Flying Magazine

MAY 21, 2025

ATC was in communication with the pilot, as the airplane entered several right- and left-hand banks and rolls and entered a steep descent while in a bank angle. ATC asked the pilot to verify his heading. In the NTSB final report, the pilots failure to declare an emergency is listed as a contributing factor to the crash.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Cockpit Airplanes 68

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

The weather enroute was marginal VFR, but flyable for the Cessna 150 pilots. The hourly sequence report showed Springfield had a ceiling of 100 feet obscured, a visibility of 3/8 mile and fog with a surface temperature of 30 degrees F. Besides, the ceiling and visibility were both well above minimums, so a landing is assured.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

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

Airbus has incorporated an auto emergency descent feature in its A350-1000, which will fly the aircraft to an altitude where theres enough breathing oxygen. Any passenger can press this guarded switch on the cabin ceiling, then the aircraft will calculate where the next suitable runway is, and will land there automatically.

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Pilot Cockpit Pilot in Command Cabin Crew 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

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

According to the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam), a stable approach is defined as one in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath toward a predetermined point on the landing runway. Even with this knowledge, pilots continue to engage in behavior that culminates in unstable approaches.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Departure Hall (Landside) The design of the ceiling caught my attention. Notice the small disks of colour glass recess on the underside of the ceiling? What does this design of the ceiling look like to you? Once we started our descent, I changed the channel to the camera mode (landing gear) to enjoy this view.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Ceiling 59