One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Of course an incident involving an Asiana plane on approach to SFO brings back memories of 2013, when Asiana flight OZ214 crashed while landing at the airport. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) had determined that the cause of the accident was the crews mismanagement of the aircrafts final approach.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 8, 2025

The plane was already on final approach and had its gear down, and probably created more noise in the area by discontinuing its landing, as the engines revved up at a low altitude. Honestly, Im surprised the Ryanair jet made it as close to Berlin as it did.

Final Approach

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? One day, I had finally had enough.

AGL

Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

When an aircraft descends below 900 feet on final approach to land, TCAS stops issuing resolution advisories. The tower controller cleared a jet for departure from runway 01. Twenty seconds later, at 20:47:59, at an altitude of 300 feet, the helicopter flew into the passenger jet. Here is another hole in the cheese.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology. Most of the big jets, when faced with Newtons laws of motion, need a little assistance when going downhill. A towered airport with an approach control can make this quite easy.

Descent

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

On final approach, the tower told him to go around. The result was an uneventful approach and landing. Jet-A Blues The need to supervise fuelers is evident from this pilots experience. He confirmed the aircraft had been misfueled with jet-A. The low voltage also weakened all the avionics.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

For buyers stepping up into the world of turboprops and jets, a significant part of the transition might be learning an unfamiliar avionics suite. Moreover, when deciding which aging jets it will pursue for an STC of this magnitude, Garmin also looks at obsolescence and the overall value of the aircraft.

Flight Deck

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

Best of all, this tip works in any Garmin glass cockpit with Synthetic Vision Pathways technology, so you can use it in anything from a G1000-equipped Cessna 172, up through Cessna business jets with the G3000 and G5000. One is flying arrivals, and the other is flying visual approaches.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It was go-home day and launching with our back to the storm seemed appropriate as we headed to Detroit, where we were scheduled to step onto another jet and catch a ride home to finish our trip. We were tasked with ferrying an empty jet to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA), then we’d catch a ride home in the back of a different jet.

Runway

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. Unable to recover, the jet struck approach lights short of the runway and then towers 8 and 9.

Wind Shear

One Mile at a Time

JULY 9, 2025

Weather there was fine, and the jumbo jet touched down in Asuncion at 8AM, 14hr32min after it first departed Frankfurt. The jet once again took off from the airport at 8:56AM.

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 26, 2025

While earning a private pilot certificate in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia or learning how to fly jets in the plains of west Texas, each of my first 250 hours were flown exclusively by hand. The major airlines have recognized this and are also taking steps to ensure pilots are getting more opportunities to hand-fly the jet.

Approach

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

“The instrument conditions, likely turbulence, and increased workload imposed by beginning the approach phase of the flight presented a situation that was conducive to the development of spatial disorientation and a loss of situational awareness. A great place to start is with the holy trinity of aviationaviate, navigate, communicate.

Pilot in Command

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 14, 2025

In the late 1940s, surplus unlimited class World War II fighters, and for a while military jets, soon pushed 400 mph air race speeds out of reach. He flies downwind leg at 150 mph, final approach at 130, and touchdown at 110the NXT stalls at 90 mph. However, the technical advances during World War II changed all that.

Airfoil

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The following is CCTV video of the crash as posted on X : New surveillance video captures the moment a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 75 passengers on board leaving 18 injured. The cockpit recordings during the final approach and the flight data on impact are sure to be of particular interest.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Well, unfortunately today isnt one of those days, as an Azerbaijan Airlines jet bound for Russia diverted to Kazakhstan, where it crashed, killing dozens. We know the reason for the initial diversion, though one certainly has to wonder why there were sudden issues with controlling the aircraft when it finally approached its diversion point.

Jet

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The privately owned jet was at the end of an all-night flight that began on the East Coast around midnight local time. The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. Ring camera video from the event shows puddles of jet fuel burning and people running door to door to warn their neighbors of the danger. The jet flew for 3.5

Knot

One Mile at a Time

MAY 3, 2025

Two planes perform go arounds to avoid Black Hawk On Thursday, May 1, 2025, two commercial jets on approach to DCA had to perform last minute go arounds, as a Black Hawk helicopter went off course, and got too close to traffic. miles horizontally and just 200 feet vertically. miles horizontally and just 200 feet vertically.

Final Approach

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A Learjet 35A business jet has suffered a runway excursion while landing at Scottsdale Airport (SDL) close to Phoenix, Arizona. The Gulfstream G200 involved is registered as N199DF and is listed as owned by WW Aviation and operated by Jet Pros. One person is reported to have died in the collision, with four others injured.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

MAY 14, 2025

Turkish Airbus jet has tail strike during go around This incident happened on Sunday, May 11, 2025, and involves Turkish Airlines flight TK1771, which was operating the 926-mile flight from Istanbul (IST) to Prague (PRG). At 2:19PM local time, the jet touched down on runway 12 at Pragues Vclav Havel Airport.

Tail

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

This happens when powerful winds—either from a rear inflow jet or a strong downburst—slam into the surface and push the middle of the storm line ahead of the rest. Inside bow echoes, you might encounter mid-level winds descending from the storm called rear inflow jets.

Weather

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Window view photos (Take Off to Landing) (Sorry for the poor quality) At the gate before departure During take off On final approach to Tokyo Haneda On arrival in rainy Tokyo My flight summary Thanks for the ride, JA08XJ! Time to experience the Class J product on the domestic configured A350-900! Posh looking lavatory, isn't it?

Airline

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

You may have even seen a few YouTube videos of jets doing go-around maneuvers set to Kens song. As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. Probably his most well-known song is called Go Around.

Pilot

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 30, 2025

Upclose photo of the EVA Air's Hello Kitty named 'Besties Jet'. On final approach We touched down after 4 hours and 1 minute in the air. That is the thrust reverser which is used only during landing or abortion of take off, to slow the aircraft to taxi speed or come to a complete stop. EVA Air's Boeing 787-9 was taking off.

Airline

One Mile at a Time

JULY 18, 2025

Ultimately these are some of the sacrifices we’re seeing with the increasing use of premium narrow body jets, since the real estate math is a bit different than on wide body jets. View approaching Washington Iberia Airbus A321XLR At 2:15PM, the crew was told to prepare the cabin for landing, and the seatbelt sign was turned on.

Approach

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 rate per million sectors.

Runway

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

At this point of time, we were on final approach. Japan Airlines A350-900 was a few seconds away from touching down. Positive climb, gears up! The light was darkening as the time was past 7 in the evening. Beautiful view of the city. Soon, we were over the water. My flight summary Welcome back to Okinawa!

Weather

Aerotime

JULY 27, 2025

The Southwest jet descended while the Hawker climbed. On July 18, 2025, a SkyWest Airlines Embraer E175 aircraft operating for Delta Air Lines was forced to perform a sharp evasive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52H bomber as it was on its final approach to Minot International Airport (MOT).

Cabin Crew

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

After arrival, we landed and parked at the terminal where we disembarked through the jet bridge. At this point, we were on final approach to Okinawa. I find Japanese hospitality one of the best in the world, it's something that I look forward to whenever I am flying on a Japanese airline or visiting the country.

Turbulence

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

What to consider when flying your business jet abroad. In addition, those who travel within the smaller, more intimate confines of a business jet cabin are typically known to each other and to the flight crew. In Nov 2024, a Spirit Airlines flight was hit by gunfire while on final approach to PAP (Port-au-Prince, Haiti).

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

But, barring those, a high-speed approach and landing by the GA pilot is seldom required by light aircraft. As a nerdy scientist trained to make observations, I’ve found that GA pilots have a propensity for coming in hot in conditions that hardly warrant a jet-like approach speed.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

JULY 12, 2025

Aer Lingus departure gate Dublin This area of the terminal has no jet bridges, so instead, you just have your boarding pass scanned, and then follow a specific path toward an aircraft. View on approach Madrid Airport Aer Lingus A320 It was a surprisingly turbulent approach, as there were some pretty gusty winds that threw us around a bit.

Approach

Cranky Flier

JUNE 19, 2025

My streak of delays was finally broken. We were ready very early and the jet bridge was pulled back several minutes before we even started moving. We seemed to hover above the low marine layer for awhile, before finally plunging in for final approach. Looking around, I saw this airplane was a little beat up.

Runway

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Jet (and turboprop) turbine engines work more efficiently, and burn less fuel, at higher altitudes where the air is less dense. In gusty conditions, for example, crews tend to add a few knots to their touchdown speed, which allows for fluctuations in airspeed while on final approach.

Cabin Crew

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Several of these unstabilized approaches resulted in major aircraft damage or worse.

Stability

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. With a lighter corporate jet, that is powerful.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

No matter if you’re flying a large jet or a small aircraft, PAPI and VASI are meant to enhance safety, especially when landing in poor visibility or at night. VASI is also suitable for runways with longer or multiple glide paths, like those for both small airplanes and large jets.

Runway