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Private Pilot Question of the Day
At a constant indicated airspeed, what generally happens to true airspeed as density altitude increases?
True airspeed increases because the airplane must move faster through less-dense air to produce the same indication.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
What occurs at the 45-, 90-, 135-, and 180-degree points of each lazy-eight half?
Each 180-degree half uses the 45-, 90-, 135-, and 180-degree reference points: maximum pitch-up; maximum bank with pitch passing level; maximum pitch-down; then return to entry altitude and airspeed on the reciprocal heading. The second half mirrors the first.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
Why should two qualified pilots explicitly agree before flight who will act as PIC and what duties each will perform?
Because operating authority, regulatory responsibility, task assignment, and permissible flight-time logging may differ between the pilots.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
Which process most directly produces a usable thermal for soaring?
Uneven solar heating warms a surface and the adjacent air until a buoyant parcel rises through cooler surrounding air.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
How is collaborative assessment used to evaluate SRM?
The learner first evaluates personal decisions and performance, then the instructor provides a detailed assessment and compares it with the learner's view. The discussion should develop the learner's thought processes, behavior, and understanding of progress.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Why should an instructor recognize differences between the instructor's teaching style and a learner's preferred way of learning?
A match or mismatch between teaching and learning preferences can affect satisfaction, retention, application, and attitude. The instructor can bridge differences by varying explanations, activities, and scenarios to engage the learner.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
Who may establish that a produced, designed, or modified sUAS is eligible for Category 2 or 3 operations over people?
An applicant who demonstrates the aircraft meets the category requirements using an FAA-accepted means of compliance, submits a declaration of compliance for FAA acceptance, and fulfills the associated labeling, instruction, and support duties.
Advice of the Day
Maintain a consistent flight training schedule. Long breaks in any kind of training, but especially aviation, will cause a dramatic loss of progress.
System of the Day
Cabin Heating and Cooling Systems: Cabin Heating and cooling systems provide conditioned air for comfortable operations during various weather conditions
Maneuver of the Day
Cruise Flight: Cruise flight is more than just the space between takeoff and landing but is instead the predominant phase of flight.
Emergency of the Day
Engine Failure: The total loss of power requires immediate actions which depend upon speed (life) and altitude (life insurance)
Mishap of the Day
ERA14LA450: The NTSB determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb.
