Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
Initiating a Power-off Stall Now, let’s dive into the stall: Reduce Power Simulate Approach Descent Watch for Stall Warnings 1. Now that the aircraft is in landing configuration, reduce your power to idle and pitch down to simulate an approach descent. The result will be a descent and a loss in altitude while airspeed increases.
Flight Training Central
MAY 28, 2024
VFR approaches to land at night should be accomplished with a steeper descent. Pilot in command. Second in command. at a higher airspeed. the same as during daytime. Who has final authority to accept or decline any land and hold short (LAHSO) clearance? Air Traffic Controller. off course to the left.
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Flight Training Central
MAY 11, 2025
A 1 st Class medical is required when flight operations require an Air Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. An ATP is required to act as the Pilot in Command (PIC) or Captain of a scheduled airliner. A 2 nd Class medical is required when flight operations require a Commercial Pilot certificate.
Flying Magazine
MAY 21, 2025
ATC was in communication with the pilot, as the airplane entered several right- and left-hand banks and rolls and entered a steep descent while in a bank angle. ATC asked the pilot to verify his heading. The aircraft then entered a series of banks and turns. ” Upon request is the key phrase here, Arendt said.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
It was a decision I would soon regret… We transitioned from the holding pattern to the outbound leg of the VOR approach and began a descent to 2,700 feet, the minimum altitude for that leg of the approach. It would also require a descent to 2,200 feet before crossing the outer marker. What was the freezing level? I didnt know.
Flight Training Central
MAY 1, 2024
A 1 st Class medical is required when flight operations require an Air Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. An ATP is required to act as the Pilot in Command (PIC) or Captain of a scheduled airliner. A 2 nd Class medical is required when flight operations require a Commercial Pilot certificate.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
An instrument rated pilot, who has not logged any instrument time in 1 year or more, cannot serve as pilot in command under IFR, unless the pilot passes an instrument proficiency check followed by 6 hours and six instrument approaches, 3 of those hours in the category of aircraft involved. The en route weather is IMC.
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