One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1 degrees to the right, and a rate of descent of 1,110 feet per minute The plane touched down at a bank angle of 7.5 These details should be revealed in subsequent reports.

Descent 87

Descent Threshold Knot Indicated Airspeed 87

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

At that point you have to see either the red terminating row of lights in the Approach Lighting System or any one of the other nine runway environment items if you want to continue the descent. Unless you are a glider tow pilot most folks would agree that a 2000 fpm descent is not normal for landing. But how about 1000? Is that normal?

Approach 94

Approach Runway Threshold True Airspeed 94

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

This particular 172 normally cruised at 120 mph indicated airspeed, but with the ice it would barely do 90 mph and that required full throttle! A few minutes later, we heard the center controller clear a Trans Missouri Airlines commuter plane for the VOR Runway 30 approach to Jefferson City. What had happened? I didnt know.

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

After the military, he joined Hughes Airwest as an airline pilot and settled down with his wife and baby in Boulder City. The airline merged with Republic, then Northwest, and finally Delta. Airspeed reached 248 kias, well over the never exceed VNE of 200 kias. The pilot learned to fly in the U.S.

True Airspeed 93

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 93

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

After the military, he joined Hughes Airwest as an airline pilot and settled down with his wife and baby in Boulder City. The airline merged with Republic, then Northwest, and finally Delta. Airspeed reached 248 kias, well over the never exceed VNE of 200 kias. The pilot learned to fly in the U.S.

True Airspeed 92

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 92

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Naturally, my first officer and I got a good laugh from this as our 757 was cruising along effortlessly at about 300 knots indicated airspeed, and was not yawing towards the supposedly dead engine. We were nearing the LAX airport at 18,000 feet and starting to get busy with the descent into SAN.

Indicated Airspeed 98

Indicated Airspeed Air Traffic Control Airplanes Descent 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

To get the extra lift required for the turns, I had to dive to get extra airspeed so that the plane could turn at that same AOA. This meant that I could land normally on the runway, not overshoot, and did not need to be concerned with the airliners on the crossing runway.

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98