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PlaneLee, Piran (2026)

08/09/2022

The Diamond DA 40 💎🛩️

The DA40 is very much a pilot's airplane due to the outstanding visibility out the bubble canopy, combined with the feel of the stick and pushrod-controlled ailerons and elevators. The handling is very docile and forgiving with no bad habits, which made the plane ideal for us as relatively inexperienced pilots.
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©photo by John Whitte
Planelee

30/08/2022

Swiss Excellence Risen🇨🇭🏁 Exceptional perforence and innovative design!

Risen is the all-carbon flying beauty a side-by-side 2-seat ultralight airplane with a wide cabin (123 cm) for pilot and passenger comfort, both enjoying a panoramic view from the 3 m2 motorized canopy, surrounded by gorgeous leather interior with Bose noise cancelling comfort headsets.

•Efficiency:
Risen has been designed using tools and expertise generally found only in large aeronautical industries. Advanced fluid dynamics, in particular, is the secret behind Risen’s outstanding flight characteristics.The synergy of these optimizations resulted in an aircraft of spectacular efficiency, for example, with a glide ratio of 1:23 and speeds unheard of in any aircraft powered by the Rotax 912 engine.

SEA has also developed a custom propeller which generates the optimal airflow around Risen’s fuselage and enables it to maintain an amazing continuous speed of 315 km/h. At the low end of Risen’s speed envelope, generously dimensioned flaps give it a very low stall speed. Careful design of all aerodynamic aspects assure reliable and desirable behaviour throughout its exceptionally large flight envelope.

•Safety:
Exceptional safety for pilot and passenger is an integral part of Risen’s design philosophy. To this purpose, Risen features a ballistic parachute, anti-explosion and anti-fire fuel tanks, as well as inertial-reel seat and shoulder belts that can be locked for flight through turbulence. For additional protection, the cabin is surrounded by strong carbon reinforcement.

•Performance:
Stall speed with flaps:55 Km/h
Cruising speed :290 Km/h
Max. horizontal speed:315 Km/h
VNE:350 Km/h
Best climb speed:160 Km/h
Max. climb rate:7.5 m/sec
Best. glide ratio:1:23
Max. load factor (Gust load):+5.5 g; -3.5 g

•Dimensions:
Wing span:9.00 m
Lenght:6.80 m
Max cabin width:1.23 m

•Weights:
Empty weight:297 KgMax. take-off weight (MTOW):472.5 KgFuel tank capacity:2 x 43 liters
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©Photo by Peter Wolter

29/08/2022

Pipistrel ALPHA Electro, the world's first 2-seat electric Trainer!🔋🛩️

A revolutionary airplane capable of flying with 1 EUR energy cost per hour. No engine rumble in the cockpit, no need for headsets, no annoyance to the neighbourhood.

Alpha Electro is a 2-seat electric trainer with performance which is tailored to the needs of flight schools. It has short take-off distance, powerful 1000+ fpm climb capability and an endurance of one hour plus a 30-minute reserve. The Alpha Electro is optimized for traffic-pattern operations, where up to 13% of energy is recuperated on every approach, increasing operations range and at the same time enabling short-field landings.

With the ever-growing cost of fuel, it is time to rethink pilot training. Our solution is the first practical all-electric trainer. Technologies which we developed in house specially for this aircraft cut the cost of ab-initio pilot training by as much as 70%, making flying more affordable than ever before.

Being able to conduct training on smaller airfields closer to towns with zero C02 emissions and minimum noise is also a game changer! Alpha Electro meets microlight and ASTM LSA requirements, as well as standards for electric propulsion systems. In certain countries it is already approved for PPL training, and we are adding more countries to the list constantly Pipistrel is working with the FAA to approve an exemption to allow pilot training operations and the application for the EASA Type certification has been made.

Every single element of aircraft has been refined to be lighter, more efficient and more reliable than before. The 60+ kW electric motor only weighs 20 kg and is more powerful than the popular Rotax 912 series, typically used on microlights and LSAs. The 21kWh battery pack is dual-redundant and designed to be either quickly replaceable within minutes or charged in less than one hour, thanks to the next generation of Pipistrel’s Battery Management technology.
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©photo by pipistrel-aircraft.com

27/08/2022

Piper PA28R-201 Arrow🛩️

The Piper Arrow isn’t the roomiest, fastest, and most stylish aircraft; however, it has enough of those features to provide it enduring popularity. For those unable to afford a Mooney or Bonanza, it offers a less expensive, though still reasonably capable, cross-country machine.

The Arrow is a good choice for a pilot with little complex aircraft experience or one who does not fly often. It was designed to be an easy step up for pilots transitioning from a trainer to a single with retractable landing gear and controllable-pitch propeller. The primary reason is that the Arrow is a simple retractable to fly. It has the same predictable handling as the Cherokee line of singles in which many pilots have learned to fly, but it's a little faster and sexier, thanks to its retractable gear. The Arrow has just enough power to keep the scenery going by at a satisfying pace, yet not enough to get you into trouble.
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©photo by Pia Bergqvist

26/08/2022

Five types of night flight illusions.🌃🛩️
Night flight is an entirely new way to experience the joy of flying. But like anything, night flying comes with its share of challenges and risks.

•Autokinesis:
This illusion happens when a pilot stares at a bright, stationary light set against a pitch-black background, such as a star or the light from another aircraft. After a few seconds, the light could appear to be moving toward the aircraft. In an attempt to avoid the impending “collision,” the pilot may become disoriented and lose control of the aircraft.

•The Black Hole Effect:
On dark nights, approaching an airport that has few lights or identifiable ground features can create an illusion that the aircraft is at a higher attitude than it actually is. The black hole illusion, also called the featureless terrain illusion, can result in the pilot flying a too-low approach and crashing short of the runway.
The black hole illusion can also occur when taking off from a brightly-lit airport into a pitch-black, featureless sky.

•Flicker Vertigo:
While rare, exposure to flickering lights can trigger an imbalance in brain-cell activity in some people, leading to disorientation, dizziness, nausea, confusion, headaches, and sometimes seizures and loss of consciousness. Flicker vertigo can be caused by a faulty light in the cockpit, beacon or navigation lights flickering through a rotating propeller, or other low-frequency flashing lights.

•False Horizons:
On dark nights when there’s no visible horizon, the brain can still trick itself into searching for a horizon to reference. For example, a sloping cloud formation, bright stars, or ground lights from a highway can create the illusion that the aircraft is not aligned with the horizon.

•Sloping Terrain Illusions
At night, an upward sloping runway or upward sloping terrain can create the illusion that the aircraft is higher than it actually is. To compensate, the pilot will fly a lower than normal approach, which could lead to a controlled flight into terrain accident.
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©Photo by Cirrus aircraft

24/08/2022

Smooth Flying in Rough Air.🛩️👨‍✈️

Bumpy air isn’t pleasant. For passengers, it can feel even worse, sometimes to the point of severe motion sickness.

Airmanship guru Wolfgang Langewiesche addressed the problem in his 1944 classic, Stick and Rudder: “It is in rough air that straight flight becomes an art — and the interesting thing about it is that you can do it all wrong and never know it; you merely think the air is much rougher than it actually is.” The author goes on to confess that he was one of those pilots who “do it all wrong” until an Army instructor straightened him out — literally.

The pilot’s natural inclination in counteracting turbulence is to use the controls independently. A wing drops; we use opposite aileron to lift it up. The nose skews left; we kick the rudder pedal to straighten it out. But such uncoordinated use of the controls in turbulence yields the same bad result as it does in still air. Aileron without rudder induces adverse yaw. Rudder without aileron tends to raise the wing that accelerates into the relative wind. By not using all the controls simultaneously, the pilot is constantly hunting for stable flight, always a step or two behind the airplane. It’s true that light airplanes of Langewiesche’s era often had much lighter wing loading than many aircraft flown today. But the net effect of making turbulence worse is still well worth considering. Just ask your passengers.

Langewiesche wrote: “The right thing to do is to use the controls in a coordinated manner all the time — even though at first that might seem tedious and unnecessarily laborious. What it really amounts to is that straight flight consists of a series of S turns, the turns being shallowed out so much that the S finally becomes a straight line.”

Maybe that’s why he named the book Stick and Rudder.
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©photo by aopa.org

20/08/2022

Pipistrel Panthera Sleek, Stylish, Fast !👨‍✈️🛩️

fI you like sporty handling, efficient performance and turning heads on the ramp, the Panthera is your airplane.

To summarize it, the Panthera carries a little more than a Mooney, but less than a Cirrus and it’s a little faster than both, including the SR22T at lower altitudes. As the specific range calcs show, it’s more efficient than either, at the expense of a less spacious cabin compared to the Cirrus.

Functionally, its avionics are adequate to the task, but not as sophisticated as the top-of-the-line G1000. The ballistic parachute has proven a sales plus for the Cirrus and that may also be true for the Panthera. Other than Cirrus, no other manufacturer has offered a high-performance single with a parachute.

Where the Panthera really stands out, in my view, is pure flyability. With its center stick and well-balanced control forces, some buyers might be attracted just on that count alone. If you tilt toward an Audi R8 over a Q5, the Panthera might be your pick.
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©Photo by pipistrel-aircraft.com

19/08/2022

Guess the plane in comments!🛩️👨‍✈️
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Gorgeous Pipistrel Panthera🛩️ flying over Piran Punta beach.--©Photo by pipistrel-aircraft.com ...

18/08/2022

16/08/2022

Dangers of calm, sunny day mountain flying. 🛩️🏞️

Emergency landing locations. Either locations are poor, there are less of them, or they are far from civilization. It depends on the situation whether this factor is worse than other types of flying (certain hilly and populated coastal locations are worse than mountains).

Terrain Height. If the terrain exceeds the service ceiling of the aircraft, then terrain becomes a literal obstacle, which can introduce loads of complications. If an aircraft can fly above the range in question, dangers differ.

“Calm, sunny day flying” can turn into something else, such as clouds, wind, and thunderstorms. While that is a risk anywhere, the problem is worsened if a pilot is thrust into a situation above his or her skill level in high terrain.

Distance from Airports. Most mountain ranges of significance mean a greater distance from airports, which means less in the way of alternates.

If down in terrain, flight service is often out of radio range, and flight paths can become curvy and more complex.
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©Photo by diamondaircraft.com

15/08/2022

Flying in mountains tips and tricks.🛩️🏔️ Part 2.

Mountain flying can be fun and rewarding, and there’s always more to learn. Start by getting hands-on training and maintain your mountain-flying proficiency. Additionally, contact your local or state aviation association about any location-specific mountain flying considerations.

Good VFR conditions with little or no wind are ideal for your first solo mountain flight. It’s often best to plan your flight during the morning hours before clouds, wind, and turbulence start to build. Establish your own personal minimums and put them into practice during every flight. At the heart of safe mountain flying is always knowing your options and giving yourself an out whenever possible. The mountains are unlikely to be forgiving of even a single mistake.

Flying in the mountains can be an awesome experience if you remember the basics.

Density altitude will affect aircraft performance.

Preflight planning is a must. Consider the time of day, route selection, alternates, and emergency planning.

Airport conditions will vary. Look at the runway surface, condition, slope, and nearby obstacles.

Get a thorough weather briefing and update it while en route.

Plan for diversions and evaluate alternate landing sites.

Always file and activate a flight plan.
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©Photo by diamondaircraft.com

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