Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

is one of the simplest and best known federal aviation regulations, and it clearly defines the most essential job as a pilot: to be the boss for the entire flight. These categories apply whether youre flying a Cub on a summer evening or a business jet on an RNAV approach.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If you are an avid fan of watching the inflight moving map display and related data on your inflight entertainment screen, you may notice that, as your flight progresses, rather than descending or even staying at a fixed altitude, it may climb to a higher altitude. Hence, the flight will use less fuel at higher altitudes.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 274

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

The airport was a bustling, towered municipal field, home to a mix of small flight schools and one of the countrys largest aviation academies. Taxiing behind a line of waiting Cessnas and Pipers while a jet or two landed between an endless stream of other trainers performing touch-and-goes cemented my excitement.

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Pilot General Aviation Cockpit Air Traffic Control 100

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. They will also communicate with air traffic control about any flight safety alerts should an issue arise with the electronic flight instrument displays.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Captain Laura

OCTOBER 25, 2023

When these are not taking place, qualified and registered airline pilots, dispatchers, and air traffic controllers can ride with us. He has also put all of us pilots in precarious positions as commuters and pilots allowing jump seaters into our flight decks. No pilots talk or operate the way he did.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Cockpit 52

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What is a Turbine Airplane There is a misconception among the public that airplanes are divided between prop and jet. These are more pure jets and produce power from just the engine core. This is the common ‘jet’ engine in use today. On some airplanes computer automation will manage a large portion of the system control.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Air Traffic Control 52

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

Flightradar24 At 00:37 local time, the 747 freighter was cleared to take off from runway 33R by Riyadh air traffic controllers. However, for reasons yet to be determined, the crew of the Air Atlanta cargo plane began their takeoff roll from taxiway K. The aircraft accelerated down taxiway K, seemingly intending to take off.

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Tarmac Runway Cargo Air Traffic Control 301

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

They took 122,702 litres of Jet-Fuel A-1 at Malpensa. Then 383 passengers boarded for the flight, making for a total of 398 people on board. On the flight deck, an instructor pilot sat in the right seat and was Pilot Flying for the first leg. In the left seat was a captain-in-training who was the Pilot Monitoring.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 97

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Within seconds of starting its takeoff roll, the jet had crashed into an embankment and burst into flames. Operating the flight was Global Exec Aviation, a charter company based in Long Beach, California. On the flight deck that day were James Bland and Sarah Lemmon. Passengers Che Still and Chris Baker died on impact.

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Runway Knot Thrust Air Traffic Control 244

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

It also led to the birth of cockpit resource management (CRM); a process designed to train crews to utilize all the flight deck’s human resources effectively. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 104