AV Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

When I became an airline pilot at the beginning of 1979, the training classes and flight decks were male only clubs. How would you feel if you were one of the first three women flying for an airline and had to live on the flight decks I described? I gave tons of type rating, and ATP check rides in that box.

Flight Deck 95

Flight Deck Transponder Cockpit Checkride 95

Simple Flying

MAY 9, 2025

Airbus introduced electronic flight instrument displays in the A310 flight deck, replacing traditional analog dials. The "glass cockpit" used six cathode ray tube displays to display flight and navigation information.

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Flight Deck Rudder Tail Cockpit 102

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

These include: Fuselage Wings Cockpit Engine Propeller (in some aircraft) Tail Assembly (Empennage) Landing Gear Understanding how these parts interact is essential to grasping the basics of aerodynamicsand its one of the first steps in becoming a safe and informed pilot. These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight.

Lift 52

Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 271

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Ultra-Modern: Cirrus SR22 If what turns your head is a sophisticated aircraft with advanced avionics, comfortable cockpit, and safety features such as a whole-airframe parachute, consider the Cirrus SR22 series. On the avionics side, it is equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck. This isn’t the one for you.

Knot 105

Knot Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck 105

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The airlines use their high-fidelity flight simulators to great advantage, and when combined with stick shakers, multicrew flight decks, and low-speed and stall-warning systems, the training is excellent. Second, excessive bank and bottom rudder are not your friends.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Approach Pilot 83

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

Standing on the port side of the deck adjacent to the arresting wires was the Landing Signal Officer (LSO), who carefully observed Johnson’s approach. The rudder and elevators both had some internal work done to the ribs prior to re-covering the surfaces, but not much. We had to do some welding on that. They were also in good shape.

Tail 119

Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119