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Cessna 172. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company. [ 2] First flown in 1955, [ 2] more 172s have been built than any other aircraft. [ 3] It was developed from the 1948 Cessna 170 but with tricycle landing gear rather than conventional landing gear.
Hobbs meter. Hobbs meter is a generic trademark for devices used in aviation to measure the time that an aircraft is in use. The meters typically display hours and tenths of an hour, but there are several ways in which the meter may be activated: It can measure the time that the electrical system is on. This maximizes the recorded time.
A primary flight display with the indicated airspeed (IAS) displayed in the form of a vertical "tape" on the left. Indicated airspeed ( IAS) is the airspeed of an aircraft as measured by its pitot-static system [ 1] and displayed by the airspeed indicator (ASI). [ 2] This is the pilots' primary airspeed reference.
A standard rate turn is defined as a 3° per second turn, which completes a 360° turn in 2 minutes. This is known as a 2-minute turn, or rate one (180°/min). Fast airplanes, or aircraft on certain precision approaches, use a half standard rate ('rate half' in some countries), but the definition of standard rate does not change.
The center of gravity (CG) of an aircraft is the point over which the aircraft would balance. [ 1] Its position is calculated after supporting the aircraft on at least two sets of weighing scales or load cells and noting the weight shown on each set of scales or load cells. The center of gravity affects the stability of the aircraft.
Flight length. In aviation, the flight length or flight distance refers to the distance of a flight. Aircraft do not necessarily follow the great-circle distance, but may opt for a longer route due to weather, traffic, to utilise a jet stream, or to refuel. Commercial flights are often categorized into long-, medium- or short-haul by commercial ...
Flight level. In aviation, a flight level ( FL) is an aircraft's altitude as determined by a pressure altimeter using the International Standard Atmosphere. It is expressed in hundreds of feet or metres. The altimeter setting used is the ISA surface pressure of 1013 hPa or (29.92 inHg ).
Rate of climb. In aeronautics, the rate of climb ( RoC) is an aircraft's vertical speed, that is the positive or negative rate of altitude change with respect to time. [1] In most ICAO member countries, even in otherwise metric countries, this is usually expressed in feet per minute (ft/min); elsewhere, it is commonly expressed in metres per ...