Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Have you ever thought about landing an airplane without using flaps? Think about these scenarios: maybe the flaps stop working, or youre flying an older airplane that doesnt even have them. The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. Increased stopping distance.

Pilot

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Catalina Island does not have night operations and the table-top runway is unlit. The Baron crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 22, descending rapidly from just 75 feet above ground level. ” Catalina Airport is a table-top runway at 1,601 feet above mean sea level. miles (965 metres) west of the end of the runway.

Runway

Cranky Flier

APRIL 22, 2025

It’s an airline with an airplane and it gets you places. We pushed back a couple minutes early and made our way to the runway. But then, a few minutes before our descent, the show began. I walked off the airplane, went to my car, and headed home. I quickly decided that was a bad idea. ” Uh huh.

Descent

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

However, as Epic CEO Doug King told FLYING , the airplane was originally designed to be a big-engine, high-performance machine, unlike many manufacturers that start small and progressively add power. We note that the airplane we flew, the first AX off the line, equipped with nearly every option, had a useful load of 2,918 pounds.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

I fully expected the gauge to fix itself before we landed because that is what old airplanes frequently do (this airframe was about 42 years young). ForeFlight indicated we could reach there with a 900 fpm descent rate. Time for that full disclosure stuff… I am a CFI in airplanes and gliders, and actively teach in gliders.

Knot

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 ?

Descent

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Flying a single engine airplane, under IFR, in the clouds, in a non-radar environment and without an autopilot, adds a great deal to the pilots work load. With three airplanes, we departed Springfield for Fairfield, Iowa to compete in an NIFA competition against five other schools. This was the situation on Friday, December 1, 1972.

VOR

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. Lateral guidance tells you to go left or right to align yourself with the runway. Heres how you decide: If you can see the runway (or certain lights or markers for the runway) when you reach the DH, you can keep going and land.

Approach

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

These alerts include runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, airspace and TFRs, carbon monoxide and more. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. AGL, the descent rate is between 3000 ft. per minute. When at 2,500 ft.

AGL

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2025

Flaps are movable surfaces on the trailing edge of an airplanes wings that can be extended downward to change the shape of the wing during flight. When deployed, they increase the wings lift and drag, allowing the airplane to fly safely at slower speeds. At the same time, flaps create extra drag, which helps slow the airplane down.

Camber

Ask a Flight Instructor

JANUARY 26, 2025

I typically arrive over the airfield/intended landing point 3,000 AGL then fly a 360 degree steep descent to a short final. I believe the civilian equivalent is the 360 degree power-off landing once required of commercial pilot candidates, and described in previous editions of the Airplane Flying Handbook. left descending spiral, 3.

AGL

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 23, 2025

Inbound from the south, the single-engine, retractable-gear Beechcraft entered an uneventful downwind leg for Runway 26. Moments later, the airplane crashed. The Bonanza lay crumpled up in an empty lot just 2,400 feet from the approach end of the runway. The plane is angled toward the runway but considerably off track.

True Airspeed

Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

The most useless things in aviation are altitude above you, runway behind you, and fuel left on the ground." Multiple student pilots were orbiting in a right-handed pattern north of the airport for touch and go's on runway 27R. Two(ish) mile final for runway 27L at Oakland County International. Aviate, navigate, communicate." "The

OAT

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

From basic turns to emergency descents, every maneuver shapes how a student reacts under pressure and handles real-world flying. Turns: Students practice shallow, medium, and steep turns to develop a feel for how the airplane behaves when banking. Proper pitch, power management, and alignment with the runway are emphasized.

Pilot

Cranky Flier

APRIL 29, 2025

But these are older airplanes that aren’t the most reliable. I had been tracking the airplane — a sprightly 1998 build — and it was doing a turn to Tahiti, a route which has now been canceled, before picking us up. Delta has made the lavs really nice on these old airplanes.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Piper PA-28-180 Riverside, California/Injuries: 1 Minor NTSB Report: WPR23LA156 The pilot completed the airplane’s engine run-up and carburetor heat function checks with no anomalies noted. He then taxied to the runway and experienced an extended ground delay with the engine running at idle engine power settings.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

The areas marked red on the VSI show climb or descent rates that can put you on a collision course. Green markings show the climb or safe climb, or descent rates. If TCAS commands “ Increase climb ” or “ Increase descent, ” it means the initial response wasn’t enough and a steeper change is needed. This is by design.

Transponder

Photographic Logbook

MAY 26, 2025

Despite being charted as an airport with an unimproved surface (the open circle in the above chart), runway 17-35 at Re-Dun is actually paved. However, the runway is not much wider than the 10 foot wheelbase of a Cherokee. Obviously, such a narrow runway is a novel feature of the airport. He's cleared the runway."

Runway

Professional Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

PRESS RELEASE D aher Aircraft’s turboprop-powered TBM airplane family marked a new milestone with today’s delivery of the 600th aircraft in the TBM 900-series, which was provided to its customer at the Paris Air Show. The global TBM fleet has logged more than 2.6 million flight hours in service around the world.

Airplanes

Fear of Landing

JUNE 27, 2025

Near Miss at Midway Flight paths for SWA2504 (orange) and ground path for LXJ560 (blue) showing The NTSB has released the preliminary report on the runway incursion which caused Southwest Airlines 2504 to perform a last-minute go-around. They will be livestreamed on the NTSB YouTube channel. seconds before touchdown.

Descent

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The descent profile. Airport information, such as the length of the runway and the approach lighting pattern. FAA charts also add an airport diagram section showing the runway layout and lighting information. Airport/Runway Information Box This section first provides basic information about the approach. Approach minima.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

View pushing back Vienna Airport View taxiing Vienna Airport We had a very short taxi to runway 16, where wed be departing from, and we rocketed off at 10:45AM. About 10 minutes later, the seatbelt sign was turned on, and we started our gradual descent for Washington.

Approach

Cranky Flier

JULY 31, 2025

I’ve already told you about my big, fancy jet flights on Alaska , but if you need a runway, you aren’t doing real flying. We got over to Orcas Island in no time and did a spiraling descent before landing pretty far away from the dock once again. Soon enough, two airplanes came in rapid succession.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

This means buying the airplane right so there’s money—lots of it— left in the budget for major panel upgrades. Still, the market for avionics systems for turbine airplanes is dominated by Garmin, which earns regulatory approval at impressive rates. Now everything has gone to LCD,” Brown said. Fusion includes three 14.1-inch

Flight Deck

Flight Training Central

MAY 13, 2025

Apply carb heat if applicable, establish a descent airspeed (defer setting flaps until the base leg). Reduce your power, and set flaps to full to establish a maximum descent rate. Apply carb heat if applicable, reduce your power, set the flaps to their first setting, and establish your descent airspeed of 1.4

Approach

One Mile at a Time

MAY 18, 2025

Im a terrible airplane sleeper, so my intent was to just stay up on the flight working on my laptop, and then to nap after getting home, and thats exactly what I did. It was quite a long taxi out to runway 7L, on the opposite side of the field. A moment later, the safety video was screened. As expected, we touched down at 5:35AM.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 24, 2025

At 11PM we started our quick taxi, and by 11:15PM we were cleared for takeoff on runway 22R. Its not often you can get a dirty martini on an airplane, though thats absolutely possible at the Emirates A380 bar. Ive gotta say, it was a filling breakfast, and the omelet was quite a bit better than most airplane omelets that Ive had.

Jet

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The controller cleared the pilot for the approach, and when the airplane was about 10 miles northeast of the NESTY, an initial approach fix (IAF), the controller asked the pilot if he was going to “make your descent” and asked if he would like vectors to the south. The airplane crossed PALOS, located 2.9

Knot

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 6, 2025

Then at 5:50PM we began our taxi, and within 15 minutes, we were cleared for takeoff on runway 27L. Cathay Pacific 777 Aria Suite business class map Cathay Pacific 777 Aria Suite business class map Im a horrible airplane sleeper, so the fact that I got roughly six hours of sleep is a testament to how comfortable the bed is.

Airlines

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In addition to learning about the aircraft itself, you will also review airport procedures, runway markings, and basic safety guidelines. For a deeper understanding of stall behavior and recovery techniques, the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook provides an excellent resource.

Aileron

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Application of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation When we talk about airplanes, we focus primarily on two forces: Lift (how the aircraft stays aloft). So, an airplane with a propeller or jet doesnt need to push on stationary air molecules in the atmosphere; it simply grabs and throws whichever air molecules are available backward.

Torque

Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

The crew was able to descend to runway 25L when the rate of descent increased to 4,000 feet per minute. The airplane first struck the ground at a speed of 250 knots about four kilometers short of runway 25L, before bouncing for three seconds and then crashing 500 meters further in a rice paddy field.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 28, 2025

He fretted about where to taxi the airplane at his home airport, which had a few taxiways that seemed to collect dirt and rocks. He gritted his teeth when other airplanes pulled out of transient parking without thinking about prop wash. We departed his home field on the 5,000-foot runway. I could see him unraveling.

Knot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. If you dont act immediately, you could be forced into an uncontrollable descent before you even reach the runway.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

Thats why, for a passenger, phugoid motion feels like a series of slow climbs and descents instead of pitching up and down. The Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) will show a cycle of shallow climbs and descents. Meanwhile, the Airspeed Indicator moves the opposite way: decreasing during the climbs and increasing during descents.

Stability

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 24, 2025

We taxied for around 10 minutes, and then had a roughly five minute wait at the departure runway. In the end, we were cleared for takeoff at 8:20PM, from runway 8R. At 9:50AM we began our descent, and 15 minutes later, the seatbelt sign was turned on. At 7:55PM we began our pushback, and 10 minutes after that, we began our taxi.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

The pilot said he refueled the airplane the day before the accident and checked the fuel level during his preflight inspection the following morning. The postaccident examination of the airplane was compromised by the saltwater damage to the engine. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.

Density Altitude