Category: Private Pilot

Download Pilot fomula cheat sheet Above is a quick reference cheat sheet with formulas needed for the VFR pilot.Below is an amplified guide and explanation for each formula. VA What is Va, and why does it change? Va is the maximum speed at which we would stall before we damaged the airframe, if a sudden…

Our goal is to understand the differences between each airspeed.  Typically, when planning a cross-country flight, it is our goal to find ground speed, and sometimes indicated airspeed. What’s wrong with IAS? Why do we need to find True Airspeed all the time? When we read our airspeed from our airspeed indicator, as the name…

Have you ever completed a paint-by-the-numbers painting? All you have to do is paint the assigned color in the numbered zone, and in the end, you’ll have a nice painting. Lets take that philosophy and apply it to VFR Navigation logs. The Nav-log by the numbers document includes several pages. Pages one and two will…