An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither. Aerodromes include small general aviation airfields,…
An aircraft engine is a component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines The…
The Wright Flyer was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. It was designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four…
Air masses are large volumes of air with properties of humidity and temperature which remain almost constant in the horizontal.…
Thunderstorms are a weather phenomenon that develops from well developed cumulonimbus clouds. It is estimated that every day there are…
In modern aviation, an aircraft will experience 4 main forces of flight at all times. These four forces define the…
Meteorology is the study of the Earth’s atmosphere and the physical processes that occur within it. Flight academies teach Meteorology…
As air flows around an aerofoil the pressure differential setup over the upper and lower surfaces produces a force. This…
In flight, an aircraft can rotate about any one or any combination of its three rotation axes. These axes are…
The hardest part of a student’s pilot flight is maintaining the required clearance from the clouds during his private pilot…