Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

It was common practice for tower controllers to monitor the area control centre enroute frequency. It was a winter night shift in a Western Ontario air traffic control tower. One controller on duty was the norm on most snowy nights when most of the flying activities had ended for the day.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 14, 2024

As WFC President, he humbly suggested that I could legitimately use the callsign "Williamson One" with air traffic control. Final approach, runway 28, Block Island State Airport. At one point, I suggested that the cloud in front of us looked like some kind of sleek, twin tailed fighter jet. "I

Runway 95

Runway Weather Airplanes Approach 95

One Mile at a Time

MAY 14, 2025

Turkish Airbus jet has tail strike during go around This incident happened on Sunday, May 11, 2025, and involves Turkish Airlines flight TK1771, which was operating the 926-mile flight from Istanbul (IST) to Prague (PRG). TC-LSL), reportedly experienced a tail strike during landing at Prague Airport.

Tail 78

Tail Air Traffic Control Runway Airline 78

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Normally, when approaching a non-towered airport like Williamson Sodus, air traffic control will instruct the inbound aircraft to "squawk VFR" (i.e., I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh, When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground. Welcome to College Park!"

Transponder 52

Transponder Clearance Approach General Aviation 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

Runway 301

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 301

Jetwhine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Rob __ In June 2023, the FAA published a 167-page document outlining the agencys desire to replace dozens of 40-year-old airport control towers with new environmentally friendly brick-and-mortar structures. Using HD cameras, controllers can zoom in on any given point within the cameras range, say an aircraft on final approach.

Air Traffic Control 63

Air Traffic Control Runway Final Approach Approach 63

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

Approach 105

Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105