Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Like so much of aviation, there are several ways to skin this descent cat. Planning the Descent So, when is a good time to start planning the descent ?

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Even though synthetic vision might help me perform an emergency descent to a valley that might not be cloud filled, that’s pretty sketchy as a risk-mitigation strategy. It wasn’t a big deal, but after a long week at EAA AirVenture and a long day in the airplane, the detour wasn’t appreciated. I broke down and used airline miles.

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Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The question came up on a group on social media where a student was asking the community how to perform the Emergency Descent maneuver (PA.IX.A). Establish and maintain the appropriate airspeed and configuration appropriate to the scenario specified by the evaluator and as covered in POH/AFM for the emergency descent. PA.IX.A.S4

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

Whats exciting is that the airline recently started taking delivery of 787s , representing a new era for the carrier. The roughly five-year-old Dreamliner was intended for Chinas Hainan Airlines, then flew for Vietnams Bamboo Airways, and then it was transfered to Austrian. Austrian is one of the few airlines to have inflight chefs.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For others, flying on a commercial airliner may be a once-a-year event when heading off on vacation. In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The long journey from home on the East Coast was a long one indeed—almost nine hours of airliner travel in a nondirect way from Boston via Atlanta on a memorable 757-200 for me. Real: Nancy Lake in Willow, Alaska, was a perfect location to combine our real adventures of swimming and boating at a rental home.

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

On the 11th of March, the NTSB released an aviation investigation preliminary report on the mid-air collision between PSA Airlines flight 5342 and a Sikorsky UH60L US Army helicopter. A CRJ700 operating as passenger flight PSA Airlines 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was inbound to Washington National Airport. Really a tragic event.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 6, 2025

Cathay Pacifics Aria Suite is a heavily customized version of the cutting edge Collins Aerospace Elements seat ( Starlux Airlines was the launch customer for this seat), designed in partnership with JPA Design. As is common on many airlines, the door doesnt close all the way, but rather theres still a gap.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 23, 2025

Firstly, adopting airline procedures can be beneficial even for general aviation pilots. Having a structured approach to your descent and landing procedures is another helpful strategy. One common practice is to verbally confirm your speed before extending or retracting the landing gear.

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Aviation Bussiness News

AUGUST 21, 2024

This directive comes after a March incident where a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 experienced a sudden mid-air descent, resulting in injuries to more than 50 passengers. ” Among the most impacted airlines are All Nippon Airways and Qatar Airways, alongside Hainan Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 24, 2025

I dont think theres an airline with better stocked amenity kits than Emirates. Ordinarily, the airline only offers these on flights of over nine hours. However, since this is a fifth freedom flight that continues to Dubai, the airline offers them to all passengers on this sector, which is a nice touch.

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AV Web

JULY 21, 2024

It had a new smell but not an entirely new airplane fragrance, if you catch my drift. We spent the day with old airline friends at a beach restaurant, drinking non-alcoholic beverages and eating a parade of appetizers. He had spent his airline career carrying packages around the globe, mostly at night.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you dream of flying small airplanes on weekends or piloting commercial airliners with hundreds of passengers, you need certain pilot licenses to reach your aviation goals. If you want to take your friends and family flying or become an airline pilot, start your aviation journey with this license. Minimum Age: 17 years.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Its almost unthinkable in an airliner, and surely tensions were high in the flight deck. Ive been in airplanes since I was born, Drdano said in an interview. After proving his flying ability with a single eye, he would go on to be hired by TACA Airlines. Both engines were out. A double flameout is unthinkable.

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Cranky Flier

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We began our descent as we approached the airport. After passing by Meersburg Castle, it was time to come back. That’s when we had a little fun. The flight deck is wide open for everyone in the cabin, and well, the view is pretty good up front. You can see the other Zeppelin on the left in this photo: But wait, what was this?

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

Is it to perfect the maneuver for the next check ride, learn how to recover the airplane after an inadvertent stall, or just avoid the whole thing in the first place? Initial Buffet How do you train for stall avoidance in an airplane that you should not stall? When it’s airplane versus the ground, the ground always wins.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 9, 2024

From now on, the airline will wrap up cabin services on all medium and long-haul routes 40 minutes before landing, 20 minutes earlier than previously. This service procedure change will allow inflight services to end before the airplane begins its descent to land.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 24, 2025

Theres simply not another airline in the world that puts even remotely as much effort into the ground experience, whether at the carriers Charles de Gaulle hub, or an outstation. So the airline is priced at the top of the market, but it seems that strategy is working. Whats different, though, is how the airline handles the process.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Aerodynamic Differences Fixed-Wing Aircraft (Airplanes) Airplanes , or fixed-wing aircraft, generate lift through their stationary wings as they move forward. Control Mechanisms Airplane Controls In airplanes, pilots manage flight using three primary controls: the ailerons, elevator, and rudder.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Better to explain an unplanned go-around than to write a big check for a banged-up airplane, or worse.

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting Aeromexico offers some amazing product on a global scale, but within North America, I think it’s a cut above what you’ll get on US carriers, and I’d gladly fly with the airline again. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before on another airline, though maybe I just haven’t been paying attention.

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Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This regimented approach can be beneficial for students pursuing aviation as a full-time career, as it is often designed to meet airline and professional pilot training standards. For a deeper understanding of stall behavior and recovery techniques, the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook provides an excellent resource.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

There are numerous jobs in aviation besides just airline pilot. Career opportunities include business aviation pilot, flight instructing, cargo airlines, military flying, law enforcement and many more. You can set your own schedule, use airports that airlines don’t serve and leave the hassles of security lines behind.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

If you are pursuing a certificate to fly an airplane, you will need to have it before you are allowed to solo. You won’t be in a classroom or airplane all day. Your first lesson will likely be heading out to the local practice area (your instructor knows where that is) to learn how to do climbs, turns, and descents.

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Northstar VFR

AUGUST 11, 2024

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI When I began flight training, I had no intention of flying for the airlines or becoming a flight instructor. There are phases of flight when it’s critical that you know how to handle the airplane at slower speeds. When an airplane exceeds its critical angle of attack, an aerodynamic stall happens.

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Northstar VFR

JANUARY 21, 2024

You’ve been hired by a major airline and you can finally walk through the terminal at the airport in your flight uniform! While both absolutely have their pros and cons, I figured I would share what a recent trip for a major airline was like. You get assigned a block time of day during which the airline can call you in.

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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. Turboprop-powered airplanes are generally slower and don’t fly as high as turbofan-powered airplanes but are often just as advanced.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Airbus FlySmart Airbus offers a collection of apps for pilots to assistwith performance planning, maintenance and other operational guidance when flying these airplanes. Bombardier Aerospace This collection of apps provides eLearning, operating procedures and maintenance utilities for operators of Bombardier jet airplanes.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 23, 2024

The single center seats (known as extra space seats) are unique, unlike anything else you’ll find on another airline. They’re sort of like “throne” seats on other airlines, except with an unbelievable amount of space. The airline used to offer nuts at this point, but now serves nuts after takeoff, so I appreciate this change.

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ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

I had arranged with the airport police that we could pass by there from 05:30L onwards (after having done the GenDec ), and we had prepared most of the airplane upfront, including fuel. We immediately spotted a small Grumman Cheetah airplane with two people onboard: they were staring up to also fly to Reykjavik on their way to Oshkosh !

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Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Even as airline pilots we are not immune to making mistakes and errors. She holds a pilot license in 4 different countries (USA, Canada, Belize and Iceland – EASA) and has flown over 150 different types of airplanes in 25 different countries including oceanic crossings in small aircraft.

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Get the watch app here. FlightRadar24 Turn your Apple Watch into an air traffic radar and see a listing of nearby airplanes, including relative location, flight details and position on the map. When on the go, you can use the GPS feature to find the nearest weather station image.

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Ask the Pilot

MARCH 27, 2024

And it wasn’t a gradual or tapered descent; this was straight down, a sheer vertical drop. Maybe it’s ironic, meanwhile, to hear an airline pilot going on about views from the ground rather than those from aloft. As regular flyers know, airplane scenery tends to be muted and indistinct. Was it Otavalo, maybe?

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 28, 2024

For the final segment, I flew Japan Airlines Airbus A350-1000 business class on the 11hr40min flight from Tokyo (HND) to New York (JFK). Japan Airlines is the launch customer for the Safran Unity seat, and suffice it to say that were in for a treat, as more airlines introduce this product.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I had an easy out available to me: a descent of 1000 feet would bring me out of the clouds with plenty of altitude to spare above the terrain. When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane.

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Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But the movement to reduced crew operations (RCOs) is gaining strength, pushed by national private ATC companies and by some airlines. An airline with several aircraft types will therefore probably also need several aircraft type ground stations, much like there are training simulators for each type of aircraft today.

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AV Web

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

ERIDS is basically the Google for controllers who need to find strange airline callsigns, aircraft types, fixes, charts, airspace, and thank God, ATC procedures. Cool as a cucumber he turned overflights away from arrivals, issued holding instructions, descents, etc. Even then, its only been in simulation training. Thats the job.

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