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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1

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Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

Flying Magazine

minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. Below 500 feet I got a bit slow, momentarily down to 147 knots, versus a reference speed of 144 and target of 152. This one is for an unstable approach due to an excessive descent rate (1,232 ft/min). I hand-flew the first 13.3

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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on New York Helicopter Accident

Flying Magazine

Several witnesses reported hearing several loud “bangs,” and then saw the aircraft’s tail boom and main rotor system separate from the fuselage. The main rotor and tail boom sections were found north of the fuselage in 30 feet of water. of 36 knots from the west. The wreckage was strewn about a wide area.

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We Fly: Epic E1000 AX

Flying Magazine

Other relevant numbers for the E1000 AX are its max cruise speed of 333 knots, max operating altitude of FL 340 and NBAA range of 1,560 nm. The deicing boots seem to mate so smoothly with the wings and tail that the only way to tell where that happens is that they are different colors. Then, pitch up a long way—12.5 gph fuel burn.

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Preliminary Reports and Key Updates on Recent Aviation Incidents

Fear of Landing

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. The descent profile matches what we saw from the ADSB data. The EGPWS “sink rate” warning sounded 2.6

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Review: Austrian Business Class Boeing 787 (VIE-IAD)

One Mile at a Time

As you can see, the plane doesnt yet have the full Austrian livery, but instead has an all-white fuselage, except for the Austrian name written across the front of the plane, and the Austrian logo on the tail. He warned of some turbulence on approach, and of strong winds at Washington Dulles, which were gusting up to 30 knots.

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Always Have an Out: The SLD Incident

Photographic Logbook

I cancelled the flight to my hometown due to a combination of strong winds aloft, surface winds forecast at 20-something knots gusting to 30-something knots, and potential for IFR conditions and icing to boot. When Mike provided my tail number, the lineman said, "Oh, he literally just landed." Too many strikes. Photo by Mike K.

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