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Private Pilot Question of the Day
Before using an unfamiliar lake, why must a seaplane pilot evaluate both its usable size and location?
They determine whether the aircraft has adequate maneuvering, takeoff, landing, escape, and emergency margins.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
A seaplane's normal approach airspeed is unchanged, but the proposed landing would be downwind. What performance effect must the pilot account for?
For the same approach airspeed, a tailwind produces higher speed over the water, generally increasing landing and runout distance and the hydrodynamic loads or deceleration at contact.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
A preflight inspection finds a significant nick or crack in a propeller blade. What is the proper action?
Have the discrepancy evaluated and corrected by appropriately qualified maintenance before flight.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
After establishing a safe glide following an engine failure, what priorities remain, and in what order?
Select and continually evaluate a reachable landing area, use the aircraft checklist and restart or secure actions as time permits, communicate and activate locating equipment as appropriate, prepare occupants, and fly a controlled approach.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
What is the purpose of a Controlled Firing Area?
A Controlled Firing Area contains hazardous activities that are conducted under controls designed to stop the activity immediately when a nonparticipating aircraft approaches.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
When a preferred IFR route begins at a fix how are departing aircraft normally routed to that fix?
By a Departure Procedure or radar vectors.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What sort of airspace is established for security and other national welfare reasons?
Prohibited airspace.
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
Homing: Homing is flying the aircraft on any heading required to keep the needle pointing directly to the 0 degree relative bearing (RB) position.
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.
