Aeronautical Information Manual Approach Knot 
Flying Magazine
JUNE 23, 2025
Often, a contract second pilot’s job is to shut up, make good radio calls and be snappy with the baggage, so I wasn’t sure what to say as we approached Lake Michigan. The Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) discusses water landings in Paragraph 6-3-3, Ditching Procedures. And all kinds of critters.
AV Web
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
I would prefer to be 5 or 10 knots slower than the barber pole (maximum indicated airspeed in a turbine airplane) or red line. Former editions of the Aeronautical Information Manual included the phrase hit the buzzer, which Medevac pilots could use to ask ATC to ask the jamming agency to stop, mostly to allow instrument approaches.
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