Descent Lift Threshold 
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 31, 2024
The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. When landing without flaps, pilots must adjust their techniques to compensate for higher approach speeds, a shallow descent angle, and longer landing distances. What is the purpose of flaps? Pre-Landing Checklist 1.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5 This one is for an unstable approach due to an excessive descent rate (1,232 ft/min). degree glideslope, high density altitude, and an approach speed of 150 knots, all of which put our nominal descent rate very close to the book maximum of 1,000 ft/min.
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Flying Magazine
JULY 3, 2025
ForeFlight indicated we could reach there with a 900 fpm descent rate. We are on short final, about to cross the field threshold, and I am 25 knots above my targeted landing speed (VREF). Full flaps are mostly about drag, not lift. A controller immediately gave us a lower altitude and asked our intentions.
Professional Pilot
MAY 7, 2025
A pproaching the threshold, the flying pilot was trying to keep the wings level in the gusty crosswind. 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. If not recognized quickly, it can lead to incorrect pilot inputs and loss of control.
Air Facts
AUGUST 1, 2025
We had practiced tacchi a terra (heels down on the pedals), ascents, descents, turns, volo lento (slow flight), stalls, and landing with engine and flap failures. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. The I-GITR lifted off and I was flying solo for the first time. Remember, the plane will be much lighter without me.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
JUNE 3, 2025
At this point, we reached the threshold of the runway. 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. Making our turn into the active runway.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
JUNE 17, 2025
We waited for a while near the threshold to allow a few aircraft ahead of us to take off. At this point we started our descent as we passed by some snowy mountains. We took a longer distance to lift off. However the weather in Singapore was not good as you can see the gloomy clouds greeted us during our descent.
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