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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.