Flying Magazine

MAY 21, 2025

That holds particularly true in aviation when a pilots failure to identify risk leads to a lack of situational awareness and poor decision making resulting in a fatality. This resulted in the pilot having to manually fly the airplane using the copilots EADI. ATC asked the pilot to verify his heading.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Piper PA-28-180 Riverside, California/Injuries: 1 Minor NTSB Report: WPR23LA156 The pilot completed the airplane’s engine run-up and carburetor heat function checks with no anomalies noted. The pilot initiated a forced landing straight ahead in a field. The owner reported that he discussed the turbocharger operation with the pilot.

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Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

It is intended to be a flying lesson , but only for those pilots who read it with learning as a mindset. Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. Also, Trial by Ice is not just another flying story.

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Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Mooneys are amazing and Mooney pilots are maybe just a little bit crazy, is what Im saying. I want to start by apologising to all Mooney pilots for that, because their comparison to the pilot in this case was most unfair. The pilot that day was just a little bit crazy in completely his own way.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

Piper PA-28-180 Riverside, California/Injuries: 1 Minor NTSB Report: WPR23LA156 The pilot completed the airplanes engine run-up and carburetor heat function checks with no anomalies noted. The pilot initiated a forced landing straight head in a field. The owner reported that he discussed the turbocharger operation with the pilot.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes Runway Pilot 87

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Maybe it’s the Georgia flying weather, or maybe it’s the ever-increasing emphasis on “old” pilot instead of “bold” pilot, but it seems that flight planning these days is a lot more about if and when than about route and altitude. The 1,000-foot en route ceiling means that approach minimums never come into question.

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Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence 94

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

A circling approach is one that, by dwindling numbers and its inherent design, forces the pilot(s) into a seldom used and high-risk evolution–often migrating us to an unexpected and seldom visited zip code of the threat/error management neighborhood. An acceptable meteorological combination of ceiling, visibility, and wind.

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As a relatively new pilot , I had failed to see the bigger picture. Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. As a mountain-bred pilot, I’ve always enjoyed observing the ridges and valleys from on high and low. That day was different. Airspeed was approaching VMO.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

On February 19, 1957, the Bell X-14 made its first vertical takeoff, with the pilot keeping the aircraft in a hover until making a vertical landing. It was capable of flying up to 172 mph (277 km/h, 149 knots) and reach a service ceiling of 18,000 ft (5,500 m). Fortunately, the pilot in this incident, Ronald M.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

It probably only lasted a few seconds, but I remember vividly seeing shoes and iPads and iPhones and cushions and blankets and cutlery and plates and cups flying through the air and crashing to the ceiling. Very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing a seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Irving and Vultee’s chief test pilot Frank W. Ground testing from June to December 1945, however, found the T-31 difficult to start, and once started, difficult for the pilot to control. Davis to lead the project’s design team. The throttle controls also suffered from control lag, with Frank W.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An instrument rated pilot, who has not logged any instrument time in 1 year or more, cannot serve as pilot in command under IFR, unless the pilot passes an instrument proficiency check followed by 6 hours and six instrument approaches, 3 of those hours in the category of aircraft involved. The en route weather is IMC.

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Instrument Flight Rules Ceiling Descent Approach 52

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Who retains final authority over the human single pilot AI, a ground pilot, or the PIC on board? 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. To most professional pilots this may seem far-fetched.

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Top Apple Watch features and apps for pilots iPad Pilot News The Apple Watch has come a long way since the first version was released over seven years ago. It also includes complications to show the current ceiling or surface winds for a favorite airport ( read our full review of the ForeFlight Watch app here ).

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Pilots are able to discontinue reporting compulsory points when informed by ATC that the aircraft is in “radar contact.” AIM 5-3-3 ) When unable to climb/descent at a rate of at least 500 feet per minute.( AIM 5-3-3 ) When unable to climb/descent at a rate of at least 500 feet per minute.(

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Instrument Flight Rules AGL Ceiling True Airspeed 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

by Gustin Robinson, FAA CFI-I ASEL Flying under instrument meteorological conditions keeps even a good pilot on their toes. As a student pilot you were always taught “see and avoid”, keep your eyes outside, etc. Ceiling 600 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (B) Ceiling 800 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (2)

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Ceiling Approach Weather 52

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Pilots and flight schools favor this aircraft for its ease of use and dependable performance. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface. This article explores the Cessna Skyhawk C172’s features, evolution, and lasting appeal.

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Air Facts

JANUARY 6, 2025

It has been said pilots may earn their full years pay in a matter of minutes, yet at that moment, they would trade that pay to be anywhere else. The flight had been unremarkable for a wintery Midwest afternoon, typical with low ceilings and IFR conditions. It was the first officers (FO) leg to fly and I was the pilot monitoring.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

You’re not supposed to feel it like you do the aircraft, but this can make you a better pilot as you will develop instrument scan and interpretation skills. READ MORE: Our Pilots of the Future May Share Sim Stories Partial power loss scenarios—especially at low altitude—are very useful. It’s an ATD. It’s just a few minutes, right?

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Crosswind VOR Airplanes Runway 110

Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

The other day, flying in a Debonaire in the right seat, I asked the pilot to perform a 45-degree 360-degree left and right turns. I have done countless such demonstrations, and each pilot is rewarded with a sense of happiness to be one with the aircraft thanks to a patient instructor in a simulator a long time ago. This is so neat!”

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Knot Approach Pilot Runway 97

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Approaching the Green Mountains of Vermont, the ceiling began to close back up. This meant that there would be no getting into Sodus unless the ceiling lifted.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Air Facts

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This was the actual conversation that started the journey for this green commercial pilot. The year was 2017, and I was two months into my first pilot job flying skydivers in the C182 at a small Canadian drop zone, when my boss approached me with this question. “What? My approach into St.

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Weather Approach VFR On Top Knot 98

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The winter months see more IFR practice than travel for many light GA pilots. Rather than ending every flight with a missed approach, let your safety pilot make the call just as you reach minimums or a reasonable visual descent point. Circling is a great skill even if youd only use it with high ceilings and in daylight.

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Approach Pilot Ceiling Descent 52

Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It’s very nice with high ceilings, good lighting, and all that. Sure enough, I saw the pilots walking out of the airport while our new, third airplane sat at its gate waiting for someone to fly it. We came in from the north, and I was on the right, so it remained pitch black most of the initial descent.

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Airplanes Runway Cargo Ceiling 130

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

I expected to manage some cloud layers during the New York portion of the flight, but the forecast called for a high ceiling at Northeast Philadelphia Airport. But they have become a grudgingly acknowledged facet of pilot life. I pulled the power back and set a notch of flaps to establish a 90 knot, 500 foot/minute descent.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 77

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

But it was an excellent flying day, so I took wing with a group of WFC pilots for sushi in Massachusetts instead (Westfield-Barnes Airport, KBAF). Weather conditions on Groundhog Day were better than the week prior, characterized by a high ceiling and no thin screen of clouds hiding the ground from view. Photo by The Bear.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 95

Ask the Pilot

MARCH 27, 2024

A floor-to-ceiling window looked out over the town, more than a thousand feet below. And it wasn’t a gradual or tapered descent; this was straight down, a sheer vertical drop. It was submitted by another pilot with whom I was commiserating on this topic.) And I remember a place in Ecuador, overlooking a valley.

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Ceiling Descent Pilot Airplanes 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Air Facts Journal I got my pilot’s license in 1984, but it was another five years before I became a pilot. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Even then, my education had only just begun. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.

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NDB Checkride VOR Approach 52

ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

And so we landed without any issue and taxied via Charlie to the Apron, arriving at the first location of the Blue Spruce Routes because we saw all the old WW2 hangars in various state of repair or disrepair … Wick is a classic stop-over for ferry pilots in both directions. As expected we got cleared to BIRK via above routing.

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Weather Clearance Knot Airplanes 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 28, 2024

Finally before started our descent, our female Captain came on and updated us on our arrival and weather update and with a prediction of light turbulence during our approach. At this point, we started our descent into LHR airport. At this point, it was slightly turbulence as we flew through some low ceiling clouds.

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Turbulence Weather Runway Narrow-Body Aircraft 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 23, 2025

The Cessna 550 Citation II usually requires two flight crew, although it can be legally flown by a single pilot if that pilot holds a special FAA exemption with specific training and experience requirements. He may have been certified to fly the Citation under single-pilot operations. kilometres).

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Scraping the ice off the aircraft is hard on the pilot—not to mention the paint and plexiglass—and often leaves a residue of lift-killing crust on the surfaces. When flying from hot to cold climates, the pilot might think about where and when to install the kit. Preflighting the pilot and passengers?

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Ceiling Airplanes Density Altitude Weather 105

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Scraping the ice off the aircraft is hard on the pilot—not to mention the paint and plexiglass—and often leaves a residue of lift-killing crust on the surfaces. When flying from hot to cold climates, the pilot might think about where and when to install the kit. Preflighting the pilot and passengers?

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Ceiling Airplanes Density Altitude Weather 98

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria. Aviation writers and safety pundits hate writing about this topic as much as pilots hate reading about it. Houston, we have a problem.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Pilots operating to and from the airport are warned to avoid the Perry Memorial by at least 1,000 feet. The pilot cut the engine and rolled in on momentum, assertively squaring the airplane up with the building as he coasted to a stop. Moments later, the pilot emerged and helped four women disembark. That's a long way!"

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Runway Approach Knot Drag 89

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

While I anticipated an IFR departure that morning, I wanted to see ceiling and visibility of at least 300 feet and a mile to avoid smacking into mountainous terrain around Pickens County Airport during take-off. Before too long, the visibility rose to unrestricted while the ceiling remained around 300 feet.

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Approach Ceiling Runway Clearance 52

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

KCPC was reporting IFR conditions with a 700’ ceiling and one mile visibility. I requested a descent from 6,000’ down to 4,000’ and was denied due to traffic. I was soon cleared to descend to 4,000’ and entered IMC during the descent while I located the approach chart to brief. Was this rule being broken? Not really.

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