Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

It is intended to be a flying lesson , but only for those pilots who read it with learning as a mindset. Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. Also, Trial by Ice is not just another flying story.

VOR

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights iPad Pilot News The iPad is an engaging visual tool, but many pilots forget about its many audio uses. Many pilots may not realize that ForeFlight also provides audio alerts with these notifications. Here’s a rundown of what you might hear.

AGL

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

One of the companies that had acquired surplus Beech 18s had secured a long term contract to carry auto parts from Oshawa to Detroit for General Motors and almost every night around 9 pm, one of those flights would head west full of parts and usually with only the one pilot on board. Such it was in those days.

Weight-Shift-Control

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. The NTSB report noted that although the Cessna S550 is usually a two-pilot aircraft, the jet owner had undergone a flight evaluation in December of 2024 and received an exemption to fly the Cessna S550 single-pilot. The pilot was based at KMYF.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

The pilot said he refueled the airplane the day before the accident and checked the fuel level during his preflight inspection the following morning. The pilot made a forced landing in the ocean just offshore of the beach, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. Probable cause(s): A loss of power due to fuel exhaustion.

Density Altitude

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. The pilot who perished was well known in STOL Drag competitive circles and highly regarded for his flying safety entries on his YouTube channel.

Final Approach

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

We waited for a while near the threshold to allow a few aircraft ahead of us to take off. At this point we were on approach into Milan, the pilots were probably doing the landing checklist at this point. On final approach into Singapore Changi Airport. As you can see a few European airlines were behind us.

Airlines

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. NTSB The airplane landed safely back at Portland without further incident, and all occupants (two pilots, four cabin crewmembers, and 171 passengers) deplaned at the gate.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

Our training for the instrument ticket focused on flying by reference to instruments, how to shoot approaches, holds, etc. By that point pilots were presumed to have mastered the art of landing, so who needed any more instruction on that? (Or, Thus, high-energy approaches continue to be the norm for the GA pilot.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 2, 2025

Bellanca 7ECA Midlothian, Texas/Injuries: None NTSB Report: CEN23LA392 The pilot was familiarizing himself with the airplane in preparation for a multiday, cross-country flight. During the approach, he noted that the windsock showed a left crosswind, and he adjusted the approach using crosswind control correction for the left crosswind.

Crosswind

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

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Using the VASI is crucial as it gives you safe obstruction clearance within 10 degrees of either side of the runway centerline and around four nautical miles from the runway threshold. nautical miles from the runway threshold. VASI provides a more extensive range of obstacle clearance at 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold.

Runway

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. As a pilot, you will need time to master it. A pilot must consider several things before landing. It also allows you to focus on flying during the last stages of the approach and landing. Getting an airplane to fly is easy.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Sometimes, it seems like the pilots can’t see anything all the way down to the ground. The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land.

Knot

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Everything seems to be going well on approach, and then out of nowhere, you feel the jolt. Bounced landings are something almost every pilot has experience with. Even experienced pilots must remain cautious to prevent bounced landing accidents. Note : Seasoned pilots can also encounter a bounce landing situation.

Descent

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

But it was an excellent flying day, so I took wing with a group of WFC pilots for sushi in Massachusetts instead (Westfield-Barnes Airport, KBAF). Alton Bay traffic, Cherokee Four Eight One, short final, 1, Alton Bay." The pilot of a Cessna Skylane still on the runway responded plaintively. "I Photo by The Bear. I have no idea.

Runway

Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Even the best of pilots can mess up sometimes. But for new pilots, it can be tough to figure out where it all went wrong. Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. The easiest way to achieve this is by flying a stabilized approach.

Descent

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Since we lost our LPV approaches due to obstructions along the final approach course, the downgraded LNAV minimum descent altitude for the approach to runway 28 was 558 feet above the ground. This was not a good setup to manage an approach down to minimums. Tired, remember?) "Yep," You have a blog, don't you?"

Ceiling

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Announcement was made in both Japanese and English and the pilots gave us an update on our flight during cruising. Turning left, heading towards the threshold. At this point, we were on final approach. Once on board, I was greeted by the lovely crew and the cabin interior certainly caught my attention.

Cabin Crew

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 13, 2025

Pilot view from the inflight map Movie options - there are about 60-80 movies consists of Hollywood and movies from other parts of the world. Photo: EPS1) After 10 minutes of taxi, we were near the threshold of the runway. At the threshold, we were cleared to depart. The approach and landing in Taipei was a smooth affair.

Weather

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Finally we reached the threshold and we were on our way. Thanks to the pilots for the great landing. This is the airline's A321NEO, notice the difference in the engine size.

Airlines

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The take-off and the en-route climb to the planned cruising altitude of 37,000ft (11,280m) was uneventful, with the first officer as the flying pilot. Haynes asked that Fitch assume control of the engine throttles, by kneeling between the two forward-facing pilot seats.

Runway

Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

On the 15th of October 2023, a private pilot rented a Cessna 172M from Air Gold Coast for a private flight from Gold Coast Airport, Queensland, to Murwilumbah, New South Wales. The pilot continued to take dual and solo flights with the operator; however, on the day of the accident, it had been 121 days since the pilot’s last flight.

Threshold

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Winter's Airport For pilots in the Northeast, one of the most eagerly anticipated events each year is the freezing of Alton Bay, a narrow, southerly oriented limb off the main body of New Hampshire's expansive Lake Winnipesaukee. Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Photo by Ed.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

As I approached the river, the plane started to settle faster than it had. It looked like I was still on a descent to touch down at the threshold on Runway 15. As I approached the center of the river and cliff, suddenly I was below the runway, looking up at the cliff. It dawned on me what probably happened on my final approach.

Threshold

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. We had seven airplanes going, most of them helmed by instrument rated pilots. A group of older (well, older than me) pilots were gabbing in the terminal. Browne Airport (KHYX).

Airplanes

Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

Gann, published one of the most cherished books of all time for pilots. Although Ernest Gann cut the engines of life many years ago, the vagaries of the piloting profession he experienced in the late 1930’s through the 1950’s are timeless. What if the airplane pitched over on final approach?

Airplanes

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Go Around – An aborted landing by an aircraft that is on final approach. Can be initiated by either the pilots or air traffic control. A weather report predominantly used by pilots, air traffic controllers and meteorologists, to assist in weather planning and operational decisions for a particular airport.

Runway

Air Facts

AUGUST 28, 2024

On that day, I encountered a very unusual situation that required tough pilot-in-command decision making along with some serious risk management. From the threshold to taxiway D5 gave me a little over 5,000 feet to land and stop. Touchdown occurred some 500 feet beyond the threshold giving me about 4,500 feet to stop.

Threshold

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

The Air India pilots and cabin crew selected to operate the A350, have to undergo crew familisation program before being allowed to operate the aircraft. Before I know it, we were on our final approach. We reached the threshold of runway 27. Well done to the PIC (Pilot-in-command)! Here we are.

Cabin Crew