Plane and Pilot

JUNE 23, 2025

Moments later, the airplane crashed. After a shallow turn from downwind, the Bonanza was positioned on base at a proper altitude and airspeed and with a constant descent rate. The Bonanza abruptly rolled to the right, briefly went wings level, then entered an uncontrolled descent to the ground. Where is the wind? Fast or slow?

True Airspeed

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

View enroute to Washington Dulles Austrian business class pre-landing snack Upon waking up, I first ordered an americano, which was served in a Julius Meinl branded mug, and was pretty great for airplane coffee. He warned of some turbulence on approach, and of strong winds at Washington Dulles, which were gusting up to 30 knots.

Approach

Pilot Institute

APRIL 23, 2025

Its set by the aircraft manufacturer based on the design and strength of the landing gear system, considering factors like aerodynamic forces and potential turbulence. Having a structured approach to your descent and landing procedures is another helpful strategy. Why is VLE so important?

Final Approach

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

These control surfaces dictate the aircraft’s roll, and this allows it to bank smoothly through turns or even recover from turbulence. Or how do modern airplanes reduce dangerous effects like aileron flutter or adverse yaw? The resulting loss of lift leads to a rapid descent by the aircraft.

Aileron

Flying Magazine

JULY 8, 2025

Sure, if all the pieces line up, such as an available instructor, a healthy airplane, the weather, your health, your aptitude, finding a place to take the knowledge test, your finances, and an available DPE when you are ready for your check ride. Could it happen? According to cFAR 61.87, it is.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

If youre visualizing tossing and turning, such as caused by turbulence, stop. Thats why, for a passenger, phugoid motion feels like a series of slow climbs and descents instead of pitching up and down. Turbulence or gusts: Bumps from wind gusts or turbulence give an initial disturbance in pitch that induces phugoid.

Stability

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Pilots should anticipate heavy rain, storms, icing, and turbulence with occluded fronts. Turbulence and Wind Changes Occluded fronts often bring strong winds and sudden wind shifts. As air masses collide, turbulence increases, especially in storms embedded along the front. What Is a Weather Front?

Pilot

One Mile at a Time

JULY 7, 2025

There wasn’t any turbulence, but the clouds in the distance were huge (and the pictures don’t really do it justice). I’m such a light airplane sleeper , and I don’t think I’ve ever slept through a service before. At that point we had already started our descent, and the crew began to prepare the cabin for landing.

Weather

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Japan Airlines business class drink list Japan Airlines business class drink list Service started a little under an hour after takeoff (this was delayed due to turbulence), with warm towels being distributed first, followed by tablecloths. Japan Airlines business class warm towel At that point drinks and canaps were offered.

Airlines

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 1, 2025

On June 1, nine people from the Williamson-Sodus Airport / Williamson Flying Club arrived in six airplanes to explore the museum. Given the terrain around Lock Haven, descent into the Susquehanna River valley in strong gusts can make for a very unpleasant ride. We had nine people flying in six airplanes.

Airplanes

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

While hover taxing on the taxiway, NTSB reports, a Cessna airplane taxied onto the same taxiway. Fixed-Wing Foibles Consider the Airbus first officer (FO) who tried to satisfy ATCs request to increase their descent (rate), so he engaged open descent mode. There, the airplane landed without further incident. Not scared?

Pilot

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. That’s what Plan B is for.

Airplanes

Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 9, 2024

Korean Air has renewed its cabin service procedures to prevent injuries from turbulence. This service procedure change will allow inflight services to end before the airplane begins its descent to land. While not attributable to turbulence, a Korean Air flight suffered a loss of cabin pressure in June.

Turbulence

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

Descent

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. Flight idle and nose down, which normally produced a 2,000-3,000-feet descent rate, resulted in a 2,000-feet-per-minute climb. We continued our descent into Great Falls, leaving “the wave” behind and above.

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. Getting an airplane to fly is easy. Depending on the wind direction and airport surroundings, you may experience some turbulence. This will reduce your workload in turbulent conditions. We also start our descent from the circuit altitude.

Airplanes

AV Web

JANUARY 8, 2025

Routing around thunderstorms or changing altitude for icing or turbulence are options I like to exercise, which require a little extra fuel for breathing room. Also see the sidebar on the opposite page for a real-world example involving the editor-in-chiefs airplane. I typically cruise the airplanes IO-520 at around 13 gph.

Payload

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.

Torque

Photographic Logbook

MAY 19, 2025

While I have done flight reviews in my airplane and demonstrated stalls, steep turns, and other basic maneuvers for various flight instructors over the years, my preference is to seek out new experiences, gain skills, learn from different instructors, and fly other aircraft types instead. "I Just Flew a Super Decathlon!" "I Photo by Don.

Rudder

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Both apps have all the features and capabilities to feel right at home in the cockpit of a student pilot learning to fly, while simultaneously meeting the needs of professional pilots flying turbine airplanes. It also activates the split-screen view and displays the emergency checklist for your airplane. in the app as well.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Our friends at the Flight Safety Foundation take the definition of a stabilized approach a bit further and specify that all briefings and checklists have been completed, sink rates are no more than 1,000 feet per minute (for jets), and only small changes in pitch, power, and heading are required to maintain the planned descent and touchdown point.

Stability

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At the airport, there was ice and snow to remove from in front of the hangar door, fuel to add to the Warrior now resting on three fully inflated tires (the left main had a new tube), and then there was the moment when I slipped on ice while pulling the airplane from the hangar and landed flat on my back. 164 airplanes.)

Runway

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

So, what kind of airplane might fill the bill?The In a feat of incredible airmanship, he immediately began an emergency descent and landed the Goblin prototype on Muroc Dry Lake in California. However, these X-planes, having consumed all their fuel, were spared the chore of reconnecting with the mothership after the flight.

Jet

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 1, 2024

Tom and Ed with their airplanes at the fuel farm at Sodus. As I watched the other aircraft make a turning descent toward the runway numbers, I wondered if the tower was going to want to call my base as a way of sequencing us. You see the other airplane, right?" I acknowledged and noted that I had the Cherokee in sight.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

As the sun began its descent, we began the final leg of what would end up being a four-hour trek. The afternoon turbulence had subsided a bit, making it easier to maintain a holding pattern over the town of Cabot, located 6 miles from the approach end of Runway 25.

Runway

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. Navigation systems are much more complex and capable.

Pilot

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

At one point, we entered a region of sufficient turbulence that I disengaged the autopilot to hand-fly. Since we lost our LPV approaches due to obstructions along the final approach course, the downgraded LNAV minimum descent altitude for the approach to runway 28 was 558 feet above the ground.

Ceiling

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

hours I had already put on the airplane since the repair increased my confidence that the issue was suitably managed. In a nod to airplane cleanliness, I shunned my preferred "everything" sub roll for a plain one that was guaranteed to shed less debris. However, the Warrior had no surprises in store for me and the 4.5

Approach

Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

The aircraft features a single-lever digital engine and propeller control, an advanced Doppler radar system that detects lightning and turbulence, electronic stability and under-speed protection, and emergency descent mode. Theyre all highly realistic cockpits, identical to what you would find in the actual airplanes, adds Benson.

Pilot

Aerotime

JULY 3, 2024

Korean Air announced that it has renewed its cabin service procedure in light of rising cases of extreme turbulence on commercial flights. Korean Air believes that the 20-minute change will allow in-flight services to end before the airplane begins its descent to land, thereby minimizing the risk of turbulence to passengers and crew members.

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

The landing minimums section includes: Minimum descent altitudes. Preflight Planning Some pilots believe an approach briefing means skimming the chart right before descent. Identify the decision altitude (DA) or minimum descent altitude (MDA) valid for your approach. Decision altitudes/heights. Minimum visibilities.

Approach

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Higher altitudes are also less prone to turbulence and have fewer birds. Turbulent air will require a larger airspeed margin. Climbs and Descents During Slow Flight It’s counterintuitive, but pitching up will not result in a climb during slow flight. Wind gusts and turbulence can also throw you off your heading.

Lift

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions, carefully selected optimum conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. An incomplete summary description of FASF is whether the airplane made it out of ground effect.

General Aviation

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 2, 2024

Environmental Factors Turbulence Severe turbulence can cause disruption to an aircraft’s flight. In some cases, the aircraft may lose control due to the severity of the turbulence. An increasing rate of descent. High rate of descent – shown on your vertical speed indicator. But the incorrect recovery.

Altimeter

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

I requested a descent from 6,000’ down to 4,000’ and was denied due to traffic. I was soon cleared to descend to 4,000’ and entered IMC during the descent while I located the approach chart to brief. I began a rapid descent from 3,000’ down to the 2,000’ for the IAF. We’re now following a Saratoga. The IAF was looming closer.

Descent

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Now, as you fight turbulence and radio for help, you must make life-or-death decisions. And they told him that other airplanes were making it through without trouble. Technological Factors in Aviation Weather Monitoring N4467D was a modern airplane. When the pilot reported severe turbulence, ATC suggested turning around.

Weather

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Thinking we could be on fire, we initiated a 7000-fpm descent. Little thought is given to the fact that a 7000-fpm descent will fog the windows. We were IMC with some moderate turbulence when, out of the blue, the prisoner jumped up between us and tried to grab hold of the captain’s gun, which was in his holster. One more thing.

Pilot