Flying Magazine

JULY 31, 2025

Additional safety features include the Blue Level button, electronic stability and protection (ESP), and automated descent mode for hypoxia scenarios. Pilots can access Flight Stream 510 for wireless flight plan syncing, Cirrus IQ for remote aircraft monitoring, and SiriusXM Weather and Audio for in-flight situational awareness.

Descent

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This weather phenomenon is called a microburst , one of aviations deadliest threats. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. Can More Than One Microburst Occur in the Same Weather System? The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Key Takeaways Occluded fronts merge warm and cold front hazards, causing complex, severe weather. What Is a Weather Front? And when you hear about one approaching, expect a change in the weather soon. Cold Front Weather How can you tell if a cold front is coming? It’s best to begin with the basics, starting with the name.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

Weather, hazardous conditions, wind, or a congested pattern can also add challenges to the approach making it more likely to be unstable. Remember the secret to a good landing is beginning with a good, stabilized approach! This may be difficult if the weather is at or below minimums for the approach.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Whether it’s due to runway obstacles, unstable approaches, or weather changes, the aircraft go-around is a pilot’s best tool to avoid accidents and ensure a smooth, safe flight every time. Weather Conditions: Sudden changes in weather, such as wind shear, gusts, or rapidly decreasing visibility, can make landing unsafe.

Air Traffic Control

Flight Training Central

MAY 11, 2025

Also check on the schools financial stability and refund policy in the event you must withdraw for whatever reason and always be cautious of paying large sums of money up front. The instructor will show you a normal takeoff, basic maneuvers (straight and level flight, turns, descents, etc.) and a normal landing.

Pilot

AV Web

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Once youve got the airplane stabilized but are unable to resolve the partial power loss, its time to start getting this thing on the ground. The last thing you want to do is make a normal descent and landing. Thats a risk we all take when flying singles at night or in poor weather.

Runway

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later). This data can then also be loaded into the aircraft’s flight management system for aircraft performance calculations. Part two will soon be available on AeroTime.

Cabin Crew

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

ICAO minima for circling approaches is much higher than that stipulated in the FARs so consider higher weather minima. We also benefit from the latest weather updates. Perhaps just prior to the start of descent could be the optimum time–certainly completed no later than commencement of approach. What is the runway lighting?

Approach

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. By now, it was dark and the weather in Gaithersburg had deteriorated with fog and low cloud ceilings. The controller confirmed a descent to 3,000 feet, the minimum safe altitude for BEGKA.

Approach

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

VNAV adds automated vertical guidance to approaches, reducing pilot workload during descents. That’s because each one assists you in navigating to the runway based on the weather and your aircraft equipment. It calculates a descent route to maintain a stable approach from the initial approach fix to touchdown.

Approach

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Managing these elements requires continuous adjustments by the pilot to maintain stability and control. The elevator, situated on the horizontal tail surface, adjusts pitch, raising or lowering the nose for ascent or descent. Students also undergo ground school to learn about aerodynamics, weather, regulations, and aircraft systems.

Torque

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Weather It’s a good idea to brief any weather that could make your landing more challenging. Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. This allows you to configure appropriately and ensures a stabilized approach. Remember, a briefing is designed to be brief.

Airplanes

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

This system includes modes for: roll pitch heading vertical speed altitude hold approach These modes allow for a steady rate of descent, ascent, and consistent speed and altitude ranges. Several incidents involving the Cessna 172 have been documented, typically attributed to pilot error, adverse weather conditions, or mechanical issues.

Knot

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re at a field with no weather reporting, gauge the wind speed and direction using the windsock. As with any landing, it’s vital to have a stabilized approach. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. High-wing aircraft might need more power or pitch to arrest the descent.

NOTAMs

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Weather, field conditions, obstacles, and many other elements greatly affect short field operations. Any substantial changes to speed and descent rate will destabilize the landing. This gives you a safe buffer on the stall speed and plenty of time to stabilize. Power controls the rate of descent, and pitch controls airspeed.

Weight-Shift-Control

Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

On board bird dog aircraft is a pilot plus a government agency air attack officer who manages the aerial response by scouting the fire area, observing fire behavior and changes in the weather, identifying critical assets at threat, and developing tactics to protect those assets. Our missions are at 150 ft.

Pilot

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

Once we were on our way, we flew through a bit of turbulence but once the weather was better, the seat belt sign was turned off. These GE Leap-1A engines took a while longer than the older generation engine to stabilize and once they were good, we were on our way. The weather wasn't good but at least it wasn't bumpy.

Airline

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Weather conditions that lead to mixed ice include areas where warm air layers are above freezing and cold air layers are below freezing. But how dangerous is it?

Pitot Tube

Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

Also check on the school’s financial stability and refund policy in the event you must withdraw for whatever reason and always be cautious of paying large sums of money up front. The instructor will show you a normal takeoff, basic maneuvers (straight and level flight, turns, descents, etc.) and a normal landing.

Pilot in Command

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute. These were divided into two main categories, prior maneuvering and weather upset.

True Airspeed

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute. These were divided into two main categories, prior maneuvering and weather upset.

True Airspeed

Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The enhanced multi-touch technology also enables on-screen hand stabilization, allowing pilots to give precise touchscreen inputs while simultaneously resting their fingers on the display. New quick access bars allow pilots to open common apps such as maps, traffic, weather and charts with one touch.

Flight Deck

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Top Reasons for Go-Arounds Unstabilized Approach An aircraft must have a stabilized approach before landing. An approach is stabilized when: The aircraft is on the correct flight path, i.e., on runway centerline and glideslope. Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They battled German Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs, anti-aircraft artillery (flak), aircraft malfunctions, and frigid temperaturesflying in formations of hundreds while navigating through bad weather to their targets deep in enemy territory. On descent, manifold pressures are reduced about 2 inches every two minutes.

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