One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

According to ADS-B data, the Southwest 737 was only feet above the runway surface, and around 1,600 feet short of the intersection where the other jet was taxiing. The Southwest aircraft had been given clearance to land, while the Flexjet aircraft had been told to hold short of the runway.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 4, 2025

The Condor jet was very close to landing in Munich Shortly thereafter, the captain reportedly came on the PA to apologize, and explain that the airport was denying permission for the plane to land, as they missed their latest possible landing time by 10 seconds. The plane touched down there at 1:13AM.

Approach

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

To fly an aircraft that weighs more than 12,500 pounds or a jet (regardless of weight), pilots require a type rating. a jet engine) for lift at low speed but non-rotating surfaces (i.e., To fly an aircraft that weighs more than 12,500 pounds or a jet (regardless of weight), pilots require a type rating. wings) at higher speeds.

Weight-Shift-Control

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

Gama Aviation SHJ (Sharjah, UAE) Private jet travel between the US and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has experienced notable fluctuations over the past 2 years. Well also highlight premier FBOs and onboard amenities and services most valued by private jet travelers.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 26, 2025

We emphasize attention to detail, not trusting our memory when it comes to taxi clearances, verifying runways prior to crossing or holding short, and ensuring that both pilots are heads-up for taxi, or that they vocalize any time a pilot goes heads-down. Know Your Route When at a towered field, be consistent in copying your taxi clearances.

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World Airline News

JUNE 4, 2025

Business Jets vs Commercial Airlines: A Head-to-Head Comparison Air travel is a tough decision between flying on a commercial airline or chartering a business jet. You can easily avoid waiting in long lines and can board directly from the tarmac with a business jet, therefore saving you the hassle of wasting time.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe Now I texted my twin jet crew to get to the airport as soon as possible, then quickly planned the flight, ordered the fuel, and completed the preflight while my fellow crewmates arrived and got their pre-mission tasks accomplished. So, what caused a highly reliable twin engine jet to turn into a glider? No problem.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology. Most of the big jets, when faced with Newtons laws of motion, need a little assistance when going downhill. Back down here is GA land, we have many of the same concerns.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. So the captain accidentally turned the jet onto a taxiway thats parallel to the runway and then they just started their takeoff roll? The taxiway runs parallel to the runway.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

In reality, jet engine thrust reversers only redirect their exhaust by about 135 degrees, not 180 degrees, which is exactly opposite the normal direction. Target or bucket reversers were commonly used on many first-generation turbofan airliners and some military jets. The Douglas DC-9 is another jet with the same kind of reversers.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 19, 2025

Visual runways feature aiming point markings (described later on in this article) if the runway is 4,000ft or longer or used by jet aircraft. To provide a clear area for jet and propeller blasts to dissipate. To prevent jet or propeller blasts from scattering debris or water onto the taxiway. To prevent taxiway overruns.

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Universal Weather

OCTOBER 30, 2024

And while the pace may be slow and the vibe laid-back on the islands themselves, for operators of business jets traveling to the region during the islands’ peak season, challenges such as limited parking, hotels, and fuel can create operational risk and stress. CIQ pre-clearance is available at St. For return to the U.S.,

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Simple Flying

APRIL 7, 2025

A typical takeoff on an airliner looks something like this - the pilot-flying (PF) lines up their jet on a runway, and the pilot-monitoring (PM) receives clearance from the tower controller to depart. The PF advances the throttles slowly and checks the engine gauges to ensure that both motors are stable.

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Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

Delta pulls most of their big jets out of the way and replaces them with Warbirds for this one-day celebration. Much to our surprise though, they held a couple of big jets for us and gave us a taxi clearance right to the end of the runway and an almost immediate takeoff clearance.

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Universal Weather

MARCH 10, 2025

Fuel Availability Both Jet A-1 and Avgas are available at Mlaga Airport, with no reported shortages or fueling delays. Customs & Security Customs and immigration clearance is conducted within the FBO terminal and is typically completed in under 15 minutes.

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pre-clearance guide Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a popular business aviation destination in Europe. Heres what you need to know about operating a business jet to Dublin: Airport Options Dublin Airport (EIDW) is the main airport for business aviation travel to the city. Onboard CIQ clearance must be approved in advance.

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AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

The FAA doesnt guarantee terrain clearance at minimums all the way to the next state. In your light jet doing 140 KIAS while circling, the protected airspace could be as close as 2.7 If the ceiling and visibility are poor, but you decide theyre still sufficient for you to circle on the approach, how far can you circle?

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Holding patterns are a great way to keep your position and ensure clearance from terrain and other aircraft. Hold Altitude Holding procedures, flown correctly, will always allow for sufficient terrain clearance. Holding Speed Compare a fighter jet to a light aircraft. To effectively use them, you must understand how to fly them.

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These categories apply whether youre flying a Cub on a summer evening or a business jet on an RNAV approach. Beyond the basics of getting a clearance and managing frequency changes, IFR communications requires a degree of self-advocacy and even negotiation skills. Communicate sounds self-explanatory, and it mostly is.

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Universal Weather

MARCH 10, 2025

Fuel & Catering Jet A-1 and Avgas fuel are readily available at Jerez Airport, with no reported delays or shortages. Departing passengers follow the reverse process, ensuring a smooth and efficient clearance. VIP catering is also accessible, with the option to store meals at the airport upon request.

Clearance

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

Having recently reviewed how to call for a clearance, I filed my first IFR flight plan, received my clearance from the VATSIM controller, and soon I was following the Logan Four departure out of the Class Bravo and on my way. I’ve got jet traffic behind you, and I’ll try to keep you in front of them.” Moments later ATC radioed.

Air Traffic Control

Universal Weather

MARCH 10, 2025

Customs and immigration clearance cannot be completed at the aircraft. Fuel Availability Jet A-1 and Avgas are available at Seville Airport with no reported fueling delays or shortages. Customs & Security Customs clearance at Seville Airport is conducted within the commercial terminal.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 8, 2025

.” While much of the mission’s details remain classified, the footage provides a captivating look at the preparation, takeoff, high-speed cruise, and landing of the iconic jet. PierCarlo Ciacchi, former Italian Air Force F-104, F-16, and Frecce Tricolori pilot and current Chief Pilot of Starfigter Aerospace.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 23, 2025

Some of the media have reported that a “small plane” crashed, so to be clear: this was a business jet about the size of a large lorry, not a single-engine Cessna 172. The Cessna 550 Citation II is a popular mid-sized twin-engine jet, about 48 feet (14.5

Approach

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The privately owned jet was at the end of an all-night flight that began on the East Coast around midnight local time. The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. Ring camera video from the event shows puddles of jet fuel burning and people running door to door to warn their neighbors of the danger. The jet flew for 3.5

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

They were descending from cruise altitude to 8,000 feet with a clearance to fly direct to navigation fix TAMMI. Air traffic control, responding to the pilots odd transmission, simplified the clearance, issuing just a heading and an altitude. N13GZ verify going direct TAMMI? 13GZ is off navigation herewere gonnawere gonna give it a try.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As reported by Vintage Aviation News earlier this year, Folland Gnat XR987 — now with the New Zealand civil registration ZK-RAJ, for “Red Arrows Jet” — is being returned to airworthiness at the workshops of Aero Restoration (Aero R) south of Auckland in the North Island for owner Matt Wilcock.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 24, 2025

It has a 5,890-foot asphalt runway big enough for business jets, with runway and approach lights. His friend helped the pilot with his flight clearance and reviewed how to fly through Class C airspace, since his route took him directly over Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (KMHT) in New Hampshire.

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Aerotime

APRIL 17, 2025

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is reportedly pursuing a government-to-government agreement for 40 more Rafale jets. The IAF’s pursuit of Rafale jets dates back to the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender launched in 2007, which sought to procure 126 new fighters. billion, the last of which was delivered in December 2022.

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Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The controller anticipated a late landing clearance due to this aircraft in front. The item began: Landing Concorde misses Jumbo by Inches “While landing at London’s Heathrow airport last night a Concorde was just inches from the ground when the pilots spotted a jumbo jet on the runway and narrowly missed it by taking off again.” (By

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 18, 2025

Ultimately these are some of the sacrifices we’re seeing with the increasing use of premium narrow body jets, since the real estate math is a bit different than on wide body jets. While the larger bins are great, I’ve gotta say, they do make the cabin feel a bit more claustrophobic, as they give less clearance over your head.

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Photographic Logbook

JUNE 1, 2025

Paula and Gilead requested a pop-up IFR clearance and flew at an intermediate altitude between those of us up high and the others down low. At the time, anticipation ran high for the Very Light Jet (VLJ) market segment, personal jets that could be used by private owners or for air taxi operations.

Airplanes

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 rate per million sectors.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2025

Also included are provisions to speed up the granting of security clearances to air traffic controllers, increase the number of instructors at the agencys academy, and expand opportunities for military veterans in air traffic control positions. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2025

And he said turn right, and I said there’s an airplane over there, and he says turn left, and by the time we read back the clearance, we looked over and saw the airplane that was kind of coming on a convergent course with us.” “So I thought it was a small airplane, like the ones you see at the airport right now doing touch and goes.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

MAY 29, 2025

Army helicopter and a commercial passenger jet, the White House sent an email urging federal employees to take the DRP, which offers to pay workers through September if they leave their jobs. One day after the midair collision between a U.S. The DOT offered a second buyout in April.

Air Traffic Control

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

I departed the Williamson-Sodus Airport solo at 8:00 am and picked up my instrument clearance in the air from a Rochester Approach controller with a familiar voice. I chose a set of recently rehabbed tiedowns and parked there next to a Cirrus Vision Jet bearing a registration number ending in "BS".

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