I'm Winging It

Basically, this blog is dedicated to document my experiences as a female pilot with a goal of achieving a Commercial Pilot's Licence. It also serves as a motivator, and to expand my understanding on general aviation knowledge. I'll be sharing what I've learnt along the way.

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I thought I wasn’t going to see the Thunderbirds today because I had to get to work, but luckily I caught them on my way out and it was totally rad. 😍🙌 . . . #jonesbeachairshow #bethpageairshow #jonesbeach #NY #Thunderbirds #airshow #aviation (at Jones Beach)

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Over water flight

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Awesome clouds at 40,000ft en route to Midway!

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Just before the equinox, at the true South Pole the sun basically travels in a circle around the site during the day. Here is a 5 day, slightly pre equinox/pre sunset timelapse from the South Pole. Set to the Violent Femmes.

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Stalling in a Cessna 152 with induced wing drop.

A stall occurs when an aircrafts angle of attack exceeds 16 degrees. There’s a high amount of drag and a sudden loss of lift resulting in the aircraft losing height. On some occasions a ‘wing drop’ may occur, while the aeroplane is falling it drops to one side. This can be counteracted by using rudder opposite to the side of the drop. A wing drop cannot be fixed by using aileron, it will likely stall the other wing and induce the drop on that side.

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Lightning storm from above One exciting instrument lofted into space aboeard NASA’s GOES satellite launched last November (see our coverage of its scientific debut at http://bit.ly/2rwGhtT) is called the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the first videos of storms over the USA last month have just been released, giving us a similar view to that enjoyed by astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station. The instrument tracks both cloud to ground and cloud to cloud lightning. . Loz Image credit: NASA http://bit.ly/2jJEejK http://bit.ly/2rspiJW http://bit.ly/2lIgE6y

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Tupolev Tu-144, the world’s first supersonic commercial airliner, but unlike the Concorde, a complete failure that among other things, had a noisy and hot cabin, vibration problems, and higher-than-expected fuel consumption.

Introduced to passenger service in 1978 (two years after the Concorde), and quietly retired from commercial service in 1983 as a mail freighter, one of the most notorious but often overlooked failures in civilian aviation.

16 units were build, and out of those two crashed during non-commercial flights.

General characteristics

Crew: 3 Capacity: 140 passengers (11 1-st class & 129 tourist class) Length: 65.70 m (215.54 ft) Wingspan: 28.80 m (with wingtips) (94.48 ft) Height: 12.55 m (41.00 ft) Wing area: 506.35 m² (5,450 ft²) Empty weight: 99,200 kg (218,500 lb) Loaded weight: 125,000 kg (275,330 lb) Max. takeoff weight: 207,000 kg (455,950 lb) Powerplant: 4 × Kolesov RD-36-51 turbojet, 240 kN (44,122 lbf)[N 6] each

Performance

Cruise speed: Mach 2.15 (2,120 km/h (1,320 mph)) Range: 4000 mi (6,500 km) Service ceiling: 20,000 m (65,600 ft) Rate of climb: 3,000 m/min (9,840 ft/min) Wing loading: 410.96 kg/m² (84.20 lb/ft²) Thrust/weight: 0.44

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Approach on Final YBAF Runway 10L

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Lenticular Sunset

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Early morning fog through Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia this morning. I couldn’t resist and had to pull over and take a shot.  

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22/05/17 This morning in Brisbane a thick blanket of fog reduced visibility to 200m.

Fog is stratus cloud formed close to Earth’s surface and reduces visibility to <1000m (whereas mist will be >1000m). The conditions required to form fog are clear skies at night, light cool winds and moisture. The fog will dissipate when the temperature rises and wind velocity increases, however, the blanket of fog will have an initial increase in thickness due to the rise in humidity & increase of moisture before it dissipates.