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Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water

Flying Magazine

Some of these are quite precise: for one Cessna single, the procedure is to establish a 300 fpm descent at 55 knots. That takes power; fly at 65 knots (flaps up) or 60 knots (10 degrees of flaps) if there is no power. While en route at FL280, the crew attempted to transfer fuel from a ferry tank to the mains.

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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Fear of Landing

Sound ยท CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu from Fear of Landing It should have been a simple ferry flight, under 150 kilometres. V 1 (take-off decision speed): 114 knots V R (rotation speed): 118 knots V 2 (take-off safety speed): 126 knots The captain arrived at the cockpit.

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Cessna 172 Flight From California To Hawaii Sparks Social Media Buzz

AV Web

A Cessna 172 has gone viral on social media this week as it completed a ferry flight from California to Hawaii. The flight was more than three times the range of the 2018 Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP, making it an impressive feat. The aircraft was cruising at 130 knots with a peak of 155 knots toward the end of the flight.

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Russian investigators blame faulty sensor for Superjet crashย 

Aerotime

The aircraft, which was operating a ferry flight between Tretyakovo Airport (ICAO: UUMT), where it had been undergoing maintenance, and Moscowโ€™s Vnukovo International Airport (VKO), crashed in a forested area in the Kolomensky district near the Russian capital, causing the death of the three crew members onboard.