Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

I double-checked my autopilot and looked down at my sim cockpit to verify the pitot heat was on. As I double-checked ForeFlight to load the approach plate on my iPad, which I had paired to the simulator cockpit, the radio crackled with the Boston Center VATSIM controller. Cape Air 73-31, you’re 40 miles south of Portland.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Weather Descent 94

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

This one is for an unstable approach due to an excessive descent rate (1,232 ft/min). degree glideslope, high density altitude, and an approach speed of 150 knots, all of which put our nominal descent rate very close to the book maximum of 1,000 ft/min. What changed? Before FlightPulse, I probably wouldn’t have remembered it.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

These two simple features power three of the most important cockpit instruments. As the name implies, the VSI shows the rate of the aircrafts climb or descent. It shows the rate of climb or descent in feet per minute. This setup is called the pitot-static system. How Does The System Give Inputs To The VSI?

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Pitot Tube Altimeter Descent Airplanes 98

Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down. It departed LAX at 16:06 local time and landed in Frankfurt at 11:14 the following morning.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Cockpit Layout and Avionics The cockpit of the Piper Seminole is designed for ease of use and accessibility, with flight instruments arranged for quick scanning. The pre-landing check is the first step in ensuring the aircraft is ready for a stable descent. Additionally, configure the aircraft for a stable descent.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Flyertalk

MARCH 20, 2025

Report States Landing Gear Fractured, Leading to Chain of Events In the report, the TSB outlined the flights rate of descent as it prepared for landing. The two pilots were unable to leave from the cockpit door, and had to exit using the overhead emergency hatch with the help of passengers.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In my glass-cockpit airplane, on an instrument approach, there are a number of things to be set and to look out for. By comparison, in a steam-gauge cockpit, much more information is kept in your head, and many of those avionics settings arent even there. Not all checklists are related to the engine and airframe.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Aileron 95

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

This article will explain what a constant speed propeller is, how it works, and how to use it correctly in the cockpit so that you can use the variable-pitch system with confidence. This hydraulic system is controlled by the use of a blue lever inside the cockpit, referred to as the propeller or pitch lever.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. When landing without flaps, pilots must adjust their techniques to compensate for higher approach speeds, a shallow descent angle, and longer landing distances. What is the purpose of flaps? What should you do?

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

So when you’re in the cockpit, you’ll know exactly what to do. Initiating a Power-off Stall Now, let’s dive into the stall: Reduce Power Simulate Approach Descent Watch for Stall Warnings 1. Now that the aircraft is in landing configuration, reduce your power to idle and pitch down to simulate an approach descent.

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

LATAM 787 business class lavatories LATAM’s Boeing 787-9s have two business class lavatories at the front of the cabin — there’s one right in front of the cabin on the right, and one by the cockpit. Even though it was still dark outside, I enjoyed the view on the descent, including whatever was going on with the wing.

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Approach Descent Runway Airplanes 111

Flyertalk

AUGUST 15, 2024

When we were about to descend into Jackson (literally they already told to prepare for descent), the pilot got on the overhead and said: ‘Hey, I’m really sorry folks but due to me not having the proper qualification to land in Jackson Hole, we need to divert to Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On board in a cockpit observer seat was a well known FAA air carrier inspector who oversaw the L-1011 operations at TWA. The flight crew did everything by the book while observing strict cockpit discipline. I advised the first officer to change the decision altitude of 852 feet to the minimum descent altitude of 1,140 feet.

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Checkride Approach Descent Cockpit 98

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Combining the data shown on your cockpit instruments helps you make better judgments. One example is Indicated Airspeed (IAS), which is the airspeed you read directly from cockpit instruments. A positive reading means you’re climbing, while a negative one indicates descent. In a climb or descent, this is just as true.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 23, 2025

Additionally, many aircraft feature placards or markings in the cockpit that indicate important speed limitations. Having a structured approach to your descent and landing procedures is another helpful strategy. Reviewing these manuals thoroughly and keeping them handy for quick reference is essential.

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Final Approach Descent V Speed Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 21, 2025

The aircraft was equipped with a cockpit camera that captured the entire instrumentation for both the left and right seats, as well as the center pedestal and overhead panel. READ MORE: Pattern Operations Require the Right Technique The pilot was trying to fly by looking at the instrument on the other side of the cockpit, said Sedor.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Cockpit Airplanes 68

Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

He lost 200 feet before even noticing the descent. For VFR pilots beginning instrument training, the cockpit gets crowded fast. In the modern cockpit, changes to the plan can be executed far more easily without missing a beat. A quick look at winds aloft while planning the descent. His scan fell apart within seconds.

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet. While the aircraft was flying at a ground speed of 453 knots (about 840 kilometers per hour), countless hailstones battered the fuselage, engines, and cockpit windows. There were 173 passengers and 6 crew on board.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. AGL, the descent rate is between 3000 ft. The destination weather frequency callout provides the destination airport weather frequency (ATIS, AWOS, or ASOS). Sink Rate – Alerts as follows: When above 2,500 ft.

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Air Facts

JUNE 4, 2025

I acknowledged and began a gentle descent. The landing was smooth, and after shutting down on the ramp, I sat for a moment in the quiet cockpit. The Challenge: Trusting the Instruments Cessna 123AB, were showing a band of weather moving into your area, came the call from Manila Control. As I re-entered the clouds, turbulence increased.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I was still in a pretty rapid descent. While still in a descent, soon to crash into the trees, I turned to look. Settling down, buckling my belt, and enjoying my climb back to 3,000 feet, I got to thinking about whether I could have slowed or stopped my descent with the trim tab. I was in a controlled descent.

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Descent Lift Runway Cockpit 93

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

When flying a plane for the first time, this knowledge helps you make informed decisions in the cockpit. In-Flight Maneuvers: Basic Turns, Climbs, and Descents During your first flight, youll learn basic maneuvers like turns, climbs, and descents. We ensure you understand every move, making the experience smooth and exciting.

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Aileron Drag Rudder Descent 52

iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Many apps include audio-specific features that are difficult to hear from your iPad’s speakers in the noisy cockpit. The most common scenario is direct sunlight aimed at your iPad’s screen in the cockpit, causing it to quickly reach the internal temperature limit and trigger the overheat protection mode.

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Pilot Descent Airplanes Cockpit 98

Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

My phone chime woke me up from a deep sleep hours later and I headed back to the cockpit to relieve the Captain so he could get some well deserved sleep. Arriving at the flight deck door, I performed the normal cockpit entry procedure but received no response. They relayed that only pilots in full uniform could be in the cockpit.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Approach Descent 96

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

He explained that there was an indicator in the cockpit that the cooling fans for the avionics were broken, and that they need three of those to be active in order to depart. United map feature 737 MAX We had a smooth descent, and touched down in Miami at 9:40PM, as predicted.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Wright State University) The original configuration of the Bell Model 68 was an open cockpit all-metal monoplane with fixed landing gear that was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines with thrust deflectors located at the aircraft’s center of gravity.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Aileron 94

AV Web

JULY 21, 2024

I don’t know how many long nights in the cockpits of various slow-piston and faster-turbine aircraft. I remembered those cozy nights as I chomped on a burnt grilled cheese sandwich with sauerkraut (Yep, we served that at night) and peered out of the cockpit windows at more stars than people on Earth can imagine.

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Cockpit Descent Approach Airplanes 98

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

During the conversation with the controller, there was the sound of a single chime on the cockpit voice recorder. The crew acknowledged and said that they were at the ideal point of descent and waiting for clearance. The approach controller instructed the crew to continue to wait for the descent clearance.

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Knot Approach Descent Weather 104

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before the aircraft begins to move, on the left-hand ( port ) side of the aircraft you may also notice the ground crew waving a thin red flag at the captain (who always sits, aviation convention dictates, in the left-hand seat in the cockpit of fixed-wing aircraft). Part two will soon be available on AeroTime.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 271

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Cockpit and Avionics Sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, one is immediately struck by the advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite that dominates the instrument panel. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Can we simplify life by only talking about things that are actually displayed in the cockpit? For example, in a 200-feet-per-minute descent, a typical light plane will only gain a little speed. So what do we do with energy management? Even better, can we just use the underlying ideas and ignore this abstract term?

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Airplanes Descent Pilot Altimeter 94

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

For the unmanned test, the pilot controlled the aircraft from a remote cockpit with a curved screen offering a panoramic view of the instruments. A vertical descent rate of 19.5 feet per second is twice the maximum descent speed and it collapsed under the impact. A second pilot maintained visual contact with the aircraft.

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Descent Knot Thrust Lift 105

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The controller confirmed a descent to 3,000 feet, the minimum safe altitude for BEGKA. They anchored the Mooney to heavy rigging in the tower and were finally able to make it to the cockpit. The LPV approach relies on the pilot flying a highly accurate descent path to the decision altitude. It was now past midnight.

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Inflight Pilot Training

JANUARY 19, 2025

Lets take a closer look at some of the exciting opportunities for pilots beyond the airline cockpit! Skydiving Pilots Skydiving pilots transport skydivers to jump altitudes, requiring them to perform repeated ascents and descents. Requirements: CPL, excellent navigation skills, and the ability to handle diverse aircraft.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

It requires managing descent rates, aligning with the runway, and controlling speed for a smooth touchdown. Leopard Aviation provides ongoing support and resources to keep you sharp and confident in the cockpit. This skill enhances your ability to fly safely and seamlessly.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 3, 2025

A peek of the A220 cockpit The emergency row Inflight snack and beverage We were given a packet of biscuit and a choice of beverage, orange juice for this case. After an hour of flying, we started our descent into Barcelona. We made a few turns during our descent to follow the traffic in preparation for landing.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

She said that there was no means of contacting the cockpit from the internet or a cell phone. They could see someone in the left cockpit seat, slumped over to the right. All the controls for this system were on the Pressurisation – Environmental Control panel in the cockpit.

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