FLYING Staff

Where Can I Find Custom Flight Crew Tags?

Editor’s note: The following article is not intended to be a ranking, but is only to serve as a list of possible options. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. Custom flight crew tags are an important way for pilots, flight attendants, and other crew members to set their bags apart from the rest, […]

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We Fly: Just Aircraft SuperSTOL

No other airplane I’ve flown can do what the SuperSTOL can. STOL, as you know, stands for “short takeoff and landing.” SuperSTOL, then, implies really short takeoffs and landings, made possible by the airplane’s huge 45-degree fowler flaps and self-deploying leading-edge slats, designs borrowed from the Helio Courier bush plane and scaled to fit this diminutive two-seat experimental amateur-built kitplane.

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What Is a Ground Loop? Airplane Landing Problems Explained

Landing a tailwheel airplane is really no different than landing a tricycle airplane, until the wheels touch down. That is because the CG in a tailwheel, or conventional gear airplane is aft (or behind) of the main landing gear. That being so, a situation exists where your airplane may make an aggressive turn as you […]

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How To Get a Recreational Pilot Certificate

Taking the proper steps and earning your Recreational Pilot Certificate is likely easier than you’ve been thinking. Pilots across the country know flying for fun shouldn’t be limited to professional pilots. Thankfully, there are instructors and flight schools out there that can safely equip you for flying on your own accord (while following the FAA […]

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