One Mile at a Time

JULY 25, 2025

This flight operated from Burbank to Las Vegas The plane took off at 11:57AM local time, and roughly six minutes after takeoff, the pilots received a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) alert, indicating that there’s other traffic in the area. The TCAS gave the pilots two sets of instructions (to descend and to climb).

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

However, thats at the discretion of pilots, and it seems like more often than not, they choose to keep it turned off. United 737 MAX first class lavatory United has a first class lavatory on the 737 MAX, located at the front of the cabin, behind the flight deck.

Narrow-Body Aircraft

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

This article will explain the six primary instruments of every flight deck, often informally referred to as the six-pack. Key Takeaways The six-pack includes the core flight instruments for navigation and control. Mastering the six-pack is essential for safe and effective piloting. What Are the Six Instruments?

Pitot Tube

One Mile at a Time

MAY 18, 2025

Its always such a nice, personal touch, when pilots do that. He explained our flight time of 4hr10min, and an anticipated smooth ride. At that point the flight leader, James, welcomed us onboard, on behalf of the Fort Lauderdale based flight attendants. The main cabin door ended up closing at 10:10PM.

Runway

Professional Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

In 2016, the TBM 900-series family was augmented by the TBM 930, equipped with Garmin’s touchscreen-controlled G3000 integrated flight deck. This variant incorporated the initial elements of TBM e-copilot functionality, which lowers pilot workload and provides better situational awareness. the fuel consumption is only 57 U.S.

Airplanes

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 24, 2025

Air France La Premiere currently has one first class lavatory, located at the front of the cabin, by the flight deck. Theres a second lavatory at the front of the plane, but up until now, it has been for the exclusive use of the pilots. At 9:50AM we began our descent, and 15 minutes later, the seatbelt sign was turned on.

Approach

Flying Magazine

JULY 11, 2025

At $69.99, the DC-6 is one of the most expensive aircraft available in-sim, but like other aircraft in the same pricing tier, it offers a level of systems modeling that can take you from radial engine neophyte to feeling confident enough to step onto the flight deck of a real DC-6 to help out someday. One can dream and prepare, right?

Flight Deck

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

At 18,000 feet, the Pilots will make one high-low chime, indicating the start of sterile flight deck. Since July 1, 2024, Korean Air has wrapped up its in-flight services 40 minutes prior to landing on all medium to long-haul flights, 20 minutes earlier than the previous service policy.

Cabin Crew

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

While the report draws no conclusions as to the cause of the crash, investigators set out a detailed timeline which focuses heavily on the Mitsubishi CRJ900s descent. The pilot flyingpulled back the thrust levers, and as a result, over the following 5seconds, N1 decreased from 64% to approximately 43%, where it remained until touchdown.

Indicated Airspeed

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

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.

Cabin Crew

AV Web

MARCH 17, 2025

Simon Hradecky, who runs the popular aviation incident Web site Aviation Herald, said in a lengthy post on his site on Friday, there is evidence Lubitz wasn’t on the flight deck at the time of the crash and that Capt. Patrick Sondenheimer was monitoring the flight deck when the plane went down.

Flight Deck

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Its almost unthinkable in an airliner, and surely tensions were high in the flight deck. His maternal grandfather and father were both pilots, and Drdano recounts flying on his fathers lap: I was in love with aviation since I was a child and always knew what I wanted to become. Both engines were out.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ForeFlight vs. Garmin Pilot: 3 key differences to help you decide iPad Pilot News There are a handful of full-featured aviation Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) apps available today for pilots, both free and paid, which provide just about every preflight and in-flight resource you’ll need for both VFR and IFR operations.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

Sitting in the flight deck during the cruise portion of any flight may have a tendency to become monotonous. 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. VFR approaches to land at night should be accomplished with a steeper descent.

Crosswind

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

I was the Captain in command of a scheduled passenger flight on a TWA Lockheed L-1011 en route to Chicago O’Hare. At the time of this flight, I was Chairman of the Airline Pilots Association Training and Standards Committee. On the flight deck of the L-1011. I am proud of you!” Lesson learned.

Checkride

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. This would work great for me as I would get the highly desired middle break during our 10 hour flight home. Why not Anchorage?”

Flight Deck

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As a relatively new pilot , I had failed to see the bigger picture. As a mountain-bred pilot, I’ve always enjoyed observing the ridges and valleys from on high and low. That day’s flight would be memorable in another way. We continued our descent into Great Falls, leaving “the wave” behind and above. We didn’t test it.

Turbulence

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) Air Safety Institute has published an excellent report titled, “ Stall and Spin Accidents: Keep the Wings Flying.” It is an easy download and a must-read for all pilots. The late fighter/test pilot Bob Hoover said it best: “Fly the airplane as far into the crash as possible.”

Horizontal Stabilizer

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

It was Sunday, the 9th of June 2024, and Arlberg was flying Austrian Airlines flight 434 from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, back home to Vienna. The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet. There were 173 passengers and 6 crew on board. A high psychological strain for the crew.

Airlines

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Who retains final authority over the human single pilot AI, a ground pilot, or the PIC on board? B747-8i, B737, MD11 Contributing Writer AI-powered system could be trained to assist in the cockpit and even land the plane in extreme emergencies, such as pilot incapacitation. To most professional pilots this may seem far-fetched.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

This revolutionary system includes digital technology that safely lands the aircraft at the nearest suitable airport in the event that the pilot is incapacitated. Beyond the flight deck, the six-seat M700 FURY is powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-52 700 SHP engine.

Flight Deck

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

There were two flight crew, two cabin crew, and 58 passengers on board when the aircraft, an ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) departed Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport in Cascavel. Both pilots were very experienced, each with over 5,000 hours of flight experience. One of the pilots turned the airframe de-icing system back on.

Knot

Northstar VFR

JUNE 30, 2024

Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Two of the most important pieces of information that every pilot needs to know while flying is how high you are and how fast you’re going. Pilots rely on the airspeed indicator and altimeter instruments to measure and display this vital information. As the diaphragm moves, the needle of the ASI moves.

Pitot Tube

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Are you an aspiring aviator or a professional pilot seeking your first turbine pilot job? In this blog post, we will guide you through the path from challenges to rewards, helping you navigate your way to success in the world of turbine pilot jobs. Warning Systems: pilots need to be aware of how their airplane type alerts them.

Pilot

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Pilot’s aviation app directory 2025 Edition iPad Pilot News iPad Pilot News has helped pilots discoverover 100 quality aviation appssince the invention of the iPad in 2010.Here AOPA Magazine Delivers AOPA’s monthly magazines to AOPA members, including AOPA Pilot and AOPA Flight Training.

Weather

Fly with Eva

MARCH 20, 2018

I see my name on the crew list, I sign in and read the flight plan, notams and weather. I try to push all the chaos in my head aside and focus on the task at hand: a base training flight in the Boeing 747! I wrote earlier that becoming a pilot was never my childhood dream. Descent briefing, approach briefing, and down we go.

Jet

Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

With a fleet of 70 aircraft, unique and rewarding opportunities abound for its 150 pilots. The aircraft features a single-lever digital engine and propeller control, an advanced Doppler radar system that detects lightning and turbulence, electronic stability and under-speed protection, and emergency descent mode.

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Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

PRESS RELEASE G3000 PRIME App Menu G armin introduced G3000 PRIME, its most advanced integrated flight deck yet. “Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck.

Flight Deck

AV Web

OCTOBER 6, 2024

During the flight, pilots issued a Mayday after detecting smoke on the flight deck. According to the Aviation Herald , there were also reports the pilots donned masks during the descent and that they were unable to transmit on the radio. They deplaned using airstairs shortly after.

Flight Deck

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. In daylight, when the visibility is good, the winds calm, and the pilot familiar with the airport—and the approach is a straight in—the visual is no big deal.

Approach

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 2, 2024

Being disoriented causes the pilot to make incorrect control corrections. If in this situation, make sure to transition your eyes to inside the flight deck. High Workload During a period of high workload, a pilot can become overloaded. Startle affects a pilot’s mental processing. But the incorrect recovery.

Altimeter

AV Web

MARCH 4, 2025

The award-winning Autoland function enables anyone on board, including the pilot and passengers, one-button access to activate the technology in the event of pilot incapacitation or other emergency. Autoland also activates automatically if the system determines the pilot is unresponsive.

Air Traffic Control