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Fuel-Efficient Flying: Mastering Engine Mixture Management
Are you setting your mixture correctly during flight? Why it's important, and how to operate your airplane engine safely and efficiently.
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21 March 2024
Understanding Adverse Yaw: A Pilot’S Guide To Flying Coordinated Turns
Adverse yaw describes an aircraft’s natural tendency to yaw in the opposite direction to the direction of a banked turn.
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11 February 2024
Climb And Descent Rate Calculator
Use our climb and descent rate calculator to ensure you always arrive at your intended altitude on time and at the correct location.
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06 November 2023
Quiz: Five Carb Icing Questions
Five questions to test how well you understand the phenomenon of carburetor icing. Can you score full marks?
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24 August 2023
How Does An Aircraft Wing Produce Lift?
The question of how an airplane’s wing produces lift is one of the most frequently asked aeronautical questions and also one of the most poorly explained.
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18 August 2023
The Layers And Composition Of Our Atmosphere
An introduction to the composition and physical properties of our atmosphere, and how this relates to aircraft performance.
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28 July 2023
Carburetor Icing Probability Calculator
An interactive carburetor icing calculator designed to assist pilots in identifying the typical conditions where carburetor icing is most likely to occur.
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27 July 2023
Newton's Laws And The Physics Of Flight
An introduction to the fundamental physical laws governing heaver-than-air flight, and how this translates to the motion of an aircraft in flight.
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20 July 2023
Quiz: Five Altimeter Questions
Test your knowledge of the aircraft altimeter with this short quiz.
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06 July 2023
The Aircraft Altimeter
The altimeter is one of the primary flight instruments and is used to measure vertical height. This post covers operating principles and altimeter design.
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27 June 2023
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