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Not sure I’m getting all this pilot is telling. He is doing some practical tests to find best glide. In the video he mentions that “best glide is not affected by weight, it’s angle of attack” and he tries or finds out for himself what best glide is at no flaps to full flaps incrementally. Just...

Sorry the commentary is in Norwegian, but it’s an interesting video. Couple on their “second flight” (ever? Doubtful, don’t know why they are numbering the flight, but...) suddenly experience loss of control. https://www.vgtv.no/video/199982/her-forstaar-de-at-noe-er-galt-med-flyet

All flying I have done so far has been full mixture for takeoffs, landing, and maneuvers (most of the time) at or under 3000’. Really the only time flying and leaning the mixture is cruising to the air works area and back. That so far has been only set rpm (2200) and lean. So I wondered, on...

I did a quick search and didn’t see this video mentioned. First off is the video of the flight, P-51 pilot in large formation, when the engine hiccups, runs again, then fails again, etc. ending up landing “off field”. Then the pilot being interviewed by another pilot, some months later, and he...

Safely :) Air pressure at Tromso down to 945 mb, and wideroe and other airlines can’t set the kollsman window that low so grounded. Not sure it is the lowest, off the west coast and up north experiencing floods and record low pressure. The news reported they can’t “land” when the altimeter is...

Was wondering. If you have a passenger who is very nervous about flying, do you adjust your flying to make it gentler? Was thinking we usually climb out at either Vx or Vy, or a combination depending on terrain. But even Vy to someone who is older, never been in a small plane, or just nervous...

Never mind how it came to this, I’m curious, if plane A did due diligence, and looked very closely at the sky, seeing no traffic, also announced it was “entering and backtracking runway three zero for departure” then did that and spent one or two mins. In pre takeoff checklist, and just as they...

As most of us, I loved Christmas as a kid. Not just the excitement of anticipating presents, but the whole thing, Bing Crosby singing about white Christmas, little drummer boy, etc. favorite thing of all was mom, dad, and I would take the car around neighborhoods and look at the different...

Just as an example. Say a situation where you are taking your extended family to a resort. You have a four seater, and eight people to get up there. Of course you take up a seat too, so this means minimum three round trips. Say a two hour flight each way. So you fly three passengers to the...

I’m totally open to being wrong here, but read in a Norwegian newspaper a very badly written story (usually the newspaper “Aftenposten” is one of the serious newspapers here) about how magnetic north is shifting at a much faster rate the last two decades. They mentioned this causing problems...

I’ve never quite come to terms with the idea that an airplane flies, at a constant rate when thrust = drag. weight = lift somehow intuitively seems right, no problem with that, but the thrust = drag intuitively feels like the plane ought to have no forward movement. I know it is wrong, but...

As I have aged, I’ve had a different reaction to really hot days. It drains me to the point where I can’t function. There is a good chunk of time when you are on the ground and it is like a hotbox. Opening doors can help, but are some of you folks just tough as nails and can handle any kind of...

I’ve been a student for a while now, but have had problems booking regularly. Lots of things, weather, health, availability of CFI’s, etc. A few flight back when I was learning power off stalls, I didn’t quite do it right (same problem first time as I have now suddenly) but the flight after it...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10-mile-wide-ladybug-swarm-shows-weather-radar-180972372/ Anyone here from San Diego area? I’m trying to wrap my mind around those little ladybugs at 5000-9000 ft. And imagining seeing that ahead of you from the cockpit. Are they just carried by wind...

Say I know someone that is experiencing work “burn out”. I recently saw an article where this is now being seen by WHO as a condition that is not classified as a medical condition but only relates to the occupational situation. Which I take to mean it is no negative regarding other areas of...

Also check out the comments. Love the first one: “Is there a doctor on board!??” “...I’m a pilot!”

Since the ground school and exam stress exact answers, a student gets the idea that is important. It may well be, but it also may be that since winds aloft, etc. are not nec. precise, etc. that this is also just a "in the ballpark" thing but... The compass has a deviation chart. So maybe N is...

Im not even sure what to ask here, but when weather is marginal how do you exeperinced VFR pilots judge the viability, if you can fly? My CFI started right at the beginning of wanting me to judge if we could fly, but I just plain don’t have enough experience, all I can really do is tell what I...

How do you all adjust the pilot seat on club airplanes, rentals where it is most likely being adjusted a good deal by other pilots? I was thinking that specially while learning, the sight pictures etc. being consistent would be a very good thing. Specially the height adjustment would be...

The recent Norwegian cruis ship problem when the motors stoppped, all four. Ship was eventually towed to a port. Over like two days they had gotten around (I think it was) 500 people or so. They had like 1500 passengers that needed to be off lifted to safety, and it was so slow going, because...