager.

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