Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The faster an aircraft goes, the more lift it generates. Lift is the upward force that keeps you in the air. If airspeed is too slow, the aircraft could lose lift and stall. Meanwhile, lower altitudes demand that you be extra careful with airspeed to maintain lift and prevent stalls. miles per hour.

True Airspeed

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

Climate Scientist Downburst windshear can cause aircraft to deviate from the approach path. They throttled up, but the rapid descent in the last 50 ft resulted in a hard landing that burst 2 of the mains and collapsed a strut. Smaller aircraft often have approach speeds closer to their stall speed than do larger aircraft.

Crosswind

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. Climbs and Descents: Knowing how to manage pitch and power to gain or lose altitude smoothly is critical. Proper climbs and descents help maintain safe altitude margins and optimize fuel efficiency.

Pilot

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 18, 2025

Its a lot easier than some of those big tray tables that are stored and then have to be lifted up and turned over. At around 3:55PM Tokyo time, we started our gradual descent. View approaching Tokyo Haneda Airport At around 4:15PM, the seatbelt sign was turned on, and the crew was asked to prepare the cabin for landing.

Airlines

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

As late afternoon approached, I was expecting a call about what hotel we would be in that night. ForeFlight indicated we could reach there with a 900 fpm descent rate. I asked ATC to arrange for fire/rescue in case I messed up my approach/landing. Full flaps are mostly about drag, not lift.

Knot

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down. Ready to experience the skies with us?

Aileron

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

Aileron

Airline Reporter

APRIL 8, 2025

But we lifted off barely halfway into the 12,079-foot runway 22R – and with only a nine-knot headwind. Even the world’s longest flight eventually ends It was almost a surprise when the crew announced we were about to start our descent. We got a look at the usual expanse of waiting ships during the final descent into Changi.

Airlines

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

Torque

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. Formation of Microbursts Where does it all start?

Wind Shear

One Mile at a Time

MAY 12, 2025

ANA takes a unique approach to its A380s, as the airline has three of these, referred to as the Flying Honu. This is much easier to use than some of the other very heavy first class tray tables out there, which you have to lift up. At around 8:15AM local time, we began our descent from 41,000 feet.

Tail

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Witness statements and recorded video showed that during the takeoff roll from the 5,500-foot-long asphalt runway, the airplane accelerated slower than normal, used more runway than normal, and lifted off the runway in a nose-high attitude. The lowest weather minimums for the approach required at least one mile visibility.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Together, let’s untangle the mystery of occluded fronts with a clear and steady approach. And when you hear about one approaching, expect a change in the weather soon. If conditions get too rough near descent, don’t hesitate to delay or hold off until it’s safe to continue. There are four types of fronts.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

As the aircraft loses lift, pulling back tightens the turn, causing a deadly spiral toward the ground. They are: Runway Width Sloping Runway Sloping Terrain Black Hole Approach Autokinetic Illusion False Horizon Vection Illusion Let’s look at each one in detail. Fix it: Trust your instruments, not your body.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Part of that even lifts up, to expose a shallow, enclosed storage area, big enough for a phone or passport. Japan Airlines A350 arrival in New York Before I knew it, we were already preparing for our approach to New York. Theres a large counter area to the side of the seat, where you can place things during the flight.

Airlines

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 3, 2025

Anyway, for the rest of the flight, the approach and landing was a smooth affair. We lifted off with raindrops showering on our aircraft. After an hour of flying, we started our descent into Barcelona. We made a few turns during our descent to follow the traffic in preparation for landing. We were out of the rainy clouds.

Runway

Air Facts

JUNE 4, 2025

The engine responded smoothly, and Charlie lifted off into the calm morning sky. I acknowledged and began a gentle descent. Post-Flight: Lessons Learned I checked in with Bohol Approach, received vectors for the field, and joined the pattern in VMC. With takeoff clearance from the tower, I pushed the throttle forward.

Altimeter

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

I knew this milestone was approaching. We had practiced tacchi a terra (heels down on the pedals), ascents, descents, turns, volo lento (slow flight), stalls, and landing with engine and flap failures. The I-GITR lifted off and I was flying solo for the first time. Remember, the plane will be much lighter without me.

Runway

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

At this point we started our descent as we passed by some snowy mountains. At this point we were on approach into Milan, the pilots were probably doing the landing checklist at this point. We took a longer distance to lift off. On final approach into Singapore Changi Airport. This is where our aircraft parked.

Airlines

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. The student turned early onto the base leg of the airport traffic pattern, then turned onto final approach, resulting in the airplane being high and fast.

Density Altitude

Airline Reporter

MAY 10, 2025

Highlights: @ 1:26 taxiing onto 31L while watching the plane ahead of us lift off, then the entire takeoff roll and great views of JFK’s terminals 1 and 8, and @2:32 the views of the Manhattan skyline. The entire descent and landing was beautiful since it happened during sunset. And when it does, the views are generally gorgeous.

Final Approach

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

An aircraft go-around is when a pilot decides to abort a landing and climb back to a safe altitude for another approach. Whether it’s due to runway obstacles, unstable approaches, or weather changes, the aircraft go-around is a pilot’s best tool to avoid accidents and ensure a smooth, safe flight every time.

Air Traffic Control

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

With lateral options dwindling, the Bell 47D went into a vertical lift. As he approached the herd, with the intention of driving the cattle into the corral, the bull departed and headed toward an area covered with heavy mesquite brush. After one full revolution, the helicopter lifted rapidly from the ground and climbed immediately.

Pilot

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

I departed the Williamson-Sodus Airport solo at 8:00 am and picked up my instrument clearance in the air from a Rochester Approach controller with a familiar voice. Allentown approach re-cleared me to Delaware Coastal from my present position via East Texas (ETX), Victor 29, Smyrna (ENO, just north of Dover AFB), then direct.

Runway

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. Mario Hagen / Shutterstock The announcement will also be one of the first items on the pilots before-descent checklist.

Cabin Crew

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

This article dives into the most prevalent landing errors, shedding light on why they occur and how they can sneak into even the most carefully executed approaches. It may be necessary to add a slight amount of power to keep the airspeed from decreasing excessively and to avoid losing lift too rapidly.

Airplanes

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

The prototype lifted off, hovered and flew at a speed of 40 knots before landing. The forward five-bladed propellers tilt in an angle range of 0° (straight ahead) to 100° (slightly past vertically upwards), allowing the aircraft to shift between vertical lift and forward propulsion. G-EVTL lifted off with all EPUs operating.

Descent

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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. Airspeed was approaching VMO. We had been lifted above our assigned altitude.” We continued our descent into Great Falls, leaving “the wave” behind and above. That’s OK, Horizon 253.

Turbulence

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. Feather the blades to generate lift from the upward flow of air during the descent (instead of pushing the air downwards in powered flight).

Torque

Air Facts

JANUARY 6, 2025

We had just been cleared for the ILS approach to runway 30R when a mayday was declared on frequency. Light icing in the descent, we had briefed the increased Vref speeds as we had many times before. We had already extended the gear and flaps to the approach setting. My attention immediately tuned to the voice in my ear.

Drag

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

Witness statements and recorded video showed that during the takeoff roll from the 5,500-foot-long asphalt runway, the airplane accelerated slower than normal, used more runway than normal, and lifted off the runway in a nose-high attitude. The lowest weather minimums for the approach required at least one mile visibility.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

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. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift.

Torque

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4, also known as a Cub Coupe, had been dropped off in Kennett for annual in 2008 by its then-owner and ended up becoming a permanent resident when Hurricane Ike stretched inland all the way to the Missouri Bootheel, lifting it from the ground and depositing it on top of the FBO’s maintenance hangar.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

Why not take the fighter along in the B-36’s cavernous bomb bay and launch it when enemy fighters approached? This operation was carried out routinely with the little fighters launching from the airship, flying their mission, and then hooking up on a trapeze that lifted them inside the hull.

Jet

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

It only takes a 10% increase in approach speed to increase the landing roll by 20%. These obstacles frequently affect the approach and missed approach paths. Plan your approach path carefully to eliminate large pitch and power changes. Any substantial changes to speed and descent rate will destabilize the landing.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

As you approach the airport, monitor UNICOM for landing or departing traffic. Another performance factor is the approach speed. The slower the approach, the shorter the landing distance. Many aircraft have specific recommended normal and short-field approach speeds. It will allow you to fine-tune your approach.

NOTAMs

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. ATC was great, the FBO (FlightLevel - Beverly) treated us well and charged reasonable fees, and radar services were managed by the perennially capable Boston Approach.

Ceiling