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Private Pilot Question of the Day
What should a pilot do first when electronic flight indications conflict?
Maintain control using confirmed reliable references, compare independent sources, identify failure flags, and use the aircraft checklist.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
Why can an airplane buffet during a steep level turn at an indicated airspeed above its published one-G stall speed?
The increased load factor requires more lift, and the wing has reached or exceeded its critical angle of attack at a higher airspeed.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
How should deteriorating weather be managed during a nonprecision approach?
Compare weather with minimums, fuel, missed-approach capability, and alternates. Continue only while legal and stable; miss the approach when visual references are absent or a safe landing is not assured.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
Which propeller can have its blade angle reset on the ground but not adjusted by the pilot in flight?
A ground-adjustable propeller.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
For an airplane with a standard U.S. airworthiness certificate, what does 91.205(c) add to the daytime VFR equipment requirements for night VFR?
Night VFR adds approved position and anticollision lights, a landing light when operated for hire, adequate electrical power, and accessible spare fuses when applicable. Day-VFR and aircraft-specific requirements still apply.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Under 14 CFR §91.17(a), under what conditions may a person not act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft?
Within 8 hours after consuming alcohol; while under the influence of alcohol; while using a drug that affects the person's faculties contrary to safety; or with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
Does being legally current establish that a pilot is ready for a particular flight?
No. Currency establishes only that specified regulatory requirements have been met. The pilot must also assess proficiency, physical and mental fitness, familiarity with the aircraft and equipment, and ability to handle the planned flight.
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
Chandelle: Learn how to perform a chandelle, a maximum-performance 180-degree climbing turn, including entry, pitch and bank coordination, rollout, ACS standards, and common mistakes.
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.
