Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

Soon, the Hellcat weighing over 12,500 lbs began to sink rapidly, and Thomas could not escape the cockpit until the aircraft was underwater, likely when the water pressure holding his canopy shut equalized with the water in the cockpit. We hovered over the plane and could look directly into the open cockpit. ” U.S.

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iPad Pilot News

APRIL 22, 2025

The Navigator iPad Case with Heat Sink , available from Sportys, combines rugged protection, flight deck versatility, and smart thermal management into one streamlined packagemaking it an excellent addition to any pilots flight bag.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot Approach 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

A few months ago, I completed a set of upgrades to my home flight simulator cockpit that I chronicled in FLYING issues 952 and 953 titled Build Your Best Sim (Parts 1 and 2). Together we reviewed the approach plate, with my instructor highlighting important details on screen.

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Cockpit Pilot Air Traffic Control Approach 79

Aviation Bussiness News

JUNE 16, 2025

SmartRunway and SmartLanding provide pilots with aural and visual alerts during taxi, take-off, and landing, helping prevent unstable approaches and potential runway incidents. The system issues warnings if an aircraft is moving too fast, flying too high on approach, or aligning with the incorrect runway.

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Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

1] NASA provides this excellent but unavoidably long definition: At NASA, systems engineering is defined as a methodical, multi-disciplinary approach for the design, realization, technical management, operations, and retirement of a system. An historical antecedent is the concept of the unstable approach.

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Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 90

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew. Be sure to keep a good look out for it.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 271

iPad Pilot News

MAY 30, 2025

Product Report: Flight Gear Executive KneeboardA Sleek Upgrade for the Modern Cockpit iPad Pilot News If your old kneeboard feels more like a clunky clipboard than a cockpit companion, it might be time for an upgrade. But it’s more than just eye-catchingits also highly functional. from Sportys.com.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Turbulence Clearance 52

Adventures of Cap'n Aux

MAY 21, 2025

On my most recent flight, a passenger, Andrew, approached me and asked, “Hey, do you do videos?” Note: if a question in the collage below appears fuzzy, click on it, and it will pop up for proper viewing. For more on this accident, please see my previous blog post , Recent Tragedies in US Airspace. Blog Buddies.THANK YOU!!!

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Pilot Cockpit Airlines Airline 102

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These inspectors are free to observe simulator operations or line flights carrying passengers. In the early 90’s, I was the Captain in command of a scheduled passenger flight on a TWA Lockheed L-1011 en route to Chicago O’Hare Airport (KORD). Our passenger flight was getting a checkride from the FAA. Well guess what?

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Checkride Approach Descent Cockpit 98

Pilot's Life Blog

MAY 6, 2025

When starting flight training, one of your first big decisions is glass cockpit vs steam gauges. At Leopard Aviation, we train students on modern Cessna 172S aircraft with Garmin G1000 glass cockpits. If you’re just beginning your aviation journey, the cockpit you train in matters.

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Cockpit Pilot Approach Flight Deck 52

Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

My phone chime woke me up from a deep sleep hours later and I headed back to the cockpit to relieve the Captain so he could get some well deserved sleep. As I walked up the darkened aisle toward the flight deck, I noticed several flight attendants huddled together in the mid-galley talking in hushed tones.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Approach Descent 96

AV Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The rise of automation in aviation has transformed the flight deck, enhancing safety and operational efficiency by reducing pilot workload and minimizing human error. However, as automation evolves, discussions about potentially reducing the number of pilots in the cockpit—possibly to just one—are intensifying.

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Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Approach 98

Aviation Bussiness News

MAY 8, 2025

We want the door to a flight deck career to be open to everyone who has the skills and the aptitude required, and we dont want financial hurdles to stand in their way. They will then repay this loan amount after they have completed their training and have been accepted into the SWISS cockpit crew corps.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 25, 2024

So I parked my car and started to walk around to where the offices and ramp were when someone approached me and asked if I was there for the ride?! The crew said it shouldn’t be a problem, the cockpit is very big and roomy, and he will be fine once he gets in there. I didn’t ask twice and was soon going up the steps into the cockpit!

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Pilot Cockpit Primary Flight Display Approach 105

Cranky Flier

APRIL 19, 2024

Similar to United, Alaska’s Q2 forecast is robust, with the carrier expecting to turn a strong profit as summer approaches, with its stock expected to grow between $2.20 per share, ahead of industry guesstimates of $2.12 Alaska’s Q1 revenue was $2.2

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Flight Deck Pilot Thrust Airlines 130

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For those new to aviation or those making the leap from paper charts, there comes a point when a decision is necessary on which app to use in the cockpit. When taxiing on the ground, you’ll be alerted when you approach and enter active runways, and include the runway distance remaining from your position.

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Pilot Weather Flight Plan Approach 105

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As the flight drew closer to its destination, the first officer contacted the Voepass operational dispatcher at Guarulhos to coordinate their arrival. A cabin crew member contacted the flight deck, but the first officer asked her to wait while he finished dealing with dispatch. The flight crew confirmed SANPA.

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Knot Approach Descent Weather 104

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

Most fatalities occurred during takeoff, climb, and go-around rather than the approach to landing. Let’s take a look at how the pros train, and then consider our approach to stall and spin training with a focus on prevention. However, there are some airplanes where the approach to a stall is practiced in flight.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Approach Pilot 87

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

After a short flight, Johnson entered the pattern for his first approach. Standing on the port side of the deck adjacent to the arresting wires was the Landing Signal Officer (LSO), who carefully observed Johnson’s approach. Johnson had just 388.5 hours total time, 57 of which were in Corsairs.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Oh, and did I mention, most of this complex interaction between student and instructor takes place in a cramped and noisy cockpit “classroom,” in turbulence, and in a busy air traffic environment? One unexpected benefit of this approach appeared later on in life. All great lessons to carry into an airline flight deck.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Ultra-Modern: Cirrus SR22 If what turns your head is a sophisticated aircraft with advanced avionics, comfortable cockpit, and safety features such as a whole-airframe parachute, consider the Cirrus SR22 series. On the avionics side, it is equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck.

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Knot Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck 105

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

However, when Gulfstream introduced its Honeywell-made Synthetic Vision System – Primary Flight Display to business aircraft in 2005, it was the real thing. SVS is integrated with flight instruments and primary flight displays (PFDs) to give flight data, such as heading, altitude, airspeed, and attitude.

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Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Runway 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

That’s why the fresh approach Cirrus took to its next model in the SR series makes a lot of sense. Stephen Yeates] A Beginner’s Mind When you must approach something from a fresh perspective, it helps to go into a beginner’s mindset. Having been the former kind, I’ve had trouble putting myself in the latter’s point of view.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

His team developed the concept in the late 1970s to improve “interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision-making” in aircraft flight decks. CRM has gone on to become a staple of airline and military flight training. First, I planned to fly into midsize airports equipped with both approach radar and an operating tower.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride. In the CRJ you can not hear any engines from the cockpit, making for an odd audio sensation. Also visible was green grass and flowering trees.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A home-study course is a complete flight training companion. #2 Flipping through a massive book of paper to find the right approach plate is a thing of the past. The most common iPads among Sporty’s flight crew are iPad Mini 6 and iPad Pro 11”. Before ADS-B, we spent thousands of dollars on in-flight weather.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At Leopard Aviation , we train pilots to balance comfort with responsibility, ensuring they make informed decisions in the cockpit. With expert guidance and hands-on training, we help pilots understand best practices for in-flight distractions. Airlines and flight schools may have stricter policies.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Advancements in technology and evolution in Crew Resource Management (CRM) have improved safety on the flight deck exponentially. Petitt earned her wings in an era when the pilot candidate was expected to virtually memorize the flight manual on any given plane. Flight For Justice! Karlene Petitt Like me, Ms.

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Flight Deck Pilot Cockpit Airlines 52

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Sislians deep operational expertise and hands-on approach to leadership have been pivotal in shaping Bombardiers flight operations. Customer-centric approach A key focus of Bombardiers flight operations is its dedication to customer satisfaction. And I also stay close to our suppliers.

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Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

B747-8i, B737, MD11 Contributing Writer AI-powered system could be trained to assist in the cockpit and even land the plane in extreme emergencies, such as pilot incapacitation. The flight deck has to meet certification criteria such as field of vision, ergonomic aspects, and instrumentation. By J Peter Berendsen ATP/CFI.

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Pilot Cockpit Pilot in Command Cabin Crew 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Oh, and did I mention, most of this complex interaction between student and instructor takes place in a cramped and noisy cockpit “classroom,” in turbulence, and in a busy air traffic environment? One unexpected benefit of this approach appeared later on in life. All great lessons to carry into an airline flight deck.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

Gulfstream G650 Senior contributor and Dejan Damjanovi Contributing writer Leonardo AW109 cockpit. While not a database, it is the standard for creating and transmitting flight-critical data for end-user databases. Cockpit Displays. By David Bjellos ATP/Helo. Data communications (data-comm) is the language of modern avionics.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Bush Pilot Flight Simulator Take to the skies and adventure through the wilderness, backwoods and rough terrain in 21 different airplanes in this thrilling flight simulator game. Cirrus Approach Access all your Cirrus airframe and avionics training courses in one easy-to-use mobile platform.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

VP of Aviation Tim Edmonds (L) and Chief Pilot Chad Grabau in the cockpit of the company’s Bombardier Global 6500. Bombardier’s Vision flight deck features a head-up display that shows combined vision imagery to enhance situational awareness. So I thought I could clean up the business and dive into aviation.”

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Jet Pilot Hangar Approach 52

Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

As agencies change from a wildfire-only approach to an all-hazard approach, the Dash 8-400MRE is designed with the speed, capacity and performance required for a multitude of crisis situations. Theyre all highly realistic cockpits, identical to what you would find in the actual airplanes, adds Benson.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2025

Former FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker in September reiterated a long-standing agency commitment: Two pilots must always be on the flight deck during routine commercial flight operations. Merlin is taking a similar approach. In September, it began a test campaign it believes will culminate in an STC, also for the Caravan.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airlines Airline 107

Aerotime

MAY 19, 2025

For example, evidence of an in-flight fire, or the detection of fumes or smoke in the cabin or cockpit, is likely to be dealt with as aggressively as possible by the crew. The flight crew can also escape through cockpit windows or hatches installed on the flight deck.

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Cabin Crew Flight Deck Cockpit Runway 281