Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Flying at 60 knots? Two key aspects make good approaches. Pilots select their target airspeed for each approach. For example, it’s good practice to add a few knots to V-ref when landing in gusty conditions. times the aircraft’s stall speed on short final. times the aircraft’s stall speed on short final.

Descent 52

Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Air Facts

MARCH 26, 2025

Those familiar phrases more right rudder, watch your airspeed, flare, flare, flare! The airspeed indicator registered 55 knots, close to the Cessna 172s stall speed. But as I banked into my final approach, my heart sank. I did the worst thing possible and tried to lose altitude by steepening my approach.

Knot 52

Knot Runway Pilot Tail 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

For most light aircraft, you should aim for a descent rate of 500 feet per minute on the final approach. You should use the rudder to do this. Here are some techniques to help you avoid bounced landings: Approach Speed During landing, you should maintain the approach speed for your aircraft type.

Descent 52

Descent Runway Rudder Pilot 52

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Winds were from 290 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 21 knots. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. On final approach for a third landing and following a Zenith STOL 701 also on final, the accident airplane descended and appeared to be lower than the airplane ahead.

Final Approach 52

Final Approach Airplanes Drag Crosswind 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. During the final approach, Haynes noted a high sink rate alarm from the aircraft’s ground proximity warning syst em (GPWS).

Runway 301

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 301

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Instrument panel of the T-34B With its 225-hp engine and constant speed prop, 240 knot maximum indicated airspeed, and built for positive 6 and negative 3Gs, it was both highly maneuverable and forgiving with no nasty characteristics that could get neophyte students in trouble. The Navy’s primary trainer was the T-34B.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Airspeed variations with weight in light general aviation aircraft are only a handful of knots, so it’s easy to fly the published slow speed when light, the faster speed when heavy, and something in the middle when the aircraft weight is something in the middle. No math required. That variety may require multiple initiatives.

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Not Cool, Man After transitioning across multiple sectors of Boston Center's vast airspace, the home stretch found us on with Boston Approach under a crisp, blue New Hampshire sky. With as much as 25 knots of tailwind, we made the flight from Sodus to Alton Bay in only two hours. It was only half full of parked aircraft.

Runway 75

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 75

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

This is consistent with Rick’s report, which referenced 9 knots of wind. Note that a 43 knot gust from a direction of 190 degrees was measured at 17:39, one minute after the accident (provided that the time stamp is accurate). The ADSB trace shows Shmulik’s ground speed of 92 kt as he began his final turn.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

/hp Engine: Rotax 912iSC3, 4-cylinder, opposed, air and liquid cooled, normally aspirated, gear-reduction drive, fuel-injected, 100 hp Propeller: MT composite, two-blade, constant-speed Maximum Cruise Speed: 117 knots Range, Max Range Power: 950 nm Rate of Climb, Sea Level: 750 fpm Max operating Altitude: 13,000 ft. Takeoff Over 50-ft.

Knot 97

Knot Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 97