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NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on Midway Near-Collision

AV Web

The February 25 incident saw Southwest Flight 2504 (SWA2504) on final approach execute a last-minute go-around from just above the surface as the Challenger taxied across Runway 31C directly in its path.

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Why Airline Delays Snowball

AV Web

Just as Flight “123” on the left gets its clearance to push back from the gate, a flight attendant informs the captain that there is a lady in the aft lavatory who has collapsed and is unresponsive. The captain informs ground control, who cancels their pushback clearance and advises that they will send emergency services to the gate.

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

With our diminished flight controllability and heavy ice load, we received vectors to swing out over Long Island Sound and turn carefully to approach straight in from the south on the north/south runway. Terrain clearance became my biggest concern with only an estimate of his distance to the east.

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Discovering ITA Airways Airbus A220-100 (Part 2: LIN-LCY)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

What do you think of different patterns spotted on the tail of the aircraft? At this point we were on final approach into LCY's runway 27. The walk from the airside to landside took less than 10 minutes and that includes the automated immigration clearance. This aircraft, EI-HLD was scheduled to operate my flight.

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My Tribute to Vistara Part 2: Flying Vistara's Airbus A321neo From New Delhi To Singapore

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

There was a bit of queue waiting for clearance to enter the terminal. In my head - It's time for me to go home and that's it), before finally given me the clearance to leave the country. Window view photos (Take Off to Landing) We waited for clearance to push back. On final approach onto runway 20R.

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh, Welcome to College Park!"

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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. 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.

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