Checkride Final Approach Runway 
Air Facts
MARCH 5, 2025
He then returned to Vance to conduct landings from the T-38 overhead pattern on our westernmost runway (17R); thats when the wheels came off. Approximately half way down the runway, you execute a level, 60-degree bank, 180 o turn while reducing power and lowering the speed-brakes to arrive on the inside downwind. carry the three?
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
After all, I had just aced my checkride. I got out my instrument approach chart and studied the holding pattern and the VOR approach procedure. A few minutes later, we heard the center controller clear a Trans Missouri Airlines commuter plane for the VOR Runway 30 approach to Jefferson City. His words were a shock!
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Inflight Pilot Training
JUNE 20, 2025
Integrated Operations: Seamless from Ramp to Runway Inflight’s integrated operational model is one of the most efficient in the country. With parallel runways and a steady mix of general aviation and business traffic, it offers a real-world training environment from day one.
AV Web
JANUARY 22, 2025
The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. Sixty-six percent of the downwind-to-base stalls and a full 80 percent of base-to-final stalls resulted in death.
Northstar VFR
MARCH 23, 2025
As an aircraft enters the traffic pattern, it begins the process of getting configured to land on the runway. As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. The go-around is a maneuver tested during your private pilot checkride.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
While complete engine failures are not common, the stakes are high which is why pilots train extensively for such occurrences and why they get evaluated as part of a checkride. When compromises must be made, opt for the wind and obstacle combination that permits additional margin for error on your final approach.
Flight Training Central
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Practice takeoffs and landings on contaminated runways – Just because the runway at your airport has residual snow or slick spots doesn’t mean you have to cancel your flight lesson. After a winter storm passes you’ll want to wait for the airport maintenance crew to clear the majority of snow from the runway.
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