When you make a coordinated turn in an aircraft, are you taught to let your head tilt with the bank angle of the aircraft, or are you taught to keep your head normal to the horizon?

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So I'm on my way home from Green Bay today (where Monday night my son and I saw his first pro-football game, and my first game at Lambeau Field), and the weather is fairly crappy. By noon conditions had risen to VFR along our route of flight (KGRB to KIOW -- Iowa City, IA), with ceilings in Green...

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/23/national/a121517D16.DTL&sn=018&sc=478 AA Revokes License of D.C. 'Alert' Pilot - Monday, May 23, 2005 (05-23) 12:15 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has revoked the license of the pilot in charge of the small plane that strayed to...

If all GA midair collisions were eliminated, ~99% of GA aircraft fatalities would still happen. From Nall Report analysis of U.S. NTSB records: Total fixed wing GA fatalities: 2002: 518 2003: 555 2004: 510 2005: 491

How does MS flight simulator simulate the symptoms of hypoxia?

www.avweb.com/aviation-news/embraer-working-on-electric-cropduster-hybrid-military-transport/ Embraer Working On Electric Cropduster, Hybrid Military Transport Russ Niles November 22, 20201 Embraer has partnered with the Brazilian arm of Portuguese energy company EDP to build a pure electric...

Once again, I'm not a real pilot. Yesterday my daughter was confronted at school by some (6th grade) classmates, they said her father was not a real pilot. To give you a little back history, my daughter is so proud of her father that she's always telling anyone she meets that her father is a...

I have always been under the impression that lift is the product of airspeed and angle of attack, and that lift is the measure of upward force acting on the plane at a given time. For instance, if you are doing slow flight, your wings are producing the same amount of life that you would be if you...

I got a demo flight in a Diamond DA-40 equipped with the Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit this morning. We departed IFR from Tacoma Narrows and flew west for some maneuvers. This plane was the second one out of the factory with the G-1000. I had a difficult time maintaining my altitude; the altitude...

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/hybrid-electric-utility-aircraft-gathers-support/ Hybrid-Electric Utility Aircraft Gathers Support Russ Niles December 20, 20202 A British startup has attracted some heavyweights in the electric aircraft business to create a hybrid-electric utility aircraft...

I'm kind of curious - does anyone with more than 100 hours do a flight plan, with winds and all, before they fly cross country? Most of my planning is of the fuel stop, or occasionally detour for weather variety - but it is rare for me to include more than one or two waypoints in my "plan", and I...

I was trying to explain to a non-pilot why increased power is required with altitude. She said "isn't the air thinner up there so there isn't as much resistance?" I said "yes, but the plane needs to fly fast enough for the air over the wings to feel like it does down low. So the speed required...

Is it safe/wise to fly a Cessna 172R from Telluride to Aspen? If so, what conditions or restrictions (if any) should be observed?

How do autopilots make coordinated turns even when they cannot control the rudder?

Nomen Nescio wrote: "You have to leave, NOW, sir!", he replied sternly. Now this brings up an interesting question. Are we, as US citizens on public land during peacetime, required to abide by the orders of military personnel? On what grounds did he have authority over your actions and...

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=24657 Flaming space junk narrowly misses jet 28th March 2007, 11:15 WST Pieces of space junk from a Russian satellite coming out of orbit narrowly missed hitting a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean overnight.

Does the average weight calculation for passengers on commercial flights include an allowance for their carry-on luggage? The reason I ask is that, if the carry-on weight is shifted to the hold, calculations that use an assumed average weight for passengers and their carry-ons in conjunction with...

Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff?

https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/evtols-urban-mobility/verdego-aero-xti-partner-on-hybrid-electric-trifan-200/ VerdeGo Aero, XTI Partner On Hybrid-Electric TriFan 200 Kate O'Connor November 20, 20200 Image: VerdeGo Aero/XTI Aircraft Company VerdeGo Aero and XTI Aircraft Company have...