Approach Longitudinal Axis Turbulence 
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
Understanding Crosswind Components Mastering the crosswind landing technique starts with understanding what a crosswind is and how it affects your aircraft during approach and landing. Understanding this allows you to plan your approach accordingly and choose the best landing technique.
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. Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. This movement turns the aircraft about the longitudinal axis, making it enter a bank. How Do Ailerons Work?
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Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Any accident, regardless of its severity or frequency, highlights the critical importance of maintaining a proactive approach to safety, identifying and addressing potential safety issues and emerging trends, as well as implementing safety measures to reduce the likelihood of an accident. It has since returned to service, however.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 5, 2024
Learn to avoid common mistakes during approach, roundout, touchdown, and rollout. We have two main challenges when performing crosswind landings: Staying aligned with the extended centerline on the approach. Touching down with the aircraft’s longitudinal axis aligned with the runway. We call this de-crabbing.
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