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Private Pilot Question of the Day
Which accomplishment can satisfy § 61.56 without a separate flight review when completed within the applicable 24-calendar-month period?
A qualifying pilot practical test or proficiency check, or one or more phases of an FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency award program.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
After an off-airport landing, why is remaining near the aircraft often advantageous?
The aircraft is generally a larger, more visible search target and may provide shelter, equipment, signaling capability, and a known point for responders, unless remaining there creates a greater danger.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
ATC is radar-monitoring an outer-fix holding area. What responsibility remains with the pilot?
Comply with the clearance and keep the aircraft within the assigned holding pattern; radar monitoring is an additional service, not a transfer of responsibility.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
Why is glassy water hazardous during a seaplane landing?
Its featureless surface can remove reliable height and depth-perception cues, making the flare and touchdown height difficult to judge.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
Why must local and convective winds be considered even when the broad forecast appears manageable?
Sea or land breezes, valley or mountain flows, gust fronts, dust fronts, and thunderstorm outflow can rapidly change runway wind, turbulence, and route conditions.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
How should an instructor mitigate a learner's schedule pressure or anxiety?
Normalize schedule changes, move the lesson to ground or simulation when suitable, reschedule, or end early if pressure or apprehension is degrading safe performance.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
Under the FAA-provided kinetic-energy method, why can a modest increase in sUAS impact speed be especially important?
Impact kinetic energy varies with the square of speed, so a percentage increase in speed raises energy more than the same percentage increase in weight; Category 2 and 3 use 11- and 25-foot-pound injury thresholds, respectively.
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
Arc Approach: Arcing approaches provide the safe and expeditious transition from the en-route environment to the terminal area.
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.
