Thrust Flight
JANUARY 2, 2025
Or, as pilots, we know to ask the more interesting question: How slow can that plane fly? But there are tons of other speeds that pilots need to know to operate their airplanes safely questions that pop up from the first moments of flight. How fast can that plane fly?
Pilot Institute
APRIL 23, 2025
As pilots, understanding our aircrafts limitations is crucial to ensuring our safety and the safety of our passengers. In this article, well demystify VLE and VLO speeds and make you a safer pilot. Key Takeaways VLO is the max speed to extend or retract landing gear. VLE is the max speed to fly with gear extended.
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Flying Magazine
AUGUST 1, 2025
Performance V-speeds and PERF INIT don’t exist. The logic is nonexistent and symbology is missing or fake. You can not program routes as a real FMS, and entering waypoints, direct-tos, or approaches are annoyingly odd, or nonexistent. It is what I call an “empty shell” of an airplane.
Fear of Landing
MAY 9, 2025
” That day, the captain was the Pilot Flying and the first officer was the Pilot Monitoring. Both pilots called out “abort” together. The flight director command bars, which provide visual guidance to the Pilot Flying for the climb, did not appear. He called out that he had no airspeed. He continued.
Fear of Landing
JULY 25, 2025
The first officer would use the aircraft weight, along with the environmental conditions and the runway parameters, to determine the V-speeds for the flight and enter them into the flight management system. Based on this, the V-speeds should have been calculated at V 1 =118, V R =123, V₂=127.5
Flexair
OCTOBER 14, 2024
What Are V-Speeds and Why Are They Important? V-speeds are standard terms used to define airspeeds that are critical for the safe operation of all aircraft. These speeds are derived from data obtained during flight testing and are essential for pilots to understand and memorize.
Northstar VFR
JULY 7, 2023
Each aircraft’s POH or manual has a page specifically dedicated to that aircrafts V-Speeds. So, what are they? V-Speeds: What Are They? Each V-speed (and there are many) is technically a specific speed for a specific maneuver in a specific configuration. The rotation speed. It’s natural.
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