January 29, 2018 – 10:30 am
A pilot must develop the proper coordination, timing, and attention to accurately and safely maneuver the airplane with regard to the required attitudes and ground references. Ground reference maneuvers are the principle flight maneuvers that combine the four fundamentals (straight-and-level, turns, climbs, and descents) into a set of integrated skills that the pilot uses in […]
January 25, 2018 – 10:12 am
Ice sucks, unless of course you are a hockey player, figure skater, or just want a nice, cold, tasty beverage. But in terms of aviation, ice sucks. In general, icing is any deposit of ice forming on an object. In aviation icing is considered to be one of the major weather hazards affecting flight. We […]
January 22, 2018 – 9:40 am
Today, we’re featuring an excerpt from Bob Gardner’s The Complete Private Pilot. A weather front exists where air masses with different properties meet. The terms “warm” and “cold” are relative: 30°F air is warmer than 10°F air, but that “warm” air doesn’t call for bathing suits. Cold air is more dense than warm air, so […]
January 18, 2018 – 3:30 pm
Today we’re featuring an excerpt from The Pilot’s Manual: Ground School (PM-2C). Many sophisticated engines have fuel directly metered into the induction manifold and then into the cylinders without using a carburetor. This is known as fuel injection. A venturi system is still used to create the pressure differential. This is coupled to a fuel […]
January 11, 2018 – 8:50 am
The propeller is a rotating airfoil which produces thrust by creating a positive dynamic pressure, usually on the engine side. Some exceptions include the Piaggio Avanti, shown below which uses propellers mounted in what’s often referred to as the pusher configuration. When a propeller rotates, the tips travel at a greater speed than the hub. […]
January 8, 2018 – 9:00 am
The propeller, the unit which must absorb the power output of the engine, has passed through many stages of development. Today we’ll feature an excerpt introducing the general concepts of a propeller from our recently released book Aircraft Systems for Pilots. Propeller Principles The aircraft propeller consists of two or more blades and a central […]
January 4, 2018 – 1:31 pm
The first edition of the FAA Safety Briefing for 2018 is now available and includes some great articles. One in particular that I found to be very informative is “Simple?” written by Susan Parsons. This is a great article that discusses getting back to the basics of piloting in an otherwise complex environment. To read […]
