Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots can find out the prevailing winds aloft such as from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center and predict the vortices direction and rate of drift behind the preceding aircrafts flight path. After one aircraft lands, the tailwind pushes the vortices forward into the runways touchdown zone.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

“When I heard we were in the first wave of six planes going down the runway at 200 feet, I elected to sit on mine,” he said. After the 8 1/2 hour, 1,182-mile flight from Midway, Connolly led the first six planes down the runway at Wake in a stepped-up V-formation. 5 and Guroaitei No. The planes did see combat, however.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Ronald Herman, benefactor, and others break ground for a restoration hangar. Note the TBF in the background, awaiting its place in that hangar. The runway was asphalt paved in 1936. Unlike the Bell which carried the litters outside the cabin, the HOSS carried them inside, away from the harsh winter weather in that area.

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Jet Hangar Cockpit Weather 116

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Flight training doesn’t need to stop in the winter though; in fact the colder months provide some great opportunities to expand your knowledge on weather and aircraft operations in less than ideal conditions. And the most important piece of cold weather gear? A cell phone of course.

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Weather Runway Airplanes NOTAMs 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. Unfortunately, opportunities to get there can be few and often come down to the whimsy of weather. In 2022, Alton Bay did not open the Saturday morning that we anticipated.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 95

Flying Magazine

MAY 16, 2025

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Cockpit Runway Pilot Jet 103

Photographic Logbook

MAY 18, 2025

Weather-wise, you never know what you're going to get on each third Sunday of May along the south shore of Lake Ontario. 2025 brought cold temperatures, low ceiling, rain, and gusty wind, the latter fortuitously right down the runway. Despite gusting into the high teens, the wind was right down the runway.

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Ceiling Airplanes Weather Runway 52

Gary's Flight Journal

JUNE 13, 2025

The weather was not looking good for an early flight over the weekend and there were airshow TFR's. My hangar neighbor Chet is headed to New York. The timing was perfect as I crossed midfield to enter the left downwind for runway 6 and Julian soon followed. It was just as bad as my flight review flights.

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Airplanes Weather Runway Hangar 54

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks. I think twice of all the times we’ve flown, we’ve woken up and said, you know what, the weather’s not working out, let’s just drive it, he says.

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Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 76

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Preflight complete, hangar door closed, ready to go. I launched from runway 10 right at 7:00 am, climbing eastbound toward the crimson sunrise before turning on course. Inspirational Weather ForeFlight screen capture showing weather on both sides of my course. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning." Niagara Falls.

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Weather Runway Approach Final Approach 92

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is “rain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.”

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 95

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. After one last check to my left to make sure there weren’t any yahoos on an unapproved short final (old habit), I took the runway then pressed the throttle in to full power.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

On the landing approach, Saari, tightened the strap on his goggles, opened the cockpit, and stuck his head into the slipstream to see the runway, setting the Thunderbolt down safely and rolling to a stop. Weather could also keep P-47s on the ground, and make it hard for Thunderbolts to safely return to earth.

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Tail Cockpit Pilot Approach 95

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is “rain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.”

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 85

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Almost as an afterthought, we told them that while we’d be busy building our hangar/apartment for the 2022-23 season, we’d come fly with them in December 2023. Soon after we landed, Jo McCaughan emailed to say that they were rejiggering the itinerary to go to Milford Sound and Fiordland on day one, thanks to a brief weather window.

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Knot Weather Airplanes Ceiling 119

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

READ MORE: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh NOTAM Now Available Carry a rain poncho even if the weather is sunny because it can be used as ground cover to watch the airshow and as an emergency changing table if the kids are in diapers. For example, the base of the tower facing the runway is a good location—then walk to the exit as a family.

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NOTAMs Airplanes Cockpit Weather 52

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 2, 2024

Photo by Nick Chismar] After a few days of a break, Doc opened to excited crowds on Thursday May 9th, however Pennsylvania’s weather isn’t always the most cooperative. Friday’s weather took a turn with seemingly endless rain, but while some may have stayed home there was still a crowd lining up at the airport.

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Weather Hangar Runway Ceiling 81

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Gliders, for example, are not powered and therefore require favorable weather conditions to fly. Ultralights typically have a shorter range and lower altitude capability compared to other aircraft and are also more susceptible to weather conditions. They can also be used for flight training.

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Airplanes Jet General Aviation Hangar 98

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We finally get to the runway, but have to wait another 30 to 40 minutes with the engines burning 400 lb of fuel an hour. Gulfstream G650ER/G550 Captain Simon Hangar Carmel IN A djusting to all of the issues regarding congestion is the way to go. It’s happened to us that we get a clearance, load the passengers, and start up.

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Clearance Pilot NOTAMs Weather 98

Latatuide 33 Aviation

MARCH 19, 2025

Consider which of the following sizes best meets your needs: Very Light Very light jets (VLJs) are ideal for short runways and trips. Midsize: The Cessna Citation XLS and XLS+ models provide optimal comfort and performance, and they can operate from shorter runways. They range about 1,000 miles and can seat four to six passengers.

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Jet Cabin Crew Runway Approach 52

Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

The last of 33 PBY-4 variants to be rolled out was fitted with amphibious landing gear for the first time, to increase the type’s versatility and enable it to operate from land-based runways. The crew stayed in the lifeboats overnight, as a further rescue attempt was once again hampered by nightfall and poor weather.

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Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Clearance 290

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. Airport manager Sam Jewell agreed to purchase the damaged plane and set about fully restoring it.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Your next-door hangar neighbor says, “probably needs new spark plugs ,” and the CFI at the flight school tells you to try a favorite trick that always works on his E-series Continental. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar. Why Can’t I…?

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Stability Annual Inspection Crosswind Runway 92

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. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Six days later, Valley Forge launched the Navy’s first carrier-borne airstrikes of the war and VA-55 Skyraiders attacked airfields in Pyongyang, North Korea, destroying hangars, aircraft, and fuel depots. On September 23, 1953, ‘827 and 41 other aircraft were nearly lost when they were launched into marginal weather conditions at 1330hrs.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Cockpit 105

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 27, 2024

As long as the weather is going great, it will take off from Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island, where it’s been based its entire working life, fly about 20 minutes over the Vancouver Island, and hopefully down the east coast of the island where most people live, and then land on the ocean beside Victoria Airport.

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Ferry Flight Airplanes Weather Runway 131

Gary's Flight Journal

APRIL 24, 2024

Granted the weather hasn’t helped and my knee issue has diminished my desire to climb aboard. Once warmed up I taxied for runway one-four and was number two for departure. I followed Charles in his Piper 140 to runway one-nine and completed my run up. I made a nice landing and taxi clear for my hangar.

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Runway Pilot Weather Flight Plan 73

ABEAM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

We took off from runway 25 (via backtrack) southbound IFR to Shefferville via DIRECT. Weather was good along the way but the closer we got to our destination, the worse the weather below. At Shefferville , the weather was really bad in rain and landed via the RNP runway 17… the airport was completely empty !

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Weather Runway Airplanes Approach 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega during an engine runup at Wheeler Field, January 8, 1935 (Hawaii Aviation) On January 11, 1935, Earhart and her plane were ready for the flight, but the weather was not. At 4:45pm local time, Earhart gunned down the 6,000-foot field, carrying 500 gallons of fuel onboard.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Cockpit 52

Gary's Flight Journal

JANUARY 12, 2024

The winds were calm and the sky was beautiful blue as I climbed away from runway three-two at ocean city. I picked up the weather at GED and joined the downwind for runway two-two. Rob, Carl, and I pushed 3 Tango Charlie in the hangar and got her up on jack stands.

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Runway Weather Hangar Jet 52

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Transatlantic routes While safety is still the primary concern for pilots, today’s challenges are not so much the vastness and weather on this ocean, but traffic density and regulatory compliance. Jet Nassau offers ground support services at NAS (Nassau, Bahamas), with 20,000 sq ft of hangar space and 300,000 sq ft of ramp space.

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Jet Weather True Airspeed Turbulence 98

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Transatlantic routes While safety is still the primary concern for pilots, today’s challenges are not so much the vastness and weather on this ocean, but traffic density and regulatory compliance. Jet Nassau offers ground support services at NAS (Nassau, Bahamas), with 20,000 sq ft of hangar space and 300,000 sq ft of ramp space.

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Jet Weather True Airspeed Turbulence 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The first flight got weathered out, with broken clouds at 1,500 feet. There was a nice crosswind, and I demonstrated landing on a concrete expansion joint, offset from the runway centerline. Then off to the other runway for a full stop. Rolling out on the runway, I got distracted and went past my turnoff.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 89

Gary's Flight Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2023

I made plans to fly on my birthday and the weather was going to cooperate. I completed my preflight and sump prior to opening the hangar door. I taxied out for runway two-zero and launched into a beautiful day. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar. I tried a few more times and then she came to life.

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Approach Hangar Weather Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This was another satisfying trip, full of ADM, IMSAFE, and trade-offs—and weather. The weather was… interesting. Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. What the…?

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

21 but really a composit P-51D restoration) showed how best to display at the constrained Duxford site, making great use of the ability to turn around and come in for a nice curved topside pass over the ARC hangar area where the aircraft are still in bright sunlight, as opposed to backlit on the main display line for much of the day.

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Tail Weather Runway Hangar 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Once we were ready, we started up, and the instructor radioed the tower before taxiing to the runway. Before heading to the plane, you might have a chance to cover basic principles of flight, and will certainly discuss current weather conditions, safety protocols, and the days flight plan. Dont worry if it feels overwhelming.

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Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 98