Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Here are three ways to get a clearance at a non-towered airport.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Transponder 52

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

As the Delta 737 made a right turn onto a taxiway to get onto the runway, the winglet hit the tail of the Delta Airbus A320 in front of it. If there was any doubt in the captain’s mind that there wouldn’t be ample space to clear the other plane, he obviously shouldn’t have made this request (or accepted the clearance).

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Jet 120

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The controller anticipated a late landing clearance due to this aircraft in front. It was in the process of turning, but the 200-foot long machine’s floodlit tail, now swung out across the runway, had not even reached its centreline, and this aircraft moved with caution in the darkness of the airfield’s remote west.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 104

Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

For this purpose, the aircraft had its water tanks removed and a hydraulic under-tail integrated airstair installed, along with a 14-seat passenger interior and spectacular rear one-piece Perspex blisters for unrivaled panoramic views of the passing landscape.

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Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Clearance 293

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Elevators, found on the tail, manage its pitch, or up-and-down motion. The rudder, also on the tail, adjusts yaw, which affects left and right turns. Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

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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Airline Airlines Clearance Airplanes 105

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

They did need lots of room below the engine to allow the big bucket door to swing backward, but that wasn’t much of a problem, given the small engines and ample clearance under the wing. Aircraft with tail-mounted engines, such as the DC-9, could get away with using buckets. As engines improved over the years, they grew in diameter.

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Thrust Blade Angle Runway Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I filed IFR , mostly so that I could get the altitude I wanted without having to worry about cloud clearances, and so if some little squirt cumulus popped up, I could blast through it or just nick the side of it. The next leg, and the two after it, followed my standard cross-country plan. There was also a link to a bridge for sale.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 79

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Flying in clouds of cold and warm fronts can lead to very small supercooled water droplets which build up as rime ice on the parts of the aircraft exposed to the wind: probes, antennas, and the leading edges of the wings and tail. The crew acknowledged and said that they were at the ideal point of descent and waiting for clearance.

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Knot Approach Descent Weather 104

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Before entering Class C airspace, pilots must receive clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Give ATC a brief but informative transmission with the following information: The kind and tail number of the aircraft. Before flying into Class C airspace, a pilot must obtain a clearance from ATC. Altitude and intentions (e.g.,

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Clearance Transponder Knot Indicated Airspeed 52

Flight Training Central

JUNE 3, 2024

Remember the primary task at hand and not only commit to your own sterile cockpit rules, but encourage your passengers to take an active role in listening up on frequency for your tail number which will also prompt them to quiet down during the communication exchange. Monitor guard.

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Flight Deck Clearance Tail Pilot 98

Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Then in 1956 Cessna moved the tail-wheel on the 170 to the nose and the resulting high wing 172, with well over 40,000 copies, became the best-selling civilian aircraft in history. On the ground they offer clearance over many fences. Why the success of high wings?

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

Once on the terminal ramp, it was time to look over the airplane and try to decide how to break off the iceas much as six inches on all the struts and even worse on the high tail and vertical stabilizer. Terrain clearance became my biggest concern with only an estimate of his distance to the east.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Universal Weather

JANUARY 29, 2024

For more information on Ireland airports, visit our destination guides: Shannon Preclearance destination guide Shannon Airport (EINN) is known as one of the best tech stops in Europe due to its ease of operation, low fuel prices, availability of pre-clearance to the United States, and no value-added taxes. Visas are not necessary for U.S.

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Clearance Weather Weight-Shift-Control Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Yes, sir, we are requesting Bravo clearance for the Hudson River at 1,500. Mine was to keep us at 1,300 feet, hugging the right side of the Hudson River, and listen for our tail number. After taxiing to Runway 27 and doing a thorough run-up, I called Newark Clearance. Yes, sir, 20Z with VFR request,” I said.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Yes, sir, we are requesting Bravo clearance for the Hudson River at 1,500. Mine was to keep us at 1,300 feet, hugging the right side of the Hudson River, and listen for our tail number. After taxiing to Runway 27 and doing a thorough run-up, I called Newark Clearance. Yes, sir, 20Z with VFR request,” I said.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

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. The Citation 560 was climbing through 26,600 feet as the pilot read back the clearance to 34,000 feet.

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Cockpit Pilot Clearance Air Traffic Control 76

Universal Weather

MAY 22, 2023

This is to arrange ground handling and to notify the airport for arrival/departure CIQ clearance purposes. For flight notifications operators should provide: full schedule aircraft registration and tail number crew and passenger information Note that if flight notification has not been provided in advance there may be delays upon arrival.

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Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Beating the Odds I called for and received taxi clearance to the museum and started rolling. Dan received the same clearance. Dan received his taxi clearance, then offered that the whole process works better when the chocks are removed before engine start. Mere recollection of the incident was enough to make me blush.

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Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Always provide your ground handler with aircraft type, registration (tail number), flight number if non-private flight, and estimated arrival time. Anyone on the ramp must have clearance or be accompanied by someone who does. CIQ Upon landing, passengers/crew will be transported to customs/immigration for clearance.

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Clearance Weather General Aviation Flight Plan 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines. The X-4 was among the smallest manned experimental aircraft built, with a length of 23 ft 3 in, a wingspan of 26 ft 10 in, and a height of 14 ft 10 in. It weighed 7,820 lbs. Today, both X-4s remain in existence.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

Universal Weather

JANUARY 10, 2024

During peak hours (0900-2200 LCL) GA aircraft are limited to one movement per tail number (one arrival or one departure), and no quick turns are allowed. For exemption requests, CIQ reviews aircraft registration and all passenger/crew nationalities to make a determination if clearance and visas will be required or not.

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Clearance UTC Fixed Base Operator Tail 52

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Several weeks ago, we saw a bizarre incident in Atlanta, whereby one aircraft collided with another, and sliced off its tail. ATC: “You know, I just noticed that the tail on the RJ is missing. Unknown voice: “The whole tail of that CRJ is off.” While we had a general sense of what unfolded, we didn’t know what the cause was.

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Tail Jet Clearance Runway 122

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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, Data center," Potomac answered.

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Transponder Clearance Approach General Aviation 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 20, 2025

What do you think of different patterns spotted on the tail of the aircraft? 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. My ride: EI-HLD I boarded the aircraft from the rear this time round.

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Weather Runway Final Approach Airline 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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. This Air India's A320neo's tail design features Mahatma Candhi.

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Cabin Crew Weather Turbulence Descent 59

Universal Weather

MARCH 29, 2024

Tech Stops For tech stops, a general aviation report is submitted to Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) authorities, who will process the information and determine if a clearance is required. Depending on the airport, there may be different clearance procedures and processes to consider.

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Flight Plan Weather General Aviation Clearance 52

Universal Weather

MAY 9, 2023

Once the PPR is approved, you will receive a confirmation ID, which will be your tail number and date of operation. This confirmation number is the tail number plus the date of operation (e.g., Short-notice PPR requests are often entertained but will depend on aircraft parking availability. NXXXdatemonth).

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General Aviation NOTAMs Tail Weather 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I filed IFR , mostly so that I could get the altitude I wanted without having to worry about cloud clearances, and so if some little squirt cumulus popped up, I could blast through it or just nick the side of it. The next leg, and the two after it, followed my standard cross-country plan. There was also a link to a bridge for sale.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Long story short, when I received my clearance that evening, it was to my originally intended BELTS waypoint.) We reunited with Simon before making our cellphone calls to Potomac for departure clearances. There's no way that they'll actually let me fly that , I thought.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

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. It was the tail separating from the fuselage. N13GZ verify going direct TAMMI?

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Clearance Pilot Cockpit Descent 97

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We eventually packed up the Gnat and after struggles with the Defense Directorate of Trade Controls, essentially the Congressional arm of the military to get an export clearance, we eventually solved that puzzle and then of course Covid arrived. ” The Gnat departed its temporary Tauranga home for Auckland in December 2021.

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Jet Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes 105

Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

This standardization is critical for maintaining consistency in aviation communication worldwide, from identifying aircraft tail numbers to conveying vital information between pilots and air traffic controllers. Air traffic controllers use these coded taxiway names to give clearances, ensuring pilots can navigate safely and efficiently.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Tail Cockpit 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Kingston Radio provided updated weather conditions while sequencing traffic like a tower with the exception that no landing clearances were given. After a brief pitstop at Central Airways, I cranked the Warrior's engine and contacted Kingston Radio to request IFR clearance to Rockcliffe. What the Heck is a LANRK? How can that be?

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Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather 52

Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

The flight crew responded that they were starting the turn and requested clearance direct to Kansas City. The controller cleared the flight and said their descent clearance was being processed. But the tail and the left wing were found even further away, four to six miles from the main wreckage.

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Cabin Crew Weather Turbulence Descent 105

Air Facts

JUNE 24, 2024

To put it in aviation terms, if I told you Bill is a doctor, you might assume he’s flying a V-tail Bonanza. V-tail Bonanzas, as mentioned above, seem to attract particularly wild speculation. Tail failures, the favorite theory when commenters don’t know any better, have indeed happened , but not nearly as often as most people think.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Tail 75

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Hamilton propeller (9-inch clearance from prop tip to ground or carrier deck) and was generally armed with six.50cal. The stenciling on the tail fin “F2G-1D” is incorrect. machine guns, eight 5in. rockets, and up to 1,600 lb. of ordnance. The Corsair was fitted with a small window on the leading edge of each wing.

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Torque Approach Clearance Tail 98