One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

LATAM offers Thompson Aero Vantage XL seats on these jets, which is a staggered configuration that you’ll also find on several other airlines. LATAM 787 arrival in Santiago At 5:25AM local time, the captain announced that we’d be landing in about 25 minutes, at which point we began our descent.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Keep in mind these huge jets primarily operate flights that are at most two hours, so of course its a completely different experience than on long haul flights. The first class cabin on these domestic jets is pretty intimate, with just 12 seats, spread across two rows, in a 2-2-2 configuration.

Airline

Airline Reporter

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As the flight crew announced our descent, the flight attendants came by with Läderach boxed chocolates. Here’s a look at our nighttime descent and landing at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. It was even better than the first one, and beyond that I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Descent

AV Web

MAY 7, 2025

During a May 6 airshow performance, a midair collision involving three Aermacchi MB-339 jet aircraft of the Italian air force Frecce Tricolori (three-color arrow) demonstration team ended with all aircraft landing under control, though one of the three veered off the runway due to suspected nosewheel damage.

Pilot

Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

As Philippe explained in the comments of my initial piece: Im typed in the CRJ and Ill have to correct myself regarding my last comment, as Ive just read it up in the OM-B: While only RAs are inhibited below 1000, TAs are inhibited below 400 in descent (and 600 in climb). The tower controller cleared a jet for departure from runway 01.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For one, ITA Airways A321neo might be the swankiest narrow body jet operated by any global airline, and really puts even other quality airlines to shame. However, it feels like a lot of airlines are making a compromise when it comes to hard product on these jets, compared to what passengers have come to expect on larger aircraft.

Wide-Body Aircraft

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. This one is for an unstable approach due to an excessive descent rate (1,232 ft/min). I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5

Pilot

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

At that point you have to see either the red terminating row of lights in the Approach Lighting System or any one of the other nine runway environment items if you want to continue the descent. Unless you are a glider tow pilot most folks would agree that a 2000 fpm descent is not normal for landing. But how about 1000? Is that normal?

Runway

Flyertalk

MARCH 20, 2025

Report States Landing Gear Fractured, Leading to Chain of Events In the report, the TSB outlined the flights rate of descent as it prepared for landing. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada released their initial report on the incident detailing the events of the day on Thursday, March 20, 2024.

Descent

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

The areas marked red on the VSI show climb or descent rates that can put you on a collision course. Green markings show the climb or safe climb, or descent rates. This includes some business jets, turboprops, and regional airliners mandated to have it. TCAS RAs can only tell you to climb or descend. This is by design.

Transponder

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe Now I texted my twin jet crew to get to the airport as soon as possible, then quickly planned the flight, ordered the fuel, and completed the preflight while my fellow crewmates arrived and got their pre-mission tasks accomplished. ForeFlight indicated we could reach there with a 900 fpm descent rate. No problem.

Knot

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

For buyers stepping up into the world of turboprops and jets, a significant part of the transition might be learning an unfamiliar avionics suite. Moreover, when deciding which aging jets it will pursue for an STC of this magnitude, Garmin also looks at obsolescence and the overall value of the aircraft.

Flight Deck

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In high-speed and high-altitude scenarios, like for military and commercial jets, compressibility affects the accuracy of your IAS. A positive reading means you’re climbing, while a negative one indicates descent. Airspeed and VSI: When you adjust airspeed, your rate of climb or descent may also change.

True Airspeed

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 5, 2025

The eight hour flight operated more or less as usual, until the aircraft started its descent. While the difference between the jets is marginal, clearly this exceeded some airport or operational limit, perhaps given the airport’s challenging terrain. The flight departed Philadelphia more or less on schedule, at 7:42PM.

Weather

One Mile at a Time

MAY 8, 2025

ANA departure gate Sapporo Airport I proceeded down the jet bridge, and boarded the 12-year-old 737 with the registration code JA68AN, which would be my ride down to Narita ANA Boeing 737-800 Sapporo Airport ANA 737 Premium Class cabin & seats ANAs 737 Premium Class cabin feels both outdated and spacious.

Approach

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2025

This also allows the plane to make a steeper descent without pointing the nose down and speeding up to unsafe airspeeds. Common Aircraft: Primarily used in large transport and airliner aircraft such as the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, and larger jets that require high lift at low speeds. How Do Flaps Work?

Camber

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Theres a whole other reason for using checklists, and that is preparing the pilot mentally for the next flight phase, such as descent or landing, among others. This reason is more important in jets than to us single-engine pilots, but it still applies.

Airplanes

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

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

Even though the plane is new to Austrian, its not a new jet. About 10 minutes later, the seatbelt sign was turned on, and we started our gradual descent for Washington. While the descent was initially quite smooth, it eventually became rather bumpy. Fun fact: I flew this exact aircraft on Bamboo Airways a couple of years back.

Approach

Cranky Flier

APRIL 22, 2025

I stopped to admire Hazel the Chipmunk on the tail and then went down the jet bridge. But then, a few minutes before our descent, the show began. If you’ve paid for a carry-on — I didn’t need to, but remember, the price was the same for me — that’s your group. Everyone else boards later in groups 2-5.

Descent

Flying Magazine

JULY 14, 2025

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had just lifted off from Ahmedabad airport (VAAH) bound for London when video shows the airline barely climbing, then it began a slow descent into a building off the end of the runway. The jet collided with trees and a chimney and began to fragment as it continued into several buildings.

Cockpit

One Mile at a Time

JULY 25, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet had a rather eventful flight today minutes after taking off from California, leading to injuries. Southwest jet gets TCAS alert, drops 475 feet This incident happened today (Friday, July 25, 2025), and involves flight WN1496, operating from Burbank (BUR) to Las Vegas (LAS).

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 24, 2025

Emirates Lounge New York Kennedy Airport Emirates has a door to the jet bridge in its lounge, so in theory, boarding sometimes happens through the lounge, if your A380 is parked at the right gate. However, when I was flying, they were doing some work on the upper deck jet bridge, so boarding from the lounge wasnt possible.

Jet

Inflight Pilot Training

JANUARY 19, 2025

Corporate and Private Jet Pilots Flying private jets for corporations or high-net-worth individuals is another sought-after career. After COVID-19, there has been a growing demand for private jet pilots reflecting a shift towards personalized and flexible travel options. Average Pay: $90,000-$140,000 per year.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The resulting loss of lift leads to a rapid descent by the aircraft. This type of design is common in delta-winged aircraft such as fighter jets. UA232 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, a tri-jet. If the loss of lift is uneven between both wings, its possible for only one wing to stall. This is called having a wing drop.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The 757 was cramped, yet fun and nostalgic as it’s the biggest jet I could actually find that serves our farthest state. it seems to be getting gradually darker like it would at home for us in summer, but then the sunset just gets hung up somewhere at a lower angle than midday but doesn’t continue its descent.

AGL

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. If you dont act immediately, you could be forced into an uncontrollable descent before you even reach the runway.

Wind Shear

Aerotime

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In July 2024, Air Europas Boeing 787 Dreamliner made a sudden descent over the Atlantic Ocean, injuring three passengers and one crewmember. With the era of four-engined commercial jet aircraft all but over, the retirement of this plane was another sad step towards confining the type to the aviation history books.

Turbulence

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The interiors of new Korean Air jets no longer look like the (very blue) exteriors, and Id consider that to be a good thing. So Korean Air is only the second airline to purpose-order this product, and its the first airline to install this on a Boeing jet. The seatbelt sign was turned on at 5:40PM, around 15 minutes before landing.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

MAY 18, 2025

Delta A321neo first class cabin & seats The A321neo is Deltas latest and greatest narrow body jet. The jet features 194 seats, including 20 first class seats, and 174 economy seats (42 of which feature extra legroom). Sure enough, thats exactly when boarding started. There was one funny thing during boarding.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 18, 2025

In fairness, this first class hard product is on the way out, as Japan Airlines is expected to retire these jets in the coming years, as it replaces them with Airbus A350-1000s , featuring an incredible first class product , and also a very good business class experience. At around 3:55PM Tokyo time, we started our gradual descent.

Airline

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 25, 2025

Japan Airlines Class J headphones Japan Airlines A350-900 Class J entertainment & Wi-Fi Japan Airlines domestic A350s have a different entertainment system than youll find on many long haul jets, but its still quite good. There are a variety of movies, TV shows, audio, and of course the map feature.

Airline

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

Thats why, for a passenger, phugoid motion feels like a series of slow climbs and descents instead of pitching up and down. The Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) will show a cycle of shallow climbs and descents. Meanwhile, the Airspeed Indicator moves the opposite way: decreasing during the climbs and increasing during descents.

Stability

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

I’ve got jet traffic behind you, and I’ll try to keep you in front of them.” READ MORE: FlightSimExpo 2025: A Deep Dive into the World of Flight Simulation and Aviation Out of the clouds and beginning my descent into the Portland Class Charlie airspace, I could see the city 20 miles ahead. Moments later ATC radioed.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 2, 2025

Theres not any bluetooth audio on these jets. British Airways 777 arrival in London At around 5:15AM London time, the first officer was back on the PA to announce that wed soon be commencing our descent. Sure enough, we began our descent shortly thereafter, and at 5:30AM, the seatbelt sign was turned on.

Descent

AV Web

MAY 15, 2025

In its final report, the NTSB stated that the jet departed Melbourne, Florida, on June 4, 2023, made a brief stop in Elizabethton, Tennessee, to refuel and pick up passengers, and then continued toward its destination in Long Island, New York. Air Force fighter jets intercepted it. No movement was observed in the cabin.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

MAY 12, 2025

I love flying the A380, and the first class cabin on this jet is comfy, with friendly service, great food, and impressive amenities. I dont know how full economy and business class were, but you couldve fit all the people in the gate area onto a regional jet, so thats quite a contrast to your typical A380 departure gate.

Tail