Questions tagged [general-aviation]
General aviation (GA) includes all civil aviation activities except scheduled, commercial passenger flights. GA covers private recreational flying, corporate jet flights, flight training, crop dusting, aerial photography, and other activities.
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What is the difference between CANPA and CDFA?
What is the difference between Constant Angle Non-Precision Approach (CANPA) and continuous descent final approach (CDFA)?
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Is it suspicious or odd to stand by the gate of a GA airport watching the planes?
Would it be likely to be seen as odd or suspicious for someone who is not a pilot to stand outside the fence around a GA airport in the US watching the aircraft?
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How can business jets cruise so fast?
How can business jets cruise so much faster than airliners in the transonic regime?
If you look at the cruise speed of many business jets, it will be somewhere in the Mach 0.90 to Mach 0.94 area. This ...
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What is this indication on the G1000?
I noticed it came on when glideslope was intercepted. Does anyone know what it is?
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How can ice form in an OAT of +20°?
According to a question that I came across while studying for my EASA exam on Aircraft General Knowledge, "icing" is most likely to happen in an OAT between "Between -5°C and +20°C"...
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What long-range jet is easiest to fly?
Of jet aircraft with sufficient range to cross the Atlantic on a full tank of fuel, which is easiest to fly?
More specifically:
The required range is from New York's JFK Airport, to Shannon Airport, ...
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Are there "distracted flying" laws for GA other than laws against reckless flying?
I am aware of the sterile cockpit rule for airliners, but are there any laws against "distracted flying" (analogous to distracted driving laws, or the sterile cockpit rule for airliners) for ...
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What is the real formula for Pressure altitude? [duplicate]
OK. The formula we commonly know is (29.92-Altimeter)x1000+Elevation.
However, the E6B calculator I have does not fit this formula at all. For example, if the airport elevation is 175 ft and the ...
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Would a Cessna 172 be as safe as an airliner if flown by an airline pilot?
I know that general-aviation flight is much more dangerous than airline flight. Is this because of the planes or the pilots? If an airline pilot is flying a Cessna 172, is that Cessna as safe as an ...
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How do rental prices that include fuel work if you refuel?
If a plane rental price includes fuel, what happens if you land and refuel during the trip?
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Is there a historical source of all flights from a given airport?
I am trying to find delay data on all flights that departed from Malaga (AGP) airport on 29th September 2022. I have tried a trial of the highest tier subscription for Flight Radar 24. However, this ...
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What is significant in Diamond DA-42 over DA-40 apart from engine redundancy?
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$Vno$
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$Vne$
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Is there any airspace where you can fly without a flight plan?
Can pilots go "offroading"? In other words, is there an airspace where you don't need a flight plan? Or maybe just a flight plan to go there and then "joyride?"
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Is there a formula for calculating drag coefficient based on the 4 digit NACA airfoil?
Are there any existing formulas that can be used, or maybe some methods to derive an equation that can calculate the drag coefficient based on the NACA airfoil?
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Is it feasible to make 2 meter amateur radio contacts from a small GA plane?
Is it feasible to make 2 meter amateur radio contacts from a small GA plane (e.g. a Cessna 172)? If so, what equipment is required?
Most of the stations being contacted will be using vertically ...
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What do pilots of GA planes who need to use the restroom do? [duplicate]
If you're flying in your GA plane and you need to use the restroom, what do you do? Are there any solutions that don't involve landing?
Is it helpful to have someone in the right seat who can fly the ...
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Why does airspeed increase with more throttle if RPM stays the same?
Given a constant speed propeller, the RPM will stay the same because of the governing system which changes the blade angle. But in cruise flight if you add more power and keep the RPM's the same, ...
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Can “old people” entering the aviation industry make money as a pilot?
I become a private pilot just over 2 years ago. I’m 52. I always feel better about the world and my place in it when I’m flying. I currently make a very comfortable salary as a software engineer.
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Can an aircraft takeoff while another is still exiting the runway?
Today I was at a non towered airport and I just had landed, while I was beginning to turn off the runway, I saw a light sport behind me takeoff, while I was still on the runway. I was just starting my ...
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Is the certification process for unbraked wheels and tyres different from braked ones?
Engineering a landing system for a thing flying with helium. Do unbraked wheels and tyres have a different certification process compared to braked wheels?
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Cessna circling Penrith regularly at night
For the past year we have had a Cessna circle our local area (Penrith NSW), starting early in the night and often going well into the early hours of the morning. This will happen once a week to ...
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Can a radio on VOX detect a loud tone and interpret as a cut on transmission (coming from pilot/cockpit)?
Can a radio using VOX detect a short tone and interpret it as a signal for cutoff of audio signal/transmission? this is A/G radio communication using a Schmid radio
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How long can a foreign registry airplane stay in the US before having to change the register to N or having to leave the country?
I want to take my Seawind (experimental) registry of Nederland's to US in a Container for one or two years to fly around the US.
If I take it flying, is compulsory to have ADS-B out?
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Why would a plane fly in circles?
(From FlightRadar24)
Why would a pilot fly a plane (a Piper PA-28, N41622) like this? This was around 18:00 Eastern time at Pensacola, Florida (PNS) on October 20, 2022. This plane shows as "...
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Why is more angle of bank (AOB) at the best gliding speed giving less altitude loss?
Reading the manual for the T6b (turboprop aircraft single engine), it says different altitude losses during a 360 degree turn, holding 125 kts (the best glide for range speed), power is either dead, ...
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Where do you store an airplane for an overnight stop?
When a private pilot flies a plane like a Cessna 172 on a two-or-more-day trip, where do they store the plane during overnight stops?
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How can I determine how long it would take to fly between two points?
How can I determine the approximate time required to fly a particular plane (e.g. a Cessna 172) between two points, considering the possibility of needing intermediate stops? For airline flights, I ...
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Do cell phones interfere with GA avionics?
I think most people know that cell phone signals can interfere with airliner avionics; that's why airplane mode exists. Is this an issue with small GA planes?
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What does the letter "H" on the upper side of ADANA word and mean?
As you can see on the STAR chart of Adana, there is a letter "H" with a black background for the VOR sign's line. I can't find the meaning.
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How Do Pilots Account for Weight Shift?
What I mean by this question is cases of airliners or private jets.
You have possibilities of luggage shifting mid-flight, people changing seats (occasional but it does happen), and on private jets, ...
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How does camber affect on critical aoa?
i am pretty clear about why a higher camber would increase Clmax, but critical aoa.
one of the resources i read the graphic shows a greater chamber near the leading edge will increase Cl at different ...
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Is a Cessna 162 safe to fly if engine RPM drops by 160 on one magneto?
On a Cessna 162, during engine runup I switch to one mag, and the engine RPM dropped by 50, but on the other mag the RPM dropped by 160 while the POH says maximum allowable drop is 150. Is this plane ...
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On C162 if I am at maximum elevator trim but still has control pressure is it normal?
Flying a C162 I have to set nose down trim to maximum, but I still feel pressure on the control and need to push the nose down. Is this expected, or is weight & balance near the limit of the ...
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Visa Requirements for GA
I'm planning to take a flight in a small airplane around the world, which means I will have to stop to refuel in various countries. The countries I am particularly asking about are Turkey and Iran. If ...
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Do private airports have to have the same runway and taxiway dimension and separation requirements as public airports?
I'm new to this site. I joined today after searching for hours to find answers to this question with no luck.
I am a part of a group of pilots and aviation enthusiasts working on a new aviation ...
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What license do I need to transmit on AirBand frequencies?
I am not a pilot, but at my company we are trying to figure out what FCC license we need to use to talk to our pilot when we are on the ground and they are flying. My research has led me to mixed ...
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How to determine date of pilot license?
I wonder if someone can tell me how to find out what year my Dad got his private pilot license as well as his commercial pilot license? BC Canada
Thank you.
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Why can canard wings not be used in all sonic aircraft despite their high control?
As Canard serves two purposes; it improves aircraft control, also contributes to lift, replacing the horizontal stabilizer and - theoretically - reducing overall drag.
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Where in the CARs does it say that we need to perform a walk-around each day?
I understand to keep an aircraft airworthy, one of the items that must be followed is a walk-around each day. I've been browsing through the CARs for a couple hours now and I couldn't find anything on ...
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Can you choose to swap to a PPL when learning a (EASA) LAPL?
If I were to start flight training for a (EASA) LAPL and decide later (before completing the LAPL) that I wanted to do a PPL instead, is a switch possible?
Could the hours flown in pursuit of the LAPL ...
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How to find accurate civil aviation flight traffic data? [closed]
I need to review civil aviation flight traffic data for several regions around the world.
My preference is real-time data, but data delayed by 5-15 minutes is fine. Historical data (going back 1 year)...
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What is a control area? [closed]
I read a controlled area is a controlled airspace extending upwards from a specified limit above the earth.
But what is the difference between a contolled airspace and a control area.Also what about ...
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Why isn't Yamaha EPeX300Ti more popular in aviation?
The answer to this question might be obvious to experienced aviators. But as an armchair enthusiast, I really couldn't find a satisfactory answer anywhere on the internet.
Below two pages came from ...
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What are dry and saturated lapse rates values or ranges for a rising or lowering parcel of air in degrees Celsius?
Environmental lapse rate average is rounded to 2 degrees celsius per 1000 ft.(Note that environmental lapse rate varies through the day).What about parcel of air lapse rate.? Dry lapse rate is a ...
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If while landing ,a surface inversion occured close to the ground would atc or atis know?
A change in temperature, pressure and many factors might happen in a surface inversion.Thus affecting landing performance and calculation.The local peessure might change suddenly as well...
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Is there a benefit or advantage of decreasing the transtion altitude or transition level? [duplicate]
Some counrties have high transition altitudes and transition levels while other countriea have low ones.
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Do long distance business jets have a crew resting area?
I am asking this question out of curiosity. Do they have separate cabin area for themselves?
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Responding to another aircraft without knowing their radio call sign
PPL student here. I recently had someone ask over the radio if there was any traffic in the pattern (uncontrolled class G airport). I could make out everything that pilot said except for his radio ...
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How to fix JeppView VFR charts font display [closed]
Some of the VFR charts printed by JeppView for Windows incorrectly display various letters on the map. This is especially visible in the NDB/DME designations ("INN", "PAT", "...
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How to "address" a flight plan to additional stations
Airspace around the Swiss village of Davos is restricted as part of the World Economic Forum every year. The amendment to the Austrian AIP instructs pilots who would still like to cross the affected ...
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