Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Wind correction is critical, especially crosswind drift on the outbound leg. The crosswind component. Holding Speed Compare a fighter jet to a light aircraft. Crosswind Component You’ll have noticed we have referenced ‘course’ a fair bit when discussing holds. What Is a Hold? The inbound course. The outbound course.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

I turned crosswind and attempted to shallow the climb. I felt I was strapped into a runaway jet. This time, I pulled out some power as I transitioned to the crosswind leg. I resisted pulling power back, knowing I needed to get to a safer altitude. I turned downwind, continuing to gain altitude. I was 200 feet too high.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It was go-home day and launching with our back to the storm seemed appropriate as we headed to Detroit, where we were scheduled to step onto another jet and catch a ride home to finish our trip. We were tasked with ferrying an empty jet to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA), then we’d catch a ride home in the back of a different jet.

Runway

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.

Torque

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This type of design is common in delta-winged aircraft such as fighter jets. They just keep the wings level, and the aircraft will simply drift with the wind if its experiencing any significant crosswind. UA232 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, a tri-jet. Thats why the B-52 has very poor roll control, especially at slow speeds.

Aileron

Flying Magazine

JUNE 5, 2025

Carroll County Airport (4M1) is the closest airport to town center, although it does not offer jet-A fuel. An additional point of emphasis for pilots flying in is that the runway sits in an east-west orientation and often has a crosswind, caused by north-blowing winds.

Runway

Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Crosswinds will be a frequent issue, so you’ll have to know which direction to head to correct for the wind. Traveling long distances means dealing with jet lag and changing time zones. These will involve simple multiplication and division, which you can surely manage!

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

The rich can dream of jets and warbirds. You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. The rest of us fantasize about swinging a Piper Cherokee.

Approach

Flying Magazine

JULY 8, 2025

Too Much Airplane Another common push is the fledgling aviator who wants to do all their training in a turboprop, jet, or multiengine aircraft.

Wind Shear

Jetwhine

JUNE 2, 2025

We hopped on a jet and flew out there and received 25 hours of training in the instructor’s Cessna 180 together. Maybe in another 22 years he’ll finally nail those crosswind landings if we’re lucky. They even landed on a street near Los Angeles Airport due to fog. His and my job is still a work in progress, I guess.

Airplanes

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

With type ratings in Canadair Challengers and Embraer Phenom jets, plus lots of experience teaching in LSAs, gyroplanes and in the AirCam twin-engine LSA in both land and sea configuration, Wilkinson has seen all kinds come through the door—from senior astronauts to film stars to jamokes like me.

Gross Weight

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

I’d ridden in helicopters, C-130s, and even a white, unmarked Air Force jet outfitted with school bus seats and no toilet during various deployments. A crosswind gust nudged me left; I corrected with right rudder. As an Army officer—not Air Force—I was never deeply exposed to aviation. I noticed I was a little low.

Runway

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

You may have even seen a few YouTube videos of jets doing go-around maneuvers set to Kens song. Sometimes the wind can be an extreme crosswind that cannot be handled safely due to aircraft limitations or pilot skill. Probably his most well-known song is called Go Around. Wind shear can create landing hazards for all sizes of aircraft.

Pilot

Simple Flying

AUGUST 15, 2024

If there are any discrepancies, the jet will be subject to additional flight testing. As the industry has significantly innovated over the past few decades, modern aircraft are tested across a variety of scenarios to ensure that they operate safely and properly.

Crosswind

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

Additional features, such as speed offsets, velocity cues, and crosswind adjustments enhance precision, particularly during approach and in turbulent or crosswind conditions. The post Business jet flight decks first appeared on Professional Pilot Magazine.

Flight Deck

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. With a lighter corporate jet, that is powerful.

Crosswind

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

Here’s a video of a 182 flipping in 30 knot winds at Las Vegas (with jet blast the deciding factor). Several times I’ve landed smoothly in a strong crosswind, then had trouble keeping the airplane on the runway. I approach using the wing low method in a crosswind. Which brings up a point about gusty crosswinds.

Crosswind

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 1, 2024

According to the user who uploaded the video, there was no crosswind at the time of this go around, but the runway was wet. I wonder at what point the jet actually took off again, and successfully executed the go around, since you can’t really tell from this angle. Was this just some freak incident?

Runway

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. Scenario 4: Crosswinds If only flight instructors could control the weather, we’d have the learners practicing crosswind takeoffs and landings on a regular basis. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

Crosswind

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 23, 2024

The crosswinds were also too high for the HAC Hawker Fury which was due to fly with the IWM Spitfire Mk.1 A French Air and Space Force Rafale put on an excellent demo which was followed by aerobatic acts by Rich Goodwin’s jet-powered Pitts Special and the Comrades display team with the usual Yak-18T and two Yak 52s joined by a Yak-50.

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

I can tell you the wind limitations for every jet Ive flown, as they were memory items we were required to know. Every reference to a crosswinds in the operators manual are as follows: Hydraulic disc brakes and a steerable nosewheel aid in positive directional control during taxiing and crosswind landings.

Crosswind

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

I have actually taxied out with a semi-crosswind where I just turned around and came back in because I could not control the airplane with the earlier brakes. I can control it now with the Red Line Brakes, but this airplane is not built for crosswinds. It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds. ” Ed Storos and His Bulldog.

Crosswind

Aviation Bussiness News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Air Force F-15 fighter jet low turn after takeoff United Boeing 777 water salute in Brussels Video by Yarno M. Air New Zealand Airbus A320 go around in violent winds Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 near engine strike during crosswind landing The post Aviation this week! appeared first on Aviation Business News.

Crosswind

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

The only thing that caught my attention was a 90 degree crosswind coming from the east that was gusting to 11 or 12 knots. Turning base to final, I found the crosswind to be gusting as advertised. My left crosswind became left downwind very quickly. No ceiling so no hold for us today! Approach switched me to Tower.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Once there, he put us in a slight right turn toward our first fuel stop 60 miles ahead, continuously fighting the stick as the gusting left crosswind did its best to push us off course. The monstrous cargo planes and nimble fighter jets soaring overhead could no doubt travel faster, but only the little Cub could offer a journey back in time.

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

121707 – now at the Planes of Fame Air Museum) as static wind generators for crosswind helicopter testing. Grumman built this Bearcat as construction number D.1162. The US Navy soon accepted it as Bureau Number (BuNo) 121776 on November 18, 1948. However, by this point, the U.S. The company used this and another surplus F8F-2 (BuNo.121707

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Both utilize ANR sound-reduction technology to keep things quiet, whether you’re flying a twin piston or jet. Flight Gear Crosswind Bag If you’re bent toward practicality and cost-effectiveness, the Flight Gear Crosswind Bag does a lot for a little. Both score high in comfort.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Add in some crosswind and turbulence from preceding aircraft, and these arrivals can get a bit hairy.

Stability

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It was go-home day and launching with our back to the storm seemed appropriate as we headed to Detroit, where we were scheduled to step onto another jet and catch a ride home to finish our trip. We were tasked with ferrying an empty jet to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA), then we’d catch a ride home in the back of a different jet.

Runway

Northstar VFR

JULY 2, 2023

Remember when your CFI taught you to turn crosswind around 500-700 feet? Section 4-3-3 states “If remaining in the traffic pattern , commence turn to crosswind leg beyond the departure end of the runway within 300 feet of pattern altitude.” Check the AIM. It’s in there. In this case, Part 91 wouldn’t apply to you. As simple as that.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

For the pilots (often lapsed CFIs) who argue that the cockpits of turboprops and jets have flight management systems and backups on backups for navigation that will tell you wind correction angles, ground speed, time en route, etc., This is about you flying, not your CFI showing you what they can do.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There was a nice crosswind, and I demonstrated landing on a concrete expansion joint, offset from the runway centerline. Since my home airport has Class C airspace with regional jets and bizjets, I fly final relatively fast and start slowing down at 2 miles to be stable 30 seconds before minimums.

Pitot Tube

iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It’s an impressive new option, and when paired with high quality flight controls , it’s a valuable resource for keeping current at home (but don’t try to learn crosswind landings on it). The app includes a Cessna 172, Cirrus SF50 jet, Sikorsky S-76 helicopter, and F-22 Raptor by default.

Cockpit

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

AvioFuel is primarily designed for turboprop and jet aircraft. Bombardier Aerospace This collection of apps provides eLearning, operating procedures and maintenance utilities for operators of Bombardier jet airplanes. AvioFuel makes it easy for pilots to calculate how much fuel to add during refueling operations.

Weather

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Climate Scientist T he pilots of the intercontinental business jet had just finished transmitting their position report from FL330 over the Philippine Sea when one noticed the contrails of a commercial jet approaching their position a few thousand feet above their altitude. Understanding turbulence can be key to a smooth flight.

Turbulence

Fly with Eva

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

We tackle the first hurdle the next day: despite a proper jet lag we pass the Performance and Air Law ATPL exams. Every session we tick off training elements, from basics like steep turns and approach to stall recovery, TCAS RA, to engine failures, fires, evacuations, crosswind landings. I really enjoy the simulator phase a lot.

Approach

Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With a commercial pilot license, pilots can engage in a wide range of professional flying jobs, from corporate jet operations to aerial tours and crop-dusting. Training includes specific maneuvers such as normal and crosswind takeoffs and wheel landings, as well as ground instruction to understand the unique characteristics of these aircraft.

Pilot