Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

That morning at about eleven, the pilot arrived at Melbourne Airport to prepare the aircraft for a general aviation flight. The controller cleared the aircraft to 23,000 feet cruising altitude and then, after the pilot read back the clearance, handed the pilot off to another controller at Atlanta Center.

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Cockpit Pilot Clearance Air Traffic Control 76

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

A little over 20 years later, the term single-pilot resource management evolved from FAA/university research into the emerging generation of general aviation long-distance travel machines, such as the Cirrus SR22. The first step is to know the person you are sharing the cockpit with. and we were off.

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Weather Clearance Pilot Airplanes 91

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But more than that, it opens a whole new world of usefulness for you and your aircraft, and the ATC services provided on an IFR clearance are significantly better than the “workload permitting” VFR advisories. Each pilot can set their own personal minimums, and many IFR-rated pilots continue to fly on an IFR clearance in VFR conditions.

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Pilot Ceiling Clearance Pilot in Command 86

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? Generally, it is regarded as the most brutal surgery out there, and here’s what I did. I had a total knee replacement. I told the CFII about this, and we watched those carefully during the flight.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 85

AV Web

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Air Force hosts several Mid-Air Collision Avoidance (MACA) events to educate the flying public on how to conduct operations in and around their SUAs as well as provide a forum for the free flow of information between the military and the general aviation community. Each ATC sector has a specific wing that hosts the event.

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Clearance Approach Pilot General Aviation 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. Although 9/11 marked the weaponization of commercial aircraft, the aftereffects are felt most keenly by General Aviation.

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Transponder Clearance Approach General Aviation 52

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. Other logbook entries weave a story of the experiences only general aviation can bring. I have always loved everything aviation down to the smallest representation of a flying machine. I was no longer sure.

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General Aviation VOR Pilot Hangar 52

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 91% of fatal air accidents in general aviation (GA) back in 2005 were caused by a pilot’s loss of control of the aircraft, usually during approach and landing, or by flying into terrain. So is the Pilatus PC-24’s Advanced Cockpit Environment suite.

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Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Gross Weight 52

Professional Pilot

APRIL 10, 2024

In reality, FAA has broken its own “sterile cockpit” rule, and unless the mature and experienced voices in the room stand up for reason and the cold, hard rules of aviating, navigating, and communicating, the system will continue its “graveyard spiral” to the inevitable consequences. It’s not a social science laboratory.

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Clearance Pilot Weather Approach 40

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

FlightAware Flight Tracker This app allows you to track real-time flight status and tracking map of any commercial flight worldwide, and can also track general aviation flights in the US and Canada. PlaneEnglish This training app offers a variety of scenarios to learn and perfect your aviation communication skills.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

The Bravo throttle quadrant features a programmable annunciator panel, gear and flap levers, a backlit autopilot, and configurable throttle setup that can be interchanged between general aviation and commercial aviation setups. Next, take some time to dive deeper into your favorite app features.

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Rudder Approach Firewall Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

According to FAA data, general aviation (GA) pilots are responsible for almost half of these events. Two examples of an operational incident are clearing an aircraft onto a runway when another aircraft is landing or taking off or issuing a take-off clearance while another aircraft or vehicle is occupying the runway.

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

AV Web

MAY 15, 2024

Other important measures included agreeing to hire and train up to 3,000 new air traffic controllers, increasing the length of cockpit voice recordings to 25 hours (from two hours) and extending the time frame for airline passengers to redeem travel credits to at least five years.

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Air Traffic Control General Aviation Clearance Cockpit 98

Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck. Ten years later, we introduced the G3000, bringing the first touch screens to the light turbine cockpit, and revolutionary technologies like the award-winning Garmin Autoland.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Runway Stability 52

AV Web

MAY 15, 2024

Other important measures included agreeing to hire and train up to 3,000 new air traffic controllers; increasing the length of cockpit voice recordings to 25 hours (from two hours); and extending the time frame for airline passengers to redeem travel credits to at least five years.

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Air Traffic Control General Aviation Clearance Cockpit 91

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

While the whole thing did not quite go as planned because long general aviation cross country flights rarely do, it was a wonderful trip and a great opportunity to share some of the beauty of my home state with friends from the East who really had no idea what to expect. This lesson was rapidly approaching for Alyssa.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 93

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

If the co-pilot was lucky, the captain might let them work the radios and help with a few navigational duties, but the phrase “Gear up and Shut up” was considered a normal cockpit environment. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 105

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit. I’d like the cockpit modernized to make the systems a bit simpler and to group the controls a bit better. So what would I fix?

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

General aviation is driven by myriad forces. Given the need to preserve noggin-to-wing-spar clearance, its a smart but necessary solution. In most ways, the cockpit is conventional, with twin center sticks and a prominent throttle lever on the center console. Then theres the sales and marketing footprint.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98