iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights iPad Pilot News The iPad is an engaging visual tool, but many pilots forget about its many audio uses. Many pilots may not realize that ForeFlight also provides audio alerts with these notifications. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. per minute.

AGL

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

On final approach, it can be the difference between recovering and crashing. How to Perform a Power-off Stall The FAA’s Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ACS) outline the procedure for performing a power-off stall. Because showing sound judgment and preparation is part of what makes a good pilot.

Descent

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

We train pilots step-by-step, combining hands-on practice and expert guidance to build confidence and skill in handling crosswinds safely. Pilots calculate the crosswind component by determining the wind direction and speed relative to the runway heading. At Leopard Aviation, we take this seriously.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

APRIL 23, 2025

As pilots, understanding our aircrafts limitations is crucial to ensuring our safety and the safety of our passengers. In this article, well demystify VLE and VLO speeds and make you a safer pilot. Landing Gear Operating Speed (VLO) Explained Youre on the final approach. But what do they mean?

Final Approach

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

It is intended to be a flying lesson , but only for those pilots who read it with learning as a mindset. Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. Also, Trial by Ice is not just another flying story.

VOR

Fear of Landing

JUNE 27, 2025

They said that they had looked left and right before entering but did not see the Boeing 738 on final approach. The report cites the excessive descent rate as a critical factor, as the Bombardier CRJ 900 was descending at 1,110 feet per minute on touchdown, almost double the landing gear’s design limit of 720 feet per minute.

Descent

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

An IFR approach chart is a chart that organizes all the information you need to perform a particular IFR approach. Theyre officially called Instrument Approach Procedure (or IAP) charts, but pilots often casually call them approach plates. The descent profile. The procedure for the missed approach.

Approach

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

It starts with three 14-inch displays—pilot and copilot PFDs, plus an MFD. It’s been flying in later-gen Cirrus Vision Jets, Daher TBMs, HondaJet Elite II, and now the Epic E1000 AX, where it’s proving to be a single-pilot workload reducer. The displays are touchscreen, plus there’s a QWERTY keypad and radio tuning knob console.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

APRIL 2, 2025

On November 25, 2024, a Swiftair Boeing 737-400 tragically crashed during its approach to Vilnius Airport (VNO) in the early hours of the morning. One pilot died, while another pilot and two passengers sustained serious injuries. At 03:26:15, the aircraft entered the final approach phase.

Cargo

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. They are difficult to detect, making pilot awareness and training vital. Technological advancements aid in detection, but pilot vigilance remains essential.

Wind Shear

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. The NTSB report noted that although the Cessna S550 is usually a two-pilot aircraft, the jet owner had undergone a flight evaluation in December of 2024 and received an exemption to fly the Cessna S550 single-pilot. The pilot was based at KMYF.

Knot

Photographic Logbook

MAY 26, 2025

Piloting is all about decision making. Once cruising along on manmade wings, good pilots are constantly reassessing their circumstances, effectively asking themselves, "Am I on the right road?" Maybe I'm a slow learner, but it seems to me that improved decision making is a skill that a pilot might spend a lifetime refining.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 25, 2024

In video footage, the plane can be seen entering a steep descent toward Aktau and even banking to the right. Thats definitely not normally how youd shoot an approach, so clearly something was very wrong at this point. Were there sudden flight control issues? While some passengers survived, a majority lost their lives.

Jet

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

The pilot said he refueled the airplane the day before the accident and checked the fuel level during his preflight inspection the following morning. The pilot made a forced landing in the ocean just offshore of the beach, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. Probable cause(s): A loss of power due to fuel exhaustion.

Density Altitude

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

At this point we started our descent as we passed by some snowy mountains. At this point we were on approach into Milan, the pilots were probably doing the landing checklist at this point. However the weather in Singapore was not good as you can see the gloomy clouds greeted us during our descent.

Airlines

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 23, 2025

At this point, it was on final approach into New Chitose Airport. Descending was also quite turbulent with gusty winds happening during our descent and approach into HND airport but luckily for us, it didn't cause any disruption to our flight (flight diversion). Window View We were on final approach into HND airport.

Turbulence

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Ken Dravis is a singer/songwriter and pilot who has written and performed many songs about flying and his love for aviation. As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

An aircraft go-around is when a pilot decides to abort a landing and climb back to a safe altitude for another approach. How a Go-Around Is Performed Performing an aircraft go-around is a critical skill every pilot must master. Several situations can lead a pilot to make this decision, all prioritizing safety above all.

Air Traffic Control

AV Web

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Of course, one pilots partial power failure is anothers partial failure. The last thing you want to do is make a normal descent and landing. From that perch, you can eyeball the airport and then execute a circling descent to both lose altitude and set up for the approach and landing. It can be practiced, though.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

Our training for the instrument ticket focused on flying by reference to instruments, how to shoot approaches, holds, etc. By that point pilots were presumed to have mastered the art of landing, so who needed any more instruction on that? (Or, not often easy in a descent. Or, so the argument goes.). This isn’t new behavior.

Approach

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 7, 2025

Once again, an announcement from the flight crew was made but it was difficult to hear what he was saying as it sounded like another voice in the background (could be the other pilot talking to the ATC) and also the cabin crew made some important announcement including a reminder to us about the consequences if we fail to follow the rules.

Turbulence

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In the previous installment of this two-part article , AeroTime took you through the initial stages of a routine commercial flight, from the pre-departure checks carried out by the pilots and cabin crew, to what is happening outside the aircraft, and from engine startup to taxi and take-off.

Cabin Crew

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The NTSB released its final report into the fatal April 2022 accident that occurred when the pilot was on approach to Burley Municipal Airport (KBYI). Company flight records indicated the pilot had flown to KBYI at least 12 times before the accident. The standard approach gradient for an instrument approach is 3.0

Pilot

iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Top 10 mistakes iPad pilots make iPad Pilot News Everyone was once a beginner with the iPad (even if some of us don’t like to admit it). But don’t feel bad – most pilots make the same ones at least once. And like most things in life, we move from beginner to expert by trial and error. What happened?”

Pilot

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. a long straight in final approach to the active runway. Which approach and landing objective is assured when the pilot remains on the proper glidepath of the VASI? Pilot in command.

Crosswind

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Mooneys are amazing and Mooney pilots are maybe just a little bit crazy, is what Im saying. I want to start by apologising to all Mooney pilots for that, because their comparison to the pilot in this case was most unfair. The pilot that day was just a little bit crazy in completely his own way.

Approach

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Let us not forget that the circling approach maneuver is designed as a last resort, non-precision approach. A high degree of pilot proficiency, competence as well as currency (currency in Circling Approaches specifically). How truly important is this current approach to mission success? Any NOTAMS applicable?

Approach

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. Several of these unstabilized approaches resulted in major aircraft damage or worse.

Stability

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A VOR approach gives you accurate guidance by following specific VOR radials. Unlike an Instrument Landing System (ILS), a VOR approach only provides horizontal guidance. So, you must manage the descent and altitude using the VORs published step-down fixes and minimum descent altitudes (MDAs). Why are VORs so important?

VOR

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

The pilot held instructor ratings for helicopter and instrument helicopter, with 872 hours flight time, of which 29 were on type. Five minutes later, about two miles south of Teterboro, the pilot said “What is going on here?” The controller asked if the pilot needed assistance but the pilot said no.

Torque

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. As a pilot, you will need time to master it. A pilot must consider several things before landing. It also allows you to focus on flying during the last stages of the approach and landing. Getting an airplane to fly is easy.

Airplanes

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. At 03:28 UTC, ninety minutes into the flight and on final approach to Vilnius, the aircraft crashed near Liepkalnis Hill. One pilot was killed in the crash, the other three suffered serious injuries.

Runway

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

VASI is also common at flight training schools since its straightforward approach helps student pilots learn visual landings easily. Airports like JFK or LAX, which handle heavy jets and require greater precision, use PAPI to give pilots detailed visual feedback during their approach. Safe landings!

Runway

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Everything seems to be going well on approach, and then out of nowhere, you feel the jolt. Bounced landings are something almost every pilot has experience with. Key Takeaways Bounced landings can result from excessive speed, improper flare, or high descent rates. Use power as necessary to control the descent rate.

Descent

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

If you’re on a non-precision or precision approach, understanding MDA (Minimum Descent Altitude) and DA (Decision Altitude) is incredibly important. Key Takeaways MDA applies to non-precision approaches, requiring pilots to level off at a minimum altitude. These paths guide the airplane safely during its descent.

Altimeter

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A pilot needs to control the airplane in a manner that the wings support the weight of the airplane as long as practical to minimize stresses imposed on the landing gear by a rough surface or to prevent sinking into a soft surface. The approach for the soft-field landing is similar to the normal approach. VS0 should be used.

Approach

Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

After reviewing our landing currency, the Captain determined that I would be the pilot flying our MD-11 home that night and First Officer, Sean, would be assigned the role of relief pilot. They relayed that only pilots in full uniform could be in the cockpit. As the thrust levers rolled back, I asked for the descent checklist.

Flight Deck