How much runway do you need? Calculating how much runway is required for your airplane to takeoff and land is something specifically required for you to do each preflight by the FARs. It’s actually easier than you might think, and over the years aircraft manufacturers have made the charts more and more user-friendly to use.… Continue reading Takeoff and Landing Calculations Pr
Topic Category: Student Pilot
Unusual Attitudes Pr
Wow, that’s very unusual. Yes, what you are about to embark upon will be quite unusual. Your CFI is about to make you close your eyes while wearing a view limiting device, and put the airplane into either a steep nose up or steep nose down attitude, and ask you to open your eyes and… Continue reading Unusual Attitudes Pr
Unusual Attitudes Gone Wrong Pr
Avoid doing this when practicing unusual attitudes…… What could have been done to avoid the improper recovery here? Leave your answers in the forum! Ask a Question to the Community Ask a Question and get a fast response from our CFIs
Flying Blind: Simulated Instrument Practice Pr
I see said the blind man! Ya, well, not really. If you are unlucky enough to have accidentally flown into a cloud, you won’t see much other than sweat streaming down your face and your instruments indicating strange things you do not actually feel happening. The trouble with flying in the clouds is that your… Continue reading Flying Blind: Simulated Instrument Practice Pr
Class C Airspace Pr
Hey Charlie, there’s some airspace up ahead Yes, there is, and it’s fairly straightforward and simple airspace at that. Not only are the dimension of Class C airspace easy to understand, it is also easy to enter. The Requirements to Enter: Transponder Two-way radio communication (usually by first calling approach control) Establish communication with approach… Continue reading Class C Airspace Pr
Class A Airspace Pr
Class A, that’s high eh? Class A airspace is a fairly straight forward type of airspace to understand, it covers the entire globe, from 18,000′ msl or FL180 (flight level 180) up to and including FL600 (or 60,000′ msl). Requirements: You need a Altitude encoding transponder An instrument rating and be on an IFR flight… Continue reading Class A Airspace Pr
Class B Airspace Pr
Class B, the busy stuff To make sense of this complicated cake, let’s build it from the ground up! At a Class B airport, you have Ground Control, just like you would at a Class C or Class D airport. Ground control issues taxi clearances. You have Tower Control, same as any other towered airport. … Continue reading Class B Airspace Pr
Transponders Pr
MODE C Transponders Well first, what is a transponder? A transponder is a little box mounted in the panel of your airplane where you can set a 4 digit code that ATC assigns to you. The purpose of this box is to tell ATC where you are and how high you are. Transponders are also… Continue reading Transponders Pr
Class D Airspace Pr
The real “Controlled” Controlled Airspace Class D airspace is controlled and also has a control tower for the corresponding airport that will issue clearances to aircraft to taxi, takeoff, and land. The difference between a Class D airport and other airports is that it may be just slightly busy enough to warrant having a control… Continue reading Class D Airspace Pr
Class E Airspace Pr
The Everywhere Airspace Echo airspace is the most common type of airspace you will encounter, no matter where it is you fly in the country. You will find Echo airspace below 18.000′ msl everywhere that either Class B, C, D, or G airspace does not occupy. Echo airspace is controlled airspace, but does not typically… Continue reading Class E Airspace Pr