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  Why Aircraft Weight Affects Climb Performance

  In partnership with AOPA

  If you've ever flown an airplane at max gross weight, you've definitely noticed a decrease in climb performance compared to when you're light. Here's why it happens.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/21/2025
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  Freezing Rain: How It Forms

  According to the FAA, freezing rain is created when snow falls through a warm layer, then through a sub-zero layer of air.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/02/2025
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  Ice-Covered Pitot Tube Results In Low-Altitude Alert From ATC

  You're flying an ILS through icing conditions and your airspeed suddenly begins decreasing. Your pitot tube is covered in ice. What would you do? Here's what happened to this pilot.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 12/31/2024
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  How To Correct A High Flare During Landing

  We've all done it. You apply back pressure and start your flare. The runway below you appears abnormally far away and you're decelerating quickly.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 12/17/2024

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  Tips To Maintain Directional Control After You Touch Down On A Crosswind Landing

  Flying a crosswind landing doesn't stop when your wheels touch the ground. Here's how to maintain your crosswind correction, and centerline, from touchdown through roll out.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/19/2024
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  Pilot Stalls In Icing Conditions And Recovers Below The Minimum IFR Altitude

  Icing conditions can rapidly deteriorate your performance in a piston aircraft. Here's what happened to one pilot in an IMC flight over mountainous terrain.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/16/2024
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  Should You Trim During Landing?

  Is it a good idea to use trim to help with back pressure during landing?

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  • Nicolas Shelton
  • 10/12/2024
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  How To Recover From A Balloon During Your Landing Flare

  At some point, a balloon on landing happens to all of us. Here's what you can do to make a safe landing after happens to you.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 10/05/2024
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  How To Avoid Wake Turbulence During Takeoff and Landing

  When's the last time you heard "caution - wake turbulence" from an air traffic controller? Did you think about what it really meant to you?

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 10/01/2024

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  What's Your Limit For Landing In Gusty Winds?

  Just like strong crosswinds or low clouds, you should have personal limitations for gust factor when you're approaching your destination.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 09/26/2024
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  How Wing Washout Makes Your Airplane More Stable

  In partnership with Lightspeed

  Almost all aircraft have something called washout built into their wings, and it makes them more stable in a stall.

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 09/14/2024
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  How To Fly A No-Flap Landing

  Partial-flap and no-flap landings aren't particularly difficult or dangerous in light airplanes, but they do require a few specific procedures that you should be aware of. Here's what you need to know.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 08/31/2024
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  How Do Flaps Work?

  What actually happens when you lower your flaps? You increase lift and induced drag for any given angle-of-attack. Here's why it happens.

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  • Nicolas Shelton
  • 08/27/2024
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  Your Engine Failed After Takeoff. Should You Return To The Runway?

  Should you return to the airport, or land straight ahead? It depends...

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/17/2024
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  What Counts As A Prop Strike?

  In partnership with AOPA Pilot Protection Services

  Prop strikes can wreak havoc on your engine, not to mention your wallet. Here's what you should know.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/15/2024