Approach, Checkride and Final Approach

4 Common Private Pilot Oral Exam Questions And How To Ace Them

Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Recovery from a spin is a guaranteed subject to come up on your private pilot checkride. The nose pitches up, sometimes aggressively because of how the airplane was trimmed on final approach and all your flaps are generally still down (lots of lift there). So how do you recover from a spin? What happens next? Take your time!

Pilot

Pilot Checkride Aileron Final Approach

Demonstration Stalls

CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. There are indeed four demonstration stalls youll need to master for the CFI checkride.

Aileron

Aileron Rudder Checkride AGL

Teaching International Student Pilots

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

You then execute a 180 o descending Final Turn maintaining 175 knots to arrive wings-level one mile from the threshold on final approach at 500 AGL. At that point, you slow to the final approach speed of 155 knots, which is held until crossing the approach-end overrun where you reduce power to touch down at 130 knots.

Pilot

Pilot Knot AGL Approach

Trial by Ice

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

After all, I had just aced my checkride. The ice finally disappeared altogether as we descended into clear skies and above freezing air on our approach to Kirksville. I got out my instrument approach chart and studied the holding pattern and the VOR approach procedure. What else was there to know? How can this be?

VOR

VOR Weather Approach Runway

Demonstration Stalls

CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. There are indeed four demonstration stalls you’ll need to master for the CFI checkride.

Aileron

Aileron Rudder Checkride AGL

Why Inflight Pilot Training Is the Best Flight School in the Twin Cities

Inflight Pilot Training

JUNE 20, 2025

This proactive approach helps avoid lesson cancellations, keeps schedules intact, and significantly enhances the student experience. Flexible Training Approach: Learn Your Way No two students are alike—and that’s why Inflight offers a flexible, student-first approach to training. The result?

Pilot

Pilot Checkride Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach

Stalls in the Pattern

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. On final approach for a third landing and following a Zenith STOL 701 also on final, the accident airplane descended and appeared to be lower than the airplane ahead. How might that have happened? Subsequently, its pitch attitude increased.

Final Approach

Final Approach Airplanes Drag Crosswind

When To Go Around: 6 Scenarios Every Pilot Should Prepare For

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. As soon as the pilot realizes this, they must abort the landing and climb back to traffic pattern altitude and attempt the approach and landing again. How Do You Perform a Go-Around?

Pilot

Pilot Wind Shear Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway

The ABCs of Emergencies

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

While complete engine failures are not common, the stakes are high which is why pilots train extensively for such occurrences and why they get evaluated as part of a checkride. Choose a location that will best ensure your successful outcome ideally, a flat, open field absent obvious approach obstructions. C Checklist. E Execute.

Flight Deck

Flight Deck Approach Air Traffic Control Final Approach

7 tips for your cold weather flying

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Most modern training airplanes provide a comfortable, warm cabin up in the air, even as the temperature approaches 0° F outside. You’ll quickly learn the importance of speed control on final approach and how to make real-world use of the soft-field takeoff and landing techniques.

Weather

Weather Runway Airplanes NOTAMs

Getting started with IFR training – tips for ensuring success

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But instrument flying is also unforgiving, and requires more than just passing an FAA checkride – it requires a system of continuing education and proficiency. It also makes it easier to culminate your flights (even in VMC) with an approach. Tame the avionics – Regardless of your panel’s complexity, there is technology to be mastered.

Checkride

Checkride Flight Deck Weather Approach

How to Perform a Go-Around (The Right Way)

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

A bad approach results in a bad landing. A go-around is a maneuver performed to abort or reject a landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. Top Reasons for Go-Arounds Unstabilized Approach An aircraft must have a stabilized approach before landing. What Is a Go-Around?

Wind Shear

Wind Shear Runway Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach

Deadstick Landings: How Pilots Handle Engine-Out Emergencies

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Glide control and approach management are life-saving without engine thrust. But unlike in a normal landing, where you can fine-tune the approach with power adjustments, a deadstick landing requires precise energy management. The FAA requires pilots to practice power-off approaches to ensure they can handle real-world emergencies.

Pilot

Pilot Descent Thrust Approach

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