Crosswind Jet Threshold 
Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? He replied, Ive got the jet.
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.
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Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
A small Challenger 604 business jet flying at Flight Level 340 passed one thousand feet below an Airbus A380 flying the same route in the opposite direction. The vortices flipped the small jet upside down at least three to five times before the pilots managed to regain control. ATRs, Dash 8s, large business jets.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 9, 2025
Wind correction is critical, especially crosswind drift on the outbound leg. 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. Holding Speed Compare a fighter jet to a light aircraft.
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. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. A crosswind gust nudged me left; I corrected with right rudder. I noticed I was a little low. I rolled to a stop, no brakes needed.
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.
Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
And then when you get down near the threshold, you just hold it off and gently let the wheels down. 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. It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds.
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