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United Airlines B737 hits kite while landing at Washington-Reagan Airport  

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A United Airlines Boeing 737 had a lucky escape after it struck a kite on its final approach to Washington-Reagan Airport (DCA) in the US capital. According to eyewitness reports, the kite struck the plane between its fuselage and an engine during the aircrafts final stage of flight.

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Terminal Radar: It’s the Weather Pilots Don’t See

Flying Magazine

Even if you have a datalink weather capability in the cockpit, dont give up on your air traffic controllers. Your satellite-based weather receiver becomes less effective in the busy terminal area due to its latencyespecially if an update or two is missed. Plus, the airspace is more congested, giving you less options to deviate.

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Trial by Ice

Air Facts

Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. In just six months I would reflect on my training and agonize over how inadequately I had been prepared for the real world of instrument flying, which is weather.

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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

These alerts include runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, airspace and TFRs, carbon monoxide and more. The destination weather frequency callout provides the destination airport weather frequency (ATIS, AWOS, or ASOS). Sink Rate – Alerts as follows: When above 2,500 ft. per minute.

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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on San Diego Crash

Flying Magazine

The controller asked the pilot what approach he would like to use to get into KMYF. The weather at the time of the accident included an AIRMET active for IFR conditions with ceilings below 1,000 feet and visibility less than 3 miles due to fog and mist. As per procedure, the pilot switched frequencies to continue the approach.

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. We had departed Windsor Locks Hartford airport for New Yorks JFK and our weather briefing had predicted a narrow layer of ice that we could out-climb and settle above it at 5,000 cruising altitude.

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

Approach Minimums When youre flying in bad weather and cant see much, you can rely on your trusty instruments to guide you. The image at the beginning of this section is an example of an RNAV approach plate for Monterey Regional, California. The minima table lists the DA and Height Above Threshold for each type of RNAV approach.