Aerotime
JUNE 23, 2025
According to the Aviation Herald, the aircraft was climbing through 34,000ft (10,363m) over the Indian Ocean and approaching Indonesian airspace when the issues began. The flight crew initially received a cockpit indication that the first officer’s anti-ice system had failed, along with a ‘Pitot Standby’ message.
Aerotime
APRIL 3, 2025
This permitted the Trident to be guided automatically to an airfield, approach the runway, flare, touchdown, and then roll out from the landing runway without a pilot interfering with the controls. The process of flight can be divided into seven crucial stages – taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing phases.
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Plane and Pilot
MAY 31, 2025
Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals. The final accident report talked about failure of the pitot tube, crew coordination and communication issues, misunderstanding of the Airbus flight control priority system, and the impact of automation surprise and startle factor upon the crew.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
The ice finally disappeared altogether as we descended into clear skies and above freezing air on our approach to Kirksville. All in all, the weather looked perfect for my very first cross country where I would be in actual instrument conditions for the entire flight, including the approach. How can this be?
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
In fact, the unusual pitot-tube location—it peeks out from the center of the prop spinner—was chosen to reduce fuselage-to-wing connections. Sure, the economics put the airplane in the high-value category in the wild world of 2024 aviation, but this approach ignores what it’s like to fly the RV-12. It actually feels slower.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 27, 2025
That approach and landing really deserved to be called a miracle. Air France Flight 447, for example: The first officer stalled the airplane after all three pitot tubes iced up, and it fell, still stalled, for a minute and a half without anyone figuring out what was happening.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
It works by reading the difference between static pressure and total pressure from air flowing into a pitot tube. Then, check the altimeter to confirm that you’re holding your altitude, or approaching the altitude you want. This difference in pressure is called dynamic pressure, and it’s used to get the IAS.
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