Cockpit Crosswind Threshold 
Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
In addition to instructing him on proper throttle management, I tried using my left hand as a brake on the throttles in the rear cockpit to resist his large, sudden inputs. After closing the speed brakes and raising the gear and flaps, I turned crosswind at the departure end. He shook the stick in reply: Youve got the airplane.
Air Facts
MARCH 5, 2025
Once wings-level on the Inside Downwind, you lower the gear and flaps and, approximately one mile beyond the landing threshold, you reduce power at The Perch. You then execute a 180 o descending Final Turn maintaining 175 knots to arrive wings-level one mile from the threshold on final approach at 500 AGL. from an unsafe approach.
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Plane and Pilot
APRIL 1, 2025
I turned crosswind and attempted to shallow the climb. This time, I pulled out some power as I transitioned to the crosswind leg. I crossed the runway threshold at 70 mph and let a little more speed bleed off as I attempted to stay a few inches off the runway with the nosewheel slightly up. My shirt was wet. Waiting on me.
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Crosswind Landings : Learning no-flap crosswind landings can help improve aircraft control in high-wind conditions. This is important because crosswinds can make it difficult to control the aircraft at low speeds, so a no-flaps landing can teach you how to land with a higher approach speed. Pre-Landing Checklist 1.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 9, 2025
Wind correction is critical, especially crosswind drift on the outbound leg. Preparing the cockpit and cabin. Holding in Lieu of Procedure Turns Flying a ‘holding pattern’ is a great way to reverse your course and leave yourself pointing towards the runway threshold. The crosswind component. What Is a Hold?
Air Facts
AUGUST 1, 2025
I sat in the cockpit of the old Tecnam P92-JS Echo, tail number I-GITR. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. A crosswind gust nudged me left; I corrected with right rudder. Aviation teaches you that you’re never truly solo—not in the cockpit and not in life. I noticed I was a little low.
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. Examination of the accident site confirmed flight-control continuity from the cockpit to all flight control surfaces. The private pilot was fatally injured. A little more than half of these rare stalls were fatal.
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