Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Planespotting at the Domestic Terminal Observation Deck (Landside) To access to this observation deck, take the escalator or lift up to level 4. However, do note that the observation deck can be closed due to bad weather. My ride: JA73NT To be able to enjoy such good weather like this during my time in Japan was a blessing.

Weather

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

Squall lines are powerful weather phenomena that can impact vast areas. Moisture, instability, lift, and wind shear are needed to form and sustain a squall line. Moisture, instability, lift, and wind shear are needed to form and sustain a squall line. Weather radars and reports can help you plan ahead to avoid squall lines.

Weather

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

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. Probable cause(s): The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees after takeoff, during high density altitude weather conditions. He had no further memory of the event.

Density Altitude

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This will generally convey information about the flight time remaining, the weather at the destination, and the flight crew thanking you for choosing their airline and wishing you a safe onward journey once on the ground. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.

Cabin Crew

Air Facts

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The eddies mixing with the vertical motion of the heat generating lift of the heated air makes for discomfort. The up motion of the lift vector from the surface temperatures, and the perpendicular wind vectors pushing the heated air along, make for a dynamism in space. As we got crossed the final approach fix, the rain shaft grew.

Turbulence

Photographic Logbook

JULY 14, 2024

Having just returned from Boston four days prior, I was concerned about the weather on Block. due to bad weather. Uplinked weather conditions showed fog and low IFR conditions at Block Island during most of the flight, but the weather improved as forecast during the last hour. The runway is 108 feet above sea level.

Runway

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Most western pilots have patiently worked such lift for an hour or more while waiting for conditions to improve near their destination airport. I have tried to wait out a storm only to watch a bigger and badder one to move in and the overall weather situation getting worse. They are also not limited to summer soaring weather.

Wind Shear

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

However, a forecast for low IFR weather in that part of Maine led us to cancel it. I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. Still the better part of an hour away from home, weather conditions were concerning.

Ceiling

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With a light load, our aircraft lifted off quickly. On final approach to SZB's runway 15. We waited for a short while before departing. It was not a bad day for flying. Singapore's sea traffic is usually busy. Not long after, we started our descent into Subang Airport. We hit some light turbulence during our descent.

Runway

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

To get there, you need to follow the signboard leading you to a lift and from the lower level, you can walk through the underpass to get to the other building. This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Goodbye Frankfurt!

Airlines

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

ADS-B provides real-time traffic information and almost-live NEXRAD radar and weather data. More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. Research and planning is worth the effort.

Density Altitude

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, he mentioned that there was turbulence along the way, not a surprise especially June to October period is usually the typhoon season and bad weather is quite common. I wonder whether was it because of the bad weather on route that caused us to push back late. We lifted off almost effortlessly.

Airlines

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

But getting there from Rochester, NY is never a simple task and not only requires the runway to be open with favorable conditions, but the weather between here and there must be amenable to a six hour round trip there and back again. Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold.

Runway

Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

The aircraft was filled to full fuel and the pilot’s departure and flight to Murwillumbah was uneventful until the final approach to Murwillumbah. That day, the weather was clear with light wind. With a temperature of 26-27°C and dew point at 16.7, there was a high likelihood of carburettor icing.

Threshold

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

A pit stop at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (KCRE) was planned, and after a weather briefing, I filed an IFR flight plan. The Mooney is well-equipped for weather avoidance as it is equipped with a sophisticated spheric lighting detector. After a few attempts, Unicom finally answered with a yes, the Saratoga is at the gas pump.

Descent

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

Distance, weather, and varying piloting abilities, risk tolerances, and personalities add challenges to planning and carrying out these types of trips. While the reality of the weather validated this decision, it was the beginning of what became a frustrating streak of weather related club event cancellations that persisted well into June.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

A go-around is a maneuver performed to abort or reject a landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. Go-arounds have little margin for error. Practice helps to avoid poor performance.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

But don’t hang up your headset just because the weather isn’t perfect. Use weather forecast charts, METARs, and Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs). Have the winds changed since your departure weather briefing? Preparing Your Approach Decide if you want to use the crab or the sideslip approach.

Crosswind

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. The CAPE index, a measure of convective energy and instability, was below 100 joules, indicating a very low probability of severe weather or thunderstorms. Sometimes you fly through virga and you can even find yourself in lift.

Pilot

Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

Louis, back to Lake of the Ozarks, and finally terminating at Fort Leonard Wood. However, in VFR weather, we often flew without the luxury of a copilot, especially if the manifest showed 10 passengers. With that as justification, I neglected to lift the elevator and continued on my way around the airplane.

Airplanes

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Therefore it is common for flight delays in departure and arrival especially if the weather is bad. Anyway, fortunately for us, the ride into Delhi was smooth, hardly any turbulence and furthermore the Captain told us the good news and that is the stormy weather forecasted earlier had cleared. So overall, this flight was smooth.

Cabin Crew