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 crash and subsequent fire killed 260 people, of whom 18 were on the ground.

Cockpit

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Approach speeds typically range from 80 to 90 knots depending on weight and flap settings, while full flaps are often used to provide the necessary lift during landing. The pre-landing check is the first step in ensuring the aircraft is ready for a stable descent. Additionally, configure the aircraft for a stable descent.

Descent

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

When the flyweights move outwards, the threaded shaft moves and lifts the pilot valve up, allowing oil to enter the propeller hub and thereby changing the pitch angle of the blades. The threaded shaft is connected to a pilot valve, which controls the flow of oil into and out of the propeller hub.

Blade Angle

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

From basic turns to emergency descents, every maneuver shapes how a student reacts under pressure and handles real-world flying. Climbs and Descents: Knowing how to manage pitch and power to gain or lose altitude smoothly is critical. Proper climbs and descents help maintain safe altitude margins and optimize fuel efficiency.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

MARCH 24, 2025

It consists of a vertical climb, a rapid turn of the vertical axis , and a vertical descent. Once the airplane has reached a point where it nearly stalls or loses lift, youll initiate a pivot or turn. The aircraft doesnt actually stall because it pivots before it loses too much lift. What Is a Stall Turn?

Rudder

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

Aileron

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down. Ready to experience the skies with us?

Aileron

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

They throttled up, but the rapid descent in the last 50 ft resulted in a hard landing that burst 2 of the mains and collapsed a strut. Many will recall the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 at DFW (Intl, Dallas-Fort Worth TX) in 1985 after the aircraft encountered a microburst that robbed it of lift at a critical moment.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

Torque

Airline Reporter

APRIL 8, 2025

But we lifted off barely halfway into the 12,079-foot runway 22R – and with only a nine-knot headwind. Even the world’s longest flight eventually ends It was almost a surprise when the crew announced we were about to start our descent. We got a look at the usual expanse of waiting ships during the final descent into Changi.

Airline

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

ForeFlight indicated we could reach there with a 900 fpm descent rate. Full flaps are mostly about drag, not lift. A controller immediately gave us a lower altitude and asked our intentions. I told the controller we would keep going to Las Vegas. Once we got lower, we would be able to maintain altitude with one engine operating.

Knot

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 18, 2025

Its a lot easier than some of those big tray tables that are stored and then have to be lifted up and turned over. At around 3:55PM Tokyo time, we started our gradual descent. By default, the tray table is just stored above the ottoman, but then you can easily slide it closer or further from the seat.

Airline

Northstar VFR

JUNE 8, 2025

Icing : Ice can build up on the control surfaces, causing loss of smooth airflow and lift. The vertical speed indicator indicates a descent. Environmental Factors Turbulence : Turbulence from wind shear, mountainous terrain, thunderstorms, or microbursts can put your aircraft into an unusual attitude.

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. When you fly into a microburst on approach or departure, youll first encounter a strong headwind, which will give you a brief lift.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

This means pitchingmoment changes are small, but lift still rises and falls with airspeed. 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.

Stability

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 21, 2025

About an hour into their flight, Frazar decided to practice his dive bombing on a target set up on the Lower Otay Reservoir, putting the Helldiver into a steep, controlled descent. The start of the lift recovering SB2C-4 Helldiver Bu.19866 19866 from Lower Otay Reservoir near San Diego, California in August 2010.

Hangar

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In most flight schools, the practical flight training portion will follow a set progression: Basic aircraft control : Learning to fly straight and level, make turns, and perform climbs and descents. Airport operations : Mastering takeoffs, landings, and understanding traffic patterns. Navigation : Planning and going on cross-country flights.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

If conditions get too rough near descent, don’t hesitate to delay or hold off until it’s safe to continue. Remember that holding or delaying descent is always a wise option if conditions get worse during your approach. They’re called occluded because the warm air gets lifted completely off the ground.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

As the aircraft loses lift, pulling back tightens the turn, causing a deadly spiral toward the ground. Narrow runway: Feels higher than you are, leading to a steep descent and faster landing. Fix it: Trust your instruments, not your body. Fix it: Watch your instruments to stop the spiral.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

MAY 12, 2025

This is much easier to use than some of the other very heavy first class tray tables out there, which you have to lift up. ANA first class service touch ANA A380 arrival in Honolulu Before I knew it, we were already starting our descent to Honolulu. At around 8:15AM local time, we began our descent from 41,000 feet.

Tail

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Witness statements and recorded video showed that during the takeoff roll from the 5,500-foot-long asphalt runway, the airplane accelerated slower than normal, used more runway than normal, and lifted off the runway in a nose-high attitude. It climbed about 300 feet above ground level while flying a left traffic pattern back to the runway.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Part of that even lifts up, to expose a shallow, enclosed storage area, big enough for a phone or passport. Japan Airlines tail camera A350 On the descent, the crew distributed a variety of amenities that passengers could take with them. Theres a large counter area to the side of the seat, where you can place things during the flight.

Airline

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 3, 2025

We lifted off with raindrops showering on our aircraft. After an hour of flying, we started our descent into Barcelona. We made a few turns during our descent to follow the traffic in preparation for landing. It's not everyday I get to fly on an aircraft with green fluids all over the wings. We were out of the rainy clouds.

Runway

Air Facts

JUNE 4, 2025

The engine responded smoothly, and Charlie lifted off into the calm morning sky. I acknowledged and began a gentle descent. Taxiing to Runway 06, I ran through the before-takeoff checklist: fuel selector both, flaps up, mixture rich, lights on. With takeoff clearance from the tower, I pushed the throttle forward.

Altimeter

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

At this point we started our descent as we passed by some snowy mountains. Whenever you hear the loud thud during the descent (around 3,000 feet or so) especially if you are sitting in the middle or front of the aircraft, that is the sound of the landing gear coming out and locked which means the aircraft is on final approach.

Airline

Fear of Landing

JULY 4, 2025

At 01:46, the helicopter lifted off of the helipad. As a result of the pitch up, the helicopter would have rapidly lost airspeed and lift. At some point, either to increase thrust while pitching up or to arrest the sudden descent, the pilot increased the engine power to full. The main rotor began to rotate.

Cockpit

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Reasons include unstable approaches (excessive descent rate or incorrect airspeed), runway obstructions (vehicles, other aircraft, wildlife), sudden wind shifts or gusts, traffic conflicts, or ATC instructions. Retracting flaps too quickly can reduce lift prematurely. Why might a pilot decide to execute a go-around?

Air Traffic Control

Airline Reporter

MAY 10, 2025

Highlights: @ 1:26 taxiing onto 31L while watching the plane ahead of us lift off, then the entire takeoff roll and great views of JFK’s terminals 1 and 8, and @2:32 the views of the Manhattan skyline. The entire descent and landing was beautiful since it happened during sunset.

Final Approach

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. The airplane made a slow descent toward the east for about nine minutes, away from the destination airport. He had no further memory of the event.

Density Altitude

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

With lateral options dwindling, the Bell 47D went into a vertical lift. After one full revolution, the helicopter lifted rapidly from the ground and climbed immediately. Fixed-Wing Foibles Consider the Airbus first officer (FO) who tried to satisfy ATCs request to increase their descent (rate), so he engaged open descent mode.

Pilot

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

It is a utility aircraft well renowned for its lifting power and ability to operate from rough terrain. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph) and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."

Runway

Plane and Pilot

JULY 18, 2025

He had just lifted off from Santa Fe Regional Airport (KSAF) in New Mexico into a beautiful July morning. The bank meant level flight became a descent. Two minutes after being cleared for takeoff, a maintenance error from 24 years ago suddenly presented itself. The transmission was clear and precise.

Density Altitude

Aerotime

JANUARY 17, 2025

The flight, which lifted off on January 16, 2025, at 4:37 p.m. The first stage, referred to as Super Heavy, made a controlled descent and was captured by mechanical arms on the launch tower, colloquially known as Mechazilla. However, this 7 th test flight concluded with the loss of the rockets second stage due to an anomaly.

Descent

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. Mario Hagen / Shutterstock The announcement will also be one of the first items on the pilots before-descent checklist.

Cabin Crew

Aerotime

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Super Heavy booster lifted off at 7:25 a.m. After sending the second-stage Starship rocket on its mission, the booster separated at an altitude of approximately 74 kilometers (about 46 miles) and initiated its descent back to the launch site. CT (12:25 GMT) from SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch site.

Descent

Flight Training Central

MAY 7, 2024

Straight-and-level flight, turns, climbs, and descents. The horizontal component of lift. The vertical component of lift. The four forces acting on an airplane in flight are lift, weight, thrust, and drag. lift, gravity, power, and friction. lift, weight, gravity, and thrust. Centrifugal force.

Longitudinal Axis

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I was still in a pretty rapid descent. While still in a descent, soon to crash into the trees, I turned to look. With one hand I lifted the back high enough to pull the stick back far enough to stop my dive. I lifted the seat back into place and saw there was a latch to hold it. I was in a controlled descent.

Descent