Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude.

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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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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

Singapore Airlines A350-900 9V-SJI doing it's flight test before delivery to the airline (Photo: Dn280) I am quite fortunate to have gotten this aircraft as my ride back to Singapore because this is not only the newest A350-900 in the fleet, it is also the last A350 on order for the airline.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Welcome to my trip report on Japan Airlines 2024 edition! This is Japan Airlines A350-900 (JA15XJ) in the oneworld special livery being prepared for departure to Osaka at Okinawa Airport. I flew with this airline's 767 before (JA604J and JA607J) on the SIN-KUL-SIN many years ago so it wasn't necessary for me to fly on this bird.

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Airlines Airline Cabin Crew Descent 59

One Mile at a Time

MAY 25, 2025

On the plus side, the airline offers reasonably comfortable reverse herringbone seats with good bedding, the crew was friendly enough, and the food was edible. Id fly Avianca again if the airline had by far the best pricing or schedule, but otherwise, Id generally prefer a different airline.

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Runway Approach Descent Airline 76

Aerotime

DECEMBER 30, 2024

First, there was a shocking runway collision in Tokyo on the second day of the year. Japan Airlines flight 516 was landing at Haneda Airport (HND) when the Airbus A350-900 collided with a Japan Coast Guard DHC Dash 8 that was already on the runway. Watch the footage captured by one of the passengers. JetBlues $3.8

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 7, 2025

TACA flight 110, 24 May 1988 TACA (Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos) was El Salvadors national airline. It had a complicated history, starting in 1930s Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a cargo airline. An Instructor Pilot, Arturo Soley, was also on the flight deck, to monitor the performance of this new plane for the airline.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 17, 2025

Initially I was thinking of one of the budget airlines based in either Gatwick or Luton Airport but because London City Airport was closer to my accommodation and the lure to fly on the Airbus A220-100 once again was too much for me, I decided to fly with ITA Airways to Milan (LIN) in the morning and back in the evening.

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Runway Weather Cabin Crew Airline 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 3, 2025

The airport layout of CDG airport This airport consists of 4 runways, (08L/26R, 08R/26L, 09L/27R and 09R/27L) and was opened in March 1974. For Air France, this is the primary airport for both regional and international flights and is popular with international airlines from all continents.

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Runway Weather Narrow-Body Aircraft Descent 59

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

If youre visualizing tossing and turning, such as caused by turbulence, stop. Airliners may take a couple of minutes for a single oscillation. Turbulence or gusts: Bumps from wind gusts or turbulence give an initial disturbance in pitch that induces phugoid. Thats completely different. Phugoid motion is very gradual.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

On the 3rd of March 2023, a passenger in a private jet died after severe injuries in the cabin, which were originally reported as caused by severe turbulence. Incidents of severe turbulence are becoming more common, often leading to injury. The captain slowed the aircraft from 104 knots and exited the runway onto a taxiway.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

JULY 15, 2025

07:49:12 ATC queried if the aircraft required full length of the runway. The aircraft confirmed requirement of full length of RUNWAY 23. 08:03:45 The aircraft was instructed to line up on the Runway 23. 08:07:33 The aircraft was cleared for Take-Off from Runway 23, Wind 240°/06 Kts. 07:43:13 ATC approved pushback.

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UTC Pilot Cockpit Runway 86

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 23, 2025

There wasn't a lot of options for me as the likes of Starflyer and Fuji Dream Airlines do not fly on this route so in the end I decided to stick with Air Do and the 767-300ER and taking a risk of flying back on the same aircraft. Currently, this airport host both domestic and international flights and have 4 runways in operation.

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Turbulence Cabin Crew Final Approach Runway 59

One Mile at a Time

JULY 7, 2025

For one, it would be my first flight on the brand new Airbus A321XLR, which is a plane that will become increasingly important for airlines in the coming years. Perhaps the highlight of the flight was the efficient and friendly service, as the lead flight attendant on this flight could teach those at many other airlines a thing or two.

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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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Airlines Airline Tail Approach 120

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Introduction Okinawa was one of the cities I like to visit especially after hearing a lot of positive reviews from my friends so after much consideration, I decided to make it my first stop and looking at the list of airlines, I decided on Peach. Overall I thought the airline did a good job in designing the mobile app and website.

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Turbulence Weather Cabin Crew Final Approach 59

Aerotime

APRIL 15, 2025

Cecelia Cichan Four-year-old Cecelia Cichan from Tempe, Arizona, was travelling with her mother, father and six-year-old brother on Northwest Airlines Flight 255 on August 16, 1987, when the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (1987). Sole Survivors: Cecelia Cichan, Age 4.

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Turbulence Runway Approach Airline 248

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 9, 2025

Photo: Alpha 380) Introduction I have always wanted to fly with this airline to compare with Scoot, however I wasn't able to find any suitable routes until this time which I was quite fortunate to come across the 5th freedom flights between Taipei Taoyuan and Osaka Kansai Airport.

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Weather Runway Turbulence Airline 71

One Mile at a Time

JULY 18, 2025

For one, it would only be my second flight on the brand new Airbus A321XLR, which is a plane that will become increasingly important for airlines in the coming years. View taxiing Iberia Airbus A321XLR I loved the views of planes on the way to the runway, like of the Wamos Air A330, World2Fly A350, and Boliviana de Aviacion A330 (SWOON!).

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Approach Clearance Runway Jet 90

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, there can be little doubt that, over the course of the year, airline safety has continued to reach new levels, with fewer accidents, fewer aircraft being written off, and fewer fatalities. This list is not exhaustive, however. KITTIKUN YOKSAP / Shutterstock After touching down, the A350 struck the DHC-8.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

APRIL 18, 2025

I had a lot of fond memories such as flying on New Year's Day and also flying on one of my favourite airlines on my birthday. In this flight review, I would list down my thoughts and summary of each airline and the flight experience with them, similar to my previous flight reviews. Hope you find the information useful.

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AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Student pilots get a free pass, because theyre adorable skittering off runways in Loss of Directional Control (LODC) events that vex the best among us. Airlines of all flags have shared woes recently. Business aircraft operate like quasi-airlines, blazing creative trails to folly. Sorta the Wrong Runway?

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 7, 2025

This route also means I would get to fly through Russian airspace which many airlines excluding the Chinese airlines are avoiding and that is an advantage for the Chinese airlines as they are able to charge the tickets at lower fare while flying directly from China to Europe and vice versa but it can't be said the same for the European airlines.

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Turbulence Cabin Crew Weather Runway 59

One Mile at a Time

JULY 12, 2025

View pushing back Dublin Airport Aer Lingus A320 At 6:35AM, we began our taxi out to runway 10R, which was quite a distance from the terminal, and required crossing another set of runways. Personally, I’d rather fly an airline with an intra-Europe business class product, given the option.

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Approach Final Approach Runway Descent 78

Aerotime

JUNE 13, 2025

Cecelia Cichan Four-year-old Cecelia Cichan from Tempe, Arizona, was travelling with her mother, father and six-year-old brother on Northwest Airlines Flight 255 on August 16, 1987, when the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (1987). Deaths 156. My mother was very nervous.

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Turbulence Runway Approach Airline 185

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A Turkish Airlines flight en route from Istanbul to Taipei in Taiwan encountered severe turbulence shortly before it landed at Taipei. The flight, operated by Boeing 777-300ER registered TC-JJE, was carrying 214 passengers and 17 crew at the time of the turbulence event.

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Turbulence Approach Airlines Airline 301

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 22, 2024

ForeFlight introduces crowdsourced turbulence reports iPad Pilot News Sentry and Sentry Plus models include an AHRS that can be used to record turbulence. adds an optional Reported Turbulence layer on the Maps page, but it’s not your typical FAA weather forecast. Version 16.4 There are a lot more reports.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Modern commercial airliners have complicated cabin air conditioning systems , as well as other electrical cabling and pipework that keep all the systems on the aircraft functioning. EQRoy / Shutterstock This is a regular source of passenger frustration on certain airlines. All of this hardware needs to be accommodated somewhere.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

This airline is operating a massive fleet of over 550 aircraft (July 2024) excluding the wet lease aircraft of 2 Turkish Airlines's Boeing 777-300ER and damp lease of 6 Qatar Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. This is Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300ER painted in Indigo's livery. Welcome to my trip report on Indigo!

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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. Some pilots soar like eagles to a smooth touchdown, and others settle to the runway like wounded turkeys.

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Stability Approach Runway Pilot 82

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 28, 2024

Welcome to my 2nd flight review on Aegean Airlines! Introduction There are 2 airlines operating on ATH-SKG route and since there is not much of a choice, I decided to fly Aegean Airlines once again, this time flying on the Airbus A320ceo version. Economy Class cabin This cabin product is older than the airline's A320neo's.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

SID (Intl, Amílcar Cabral, Cape Verde) offers a long runway and is a good technical stop on this route. As there is so much traffic, the NAT-OTS has been established in order to offer optimum tracks for most traffic, which means passenger airline traffic. TER is a mixed civil military airport, and has the longest runway.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

SID (Intl, Amílcar Cabral, Cape Verde) offers a long runway and is a good technical stop on this route. As there is so much traffic, the NAT-OTS has been established in order to offer optimum tracks for most traffic, which means passenger airline traffic. TER is a mixed civil military airport, and has the longest runway.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Welcome to my trip report on Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8! Checking the aircraft type on this route, most of the flights were operated by 737 MAX 8 and I knew I had to fly on Singapore Airlines' aircraft to compare the difference between the 737-800 and this aircraft model. Could it be a typo? Anyone has any idea?

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

My ride: SX-NEC in the airline's new livery Introduction Flying with Aegean Airlines has been in my mind for a while and when the chance presented itself, I decided to go for it. However I would be flying Economy Class so will I be impressed with the airline? Welcome to my 2024 New Year trip report! Read on to find out.

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Airlines Airline Weather Turbulence 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Innsbruck is one of the most beautiful and spectacular places on earth with an airport that can support a variety of airline equipment up to a small widebody such as the Boeing 767-300ER. On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls.

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AV Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jeremiah FELIX is a pilot for a Canadian airline with concerns about the apparent move toward single-pilot airline operations. From early autopilots introduced in the 1920s to the advanced Flight Management System and fly-by-wire technology used in modern airliners, these innovations have revolutionized aircraft operations.

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