Aerotime

DECEMBER 10, 2024

IntuVue RDR-4000 3D Weather Radar System is the first automatic, commercial radar to accurately depict weather in the flight path of an airplane. This receiver helps pinpoint precise airplane locations for efficient landings, especially during difficult and new runway approaches.

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Cockpit Weather Flight Plan Airplanes 290

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

Electras EL9 combines blown lift technology and hybrid-electric propulsion to land on runways as short as 150 feet (45 meters) enabling it to rival helicopter access. Celebrating the news, Electra said that the developers order pipeline is one of the largest in the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

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Payload Lift Runway Airplanes 247

AV Web

APRIL 8, 2025

I n 1997 the worst runway incursion in aviation history occurred in foggy weather on the island of Tenerife when a KLM 747 began a takeoff with a lost Pan American 747 on the runway. More recently, runway incursions remain in the news. A vehicle deviation occurs if it crosses a runway-hold marking without ATC clearance.

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Runway Clearance Approach Pilot 52

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

In a preliminary report released on June 4, 2024, the board detailed how those factors caused the three-member flight crew of a B777 airliner to mistakenly cross a runway occupied by another airplane taking off from the airport.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Clearance Airplanes 290

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. I walked off the airplane, went to my car, and headed home. I stopped to admire Hazel the Chipmunk on the tail and then went down the jet bridge. I quickly decided that was a bad idea.

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Descent Runway Airplanes Tail 230

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

AV Web

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Aviation YouTuber Trent Palmer says far too many tailwheel airplanes get wrecked in ground loops because new pilots don’t have the basic rudder and brake feel to keep them rolling straight on the runway. He’s designed a tailwheel ground simulator to help impart that essential skill without risking expensive hardware.

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Rudder Runway Airplanes Pilot 116

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.

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Airplanes Runway Descent Pilot 162

AV Web

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Navy F/A-18s based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Nevada (accompanied by a USAF F-16) came dangerously close to a Cessna 152 taking off from an intersecting runway. Some witnesses speculated that the airplane descended from 700 feet to 400 feet above ground level.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Airplanes 111

Aerotime

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The flight, operated by a Malta Air Boeing 737-800 registered 9H-OCB on behalf of parent airline Ryanair, pushed back from its gate at Brindisi and headed out to the active runway 31 at the airport. The pilots promptly shut down both engines and ordered an immediate evacuation of the airplane using the emergency escape slides.

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Cabin Crew Runway Threshold Airplanes 306

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

One of the fundamental aerodynamic concepts in aviation isleft-turning tendenciesthe natural forces that cause an airplane to yaw or roll left, particularly in a single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft. Heres the deal An aircraft doesnt always fly in a perfectly straight line, especially during takeoff and climb. How do you correct this?

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The plane took off from runway 36L at Schiphol at 14:42 local time. The flight landed safely on runway 06 at 15:02, just twenty minutes after take-off, and returned to its stand on the cargo apron. As before, the airplane taxied out to the end of runway 36L and began its second take-off run of the afternoon, becoming airborne at 18:02.

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Air Traffic Control Cargo Runway Descent 290

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It has a single runway, and taxiways and terminal space on both sides of the runway. So not only does the airport only have a single runway to work with, but you also constantly have planes needing to cross the runway. At the time, planes were landing on runway 9, into the east.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Tarmac Flight Deck 113

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 13, 2025

In FBOs and online forums, many prospective airplane owners ask other pilots for aircraft recommendations. Oftentimes, the shopper specifies that they want to be able to carry multiple, full-sized adult passengers, access relatively short runways, and fly cross-countries at a reasonably quick speed.

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Tail Airplanes General Aviation Runway 105

Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 15, 2024

I got to gate D2 just as our airplane started boarding. Hawaiian 10 September 10, 2024 From Honolulu ➤ Scheduled Departure: 755a ➤ Actual Departure: 815a, returned 838a, out again 1126a, returned 1157a, gave up ➤ From Gate: D2, returned to A12, moved to A6, returned to C3 ➤ Wheels Up: don’t care ➤ From Runway: ?? It was fast.

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Airplanes Runway Cargo Ceiling 130

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

The ILS (Instrument Landing System) uses radio signals to help pilots align the aircraft accurately on their approach to a runway. An “ILS approach” is a landing procedure using the Instrument Landing System (ILS) to guide an aircraft to the runway. Lets learn more about this system! Precision Approaches (e.g.,

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Approach Descent Runway Instrument Landing System 98

Simple Flying

APRIL 21, 2025

Active runways at airports are monitored closely to keep them clear for arriving and departing airplanes. Any movement of aircraft or ground vehicles on the runways or around them must be done with ATC permission, and breaking such protocols can result in investigation and even penalties.

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Runway Airplanes 88

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Airplane ready. I lined up on Runway 27. The longest runway at Palm Beach County Park Airport (KLNA) is 3,500 feet, plus fields and open spaces would be ahead of me. At 500 feet down the runway, the little airplane leaped into the air despite my plan to build more speed before taking off. First flight! Settle down.

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Runway Gross Weight Airplanes Crosswind 62

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

What stupid airplane antics have I recently participated in that would warrant the query? My name is Andrew, and I used to fly that airplane in the early 2000s. Its a great airplane. Both of us had neighbors who owned airplanes and took us flying when we were not yet teens. I find myself staring at the phone in disbelief.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 97

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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. One of the first items on before taxi checklists is to set the take-off flaps well before the aircraft approaches the runway.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 279

Simple Flying

MARCH 24, 2025

The length of an airport's runway can significantly affect flight operations. Airports worldwide have varying runway lengths, allowing them to safely accommodate a certain number of aircraft types.

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Runway Airplanes Pilot Airline 66

Aerotime

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In Homendy’s letter addressed to the FAA head on September 30, 2024, she said that 353 affected actuator units were delivered to Boeing starting from February 2017. “Of these 353 units, we understand that 73 have not yet been installed on airplanes. Some of these may be spares, while others may currently be on airplanes in service.

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Rudder Airplanes Runway Airline 312

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

The winds and rain caught up with the little craft as if a hand was reaching out grabbing control of the airplane. The 152 rocked and bounced in the air currents as we approached the runway. It was all I could do to keep the airplane straight. He did admit to me that you handled the airplane admirably, given the conditions.

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Airplanes Threshold Runway Knot 94

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. That flap retraction was not performed, and although the airplane made it into the air, it did not maintain sustained flight. Your airplane may be different.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Aileron 92

Aerotime

JULY 10, 2024

@NewsChannel9 obtained video showing an apparent close call between airplanes taking off Monday morning from the @SyracuseAirport.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Airplanes 290

AV Web

JANUARY 19, 2025

Iceberg says he has a chronic illness that makes him more vulnerable to the health impacts of those who “fly around in a little airplane for fun.”

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Runway Airplanes 105

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The story of this unique airplane begins in the early 1930s with Fred Weick, an engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aviation (NACA). In a crosswind, you fly an Ercoupe down the runway with whatever crab angle you need to track the centerline and let the gear figure it out upon touchdown. Thus was born the Mooney Cadet.

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Rudder Tail Crosswind Airplanes 105

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 22, 2025

Located just north of Anchorage, the lodge includes not only an airport and runways but also a series of unique “airplane houses” that offer comfortable accommodations for pilots and aviation enthusiasts. Guests could land their planes, stay in airplane-themed cabins, and participate in flight training.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Airline 97

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The airplane landed safely with all passengers, including its regal guest, being deplaned normally without further incident. Having continued the descent normally, the flight landed on runway 07 at San Jose at 16:56 local time without further incident and taxied to its parking stand where all passengers were disembarked.

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Descent Air Traffic Control Runway Airplanes 289

Air Facts

JANUARY 22, 2025

I put my things in the classroom and then went into the office to pull the airplane maintenance log and other documents. I went into the office and informed them of the out-of-date VOR check and a mechanic took the airplane up while I was doing the oral portion of the checkride to complete the VOR check.

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VOR Approach Airplanes Flight Plan 98

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Its a world-first automated takeoff system, which will see the pilots not rotating the aircraft off the runway. During the Farnborough Airshow earlier this year, Embraer introduced a new takeoff system it calls E2TS, which stands for Embraer Enhanced Takeoff System. Instead, the aircraft will do it itself.

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Airplanes Runway Pilot 111

CFI Academy

MARCH 5, 2025

As an airplane pilot, youre familiar with NOTAMs, but have you encountered a DROTAM? Unlike traditional NOTAMs that might warn of runway closures or hazards, DROTAMs focus on drone-specific operations. With drones increasingly sharing the skies, understanding DROTAMs can enhance your situational awareness and safety.

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AGL NOTAMs Runway Airplanes 99

Flight Training Central

MARCH 21, 2025

In this sample VFR Mastery Scenario, A Swift Decision , you received an extensive checkout in a Globe Swift five years ago when you bought the airplane. Some of those improvisations could turn an off-field crash into an uneventful runway landingor a disaster. Try for Runway 23, or Taxiway M, depending on the jets position.

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Runway Pilot Weather Airplanes 97

Air Facts

MARCH 14, 2025

So find an old airplane and a quiet strip and take a trip back in time. Find an old airplane and a quiet strip and take a trip back in time. As this website declares, “There is nothing as rewarding and satisfying as using an airplane to go places.” Take a kid for his or her first flight. It’s just about magic.

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Airplanes Pilot Pilot in Command Approach 98

Aerotime

AUGUST 8, 2024

The airport is looking to inaugurate a third runway which will propel annual passenger numbers traveling through the airport. Furthermore, the enhanced fuel efficiency offered by the new airplanes is being seen as a crucial part of the group’s strategy to reduce carbon emissions and help Cathay achieve its carbon net zero by 2050 goal.

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Runway Airplanes Airline Airlines 299

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

If youre flying an airplane with a short wingspan, you should do everything you can to avoid severe wake turbulence. After one aircraft lands, the tailwind pushes the vortices forward into the runways touchdown zone. This lateral movement of vortices is important to know for pilots flying into airports with parallel runways.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Cranky Flier

APRIL 7, 2025

We descended into SFO on a mostly clear day and landed on runway 28L. After a short taxi over to the gate, I hopped off the airplane and got my first look at the new B concourse in Terminal 1. It looked like you’d expect an E-175 to look. I slowly made my way back to my seat, and then I stopped. Oh man, misaligned window.

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Runway Airplanes Airline Airlines 130