AGL, Approach and Lift - Aviator Connection

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. Our Talon accelerated as it climbed toward pattern altitude1,500 feet AGL. Add half the gust factor to final approach and touchdown speeds. Rolling wings-level on final, the jet slowed to our approach speed of 160. Gusty winds?

AGL

AGL Crosswind Final Approach Threshold

Power-off Stall: Recovery Steps Made Easy

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

This can cause you to lose lift. Key Takeaways Power-off stalls mimic a stall during the flight’s approach and landing phase. Remember Bernoulli’s Theorem and how lift is created. The loss of lift causes the aircraft to stall and lose altitude. On final approach, it can be the difference between recovering and crashing.

Descent

Descent Approach AGL Lift

Practicing Steep Turns: Techniques to Improve Pilot Control and Precision

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

This increases the load on the wings, requiring more lift to maintain altitude. Rolling Out: As you approach your desired heading, smoothly release the bank and return the aircraft to level flight. Perform at safe altitude (3,000–4,000 feet AGL) using increased power (about 200–300 RPM above cruise).

Pilot

Pilot Aileron Rudder Turbulence

Stupid Pilot Tricks

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

With lateral options dwindling, the Bell 47D went into a vertical lift. As he approached the herd, with the intention of driving the cattle into the corral, the bull departed and headed toward an area covered with heavy mesquite brush. After one full revolution, the helicopter lifted rapidly from the ground and climbed immediately.

Pilot

Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent

Extend downwind for an arriving flight of two

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Once the fog lifted, we departed KVBT on an IFR flight plan. Louis Approach Control. Approach vectored us for the downwind for 26L. At 1,000’ AGL on mid-downwind, we could see Doc parked at the FBO. Two F/A-18 Hornets, the Blue Angels, on low approach, sped towards the runway on final. It was the Yankee Lady.

Approach

Approach General Aviation AGL Weather

Riding the Mountain Waves

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. Airspeed was approaching VMO. We had been lifted above our assigned altitude.” I made a lazy turn away, lowered the nose slightly, airspeed thankfully increasing. Maintain maneuvering airspeed at all times.

Turbulence

Turbulence Weather Knot Descent

How to Master Slow Flight (Step-By-Step)

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Lift : The aerodynamic force generated due to airflow over the wings. The aircraft’s deceleration reduces the airflow over the wings, which reduces lift. When the lift force is less than the force of gravity, the aircraft descends. So, how do we increase lift to maintain altitude? Why does this happen?

Lift

Lift Rudder Drag Checkride

Unbolted in Fairfield (Update on the 2022 Bell 407 GXP Crash)

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. Feather the blades to generate lift from the upward flow of air during the descent (instead of pushing the air downwards in powered flight).

Torque

Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot

Flight Sims for the Win: It’s All About Repetition and Drill

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. If the learner is not instrument rated but is training at an airport with an instrument approach, this might be a great time to teach them how to fly the approach as an emergency measure. It’s just a few minutes, right? What could go wrong?

Crosswind

Crosswind VOR Airplanes Runway

We Fly: Cirrus SR G7

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

That’s why the fresh approach Cirrus took to its next model in the SR series makes a lot of sense. Stephen Yeates] A Beginner’s Mind When you must approach something from a fresh perspective, it helps to go into a beginner’s mindset. Having been the former kind, I’ve had trouble putting myself in the latter’s point of view.

Pilot

Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet

Are Dry Microbursts Really An Invisible Trap? – Responding to Reactions

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Most western pilots have patiently worked such lift for an hour or more while waiting for conditions to improve near their destination airport. If we can wait for the threat to pass this is clearly the best approach; especially when the virga is fairly isolated and the clouds are cycling. Very well said! Absolutely!

Wind Shear

Wind Shear AGL Runway Lift

How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

As you approach the airport, monitor UNICOM for landing or departing traffic. Another performance factor is the approach speed. The slower the approach, the shorter the landing distance. Many aircraft have specific recommended normal and short-field approach speeds. It will allow you to fine-tune your approach.

NOTAMs

NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent

Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

It only takes a 10% increase in approach speed to increase the landing roll by 20%. These obstacles frequently affect the approach and missed approach paths. Plan your approach path carefully to eliminate large pitch and power changes. x V SO (or POH recommendation) by around 500 feet AGL.

Weight-Shift-Control

Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent

What Is a SPECI and When Is It Issued?

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This information is vital for determining cloud ceilings, especially during landing approaches. When these happen, they’ll usually call for an instrument approach. You should monitor the temperature closely during winter or in colder regions since icing can impact both lift and control. A2992 : Altimeter setting of 29.92

Altimeter

Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway

What Is an Outflow Boundary Shown on a Surface Analysis Chart?

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

READ MORE: Should I File an Initial Approach Fix? It is also possible that the boundary may not have enough lift or moisture to produce clouds. As the gust front approaches, the vertical velocity of the air upward increases quickly over a one- or two-minute period. Time increases from left to right.

Wind Shear

Wind Shear Weather Turbulence AGL

Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

Approaching Rifle The last six minutes of Shmulik’s flight are plotted on the following map. He only needed a glide ratio of 14:1 to reach the airfield to arrive at a typical pattern altitude of 1,000 ft AGL. There were some patches of moderate lift and sink as would be expected on a normal summer soaring day.

Pilot

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway

My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

Continued along at 6,000’ I advised ATC that the weather was received and requested the RNAV 24 approach. I was soon cleared to descend to 4,000’ and entered IMC during the descent while I located the approach chart to brief. ATC then informed us we were number two for the approach and to maintain 4,000’. RNAV 24 at KCPC.

Descent

Descent Approach Weather AGL

Avoiding The Impossible Turn (Engine Failure after Takeoff)

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

You completed the climb check at 300 ft AGL. The engine quits at 500 ft AGL. When you bank, with all other factors constant, the total lift doesn’t change. However, the direction in which the lift acts does. The lift splits into a horizontal and vertical component. Let’s use a scenario to give us some context.

AGL

AGL Runway Descent Lift

How to fly the perfect short field takeoff and climb

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

As YOU reach the recommended roation speed, apply back-elevator pressure until reaching the appropriate Vx attitude to ensure a smooth and firm lift-off. Since the airplane accelerates more rapidly after lift-off, additional backelevator pressure may be needed to hold a constant airspeed. Smoothly and positively apply full power.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude Indicated Airspeed Lift Runway

How to Perform a Go-Around (The Right Way)

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

A bad approach results in a bad landing. A go-around is a maneuver performed to abort or reject a landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. Top Reasons for Go-Arounds Unstabilized Approach An aircraft must have a stabilized approach before landing. What Is a Go-Around?

Wind Shear

Wind Shear Runway Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach

Power-on Stall: How to Recover

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

This creates boundary layer separation, resulting in a loss of lift. Poor Control Feel When the aircraft approaches a stall, the boundary layer separates from the wing. Be careful because retracting the flaps causes the center of the lift to move forward. What Is a Power-on Stall? Buffeting is like flying in rough, choppy air.

Stability

Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift