Plane and Pilot

MAY 24, 2025

It has a 5,890-foot asphalt runway big enough for business jets, with runway and approach lights. FlightAware showed a rapid vertical descent over Lake Winnipesaukee, then no more data. There were no medical conditions. There his girlfriend would pick him up. He saw it fly a normal downwind leg. She said no.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

You may have even seen a few YouTube videos of jets doing go-around maneuvers set to Kens song. No Visual References This scenario is particularly true for instrument pilots flying in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Probably his most well-known song is called Go Around.

Pilot

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It is based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual clues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final descent airspeed and configuration. The destination is a couple thousand feet above sea level, with an RNAV approach that depicts a higher-than-normal descent gradient to a down-sloping runway. The ceiling is 800 ft overcast.

Approach

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

A pair of women waiting at the operations building had chartered the private jet. As I finished loading our baggage into the Warrior, a loud roar overhead announced the jet going missed on the approach. Either way, we never saw the jet go overhead in the clouds, we only heard it. The arrowhead always points toward home.

Approach