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V- Speeds: What You Need to Know

Northstar VFR

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.

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Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan

Fear of Landing

The CCTV surveillance footage captured the aircraft attempting to take off from runway 35L. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. com They then made an emergency landing at Milan on runway 35R. Screenshot courtesy of Flightradar24.com

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10 Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Questions and How to Answer Them

Northstar VFR

What are the V speeds on your aircraft, and which ones change with weight? You were probably asked to recite from memory the V speeds of your aircraft on your private pilot checkride. Mostly affects runways found next to bodies of water. Don’t forget to commit them to memory for your commercial oral exam as well.

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V-Speeds Explained (Vx, Vy, Va, Vs, Vfe, Vmc, Vno, Vne, etc)

Pilot Institute

Ask a pilot how many V-speeds exist, and youll get an answer anywhere between Whats a V-speed? In this article, well explain everything you need to know about V-speeds. Key Takeaways V-speeds provide safe aircraft operation. What Are V-Speeds? best rate of climb speed VY).

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Hand on Thrust, Brain on Autopilot

Fear of Landing

On the 28th of June 2024 a Boeing 777-236, registered in the UK as G-VIIT, rejected a take-off after reaching V 1 during the take-off roll on 26L at London Gatwick Airport. In order to understand what happened that day, we need to understand V-speeds: relative speeds which need to be calculated for every flight.

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Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

. […] There are many checks and balances which should catch a slip like this, as the wrong weight has serious consequences: not just that the airspeed is too high or low for rotation, but that all of the V-speeds are off, which affects go/no-go decisions. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight.

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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

The captain slowed the aircraft from 104 knots and exited the runway onto a taxiway. First officer : Fff– They exited the runway to the taxiway and the captain shut down the left engine. They taxied back to the runway and began the take-off roll again. He called out that he had no airspeed. First officer : I did.