iPad Pilot News

MARCH 21, 2025

Flying with Starlink satellite internet: tips for pilots iPad Pilot News In-flight satellite connectivity is more accessible now than ever for pilots flying piston airplanes and light jets. This is ideal for campers, boaters, and now pilots, and you can use the newer Starlink Mini antenna with this plan.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Knot 108

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Whether you are an aspiring pilot, an aviation enthusiast, or simply curious about the subject, this article is for you. Category also has different meanings in pilot certification, aircraft certification, and instrument approaches. a jet engine) for lift at low speed but non-rotating surfaces (i.e., wings) at higher speeds.

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Weight-Shift-Control Knot Approach Lift 96

One Mile at a Time

MAY 17, 2025

American jet takes off as United jet taxies on runway This incident happened at around 12:30AM on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at LaGuardia Airport. In a vast majority of countries, a tower controller wouldnt hand a pilot over to a ground controller until theyre off the active runway for obvious reasons. Like, based on what?

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Runway Air Traffic Control Clearance Jet 123

AV Web

MARCH 6, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the fatal medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia on Jan. The data ended one minute later, with the plane at 1,275 feet and traveling at 242 knots. The NTSB report also highlighted that both pilots held a type rating for the Learjet 55.

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Cockpit Instrument Meteorological Conditions Jet Air Traffic Control 70

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

TSB Approach sequence Due to reported wind gusts as the CRJ900 approached Toronto Pearson following a flight from MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport (MSP) the aircraft was flown at 149 knots. seconds before touchdown the aircrafts indicated airspeed was 136 knots, and its ground speed was 111 knots.

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Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer 290

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

KTVU @SFGate @VASAviation pic.twitter.com/Lqkh5snd8i Hoppinaroundtheworld (@Hopinarndthwrld) February 24, 2025 Fortunately air traffic controllers at SFO got a low altitude alert, and informed the pilots of their concerning altitude. The pilots seemed to be confused about their path in comparison to the standard glide path.

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Approach Knot Air Traffic Control Final Approach 103

Aerotime

AUGUST 27, 2024

Boom Supersonic has successfully completed the second test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on August 26, 2024 The flight, led by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, focused on critical evaluations of the aircraft’s systems.

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Stability Aviation Technology Knot Jet 290

Aerotime

AUGUST 22, 2024

The aircraft can also be turned into a passenger jet with a layout of 19 seats and a maximum range of 900 nautical miles (1,667 kilometers). It can be operated by a single pilot.

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Payload Knot Jet Pilot 281

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Boom supersonic’s Chief Test Pilot, Tristan Brandenburg, took XB-1 to a maximum altitude of 16,150 feet during the test and recorded a total flight time of 48 minutes. Brandenburg, who flew the second and third flights of XB-1, will also pilot the aircraft’s first supersonic flight.

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Knot Pilot Jet Airlines 304

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Here youll see how creative errors can sneak in and deprive pilots of the fuel that keeps us airborne. Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. A multiengine pilot transferred fuel after two hours in flight but was unaware there was insufficient power to run the pump. He landed safely.

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Pilot Runway Gross Weight Approach 115

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. Orlando Airport map (MCO) According to ADS-B data, the aircraft made it all the way to 70 knots before it rejected its takeoff, after an air traffic controller warned them of what was going on.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Pilot 83

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

We need more electric aircraft, Cotton mused as a conventional jet accelerated into a thunderous takeoff behind him. The market survey ticket] gives us the ability to train pilots, the ability to demonstrate it to customerswhich we did todayand do it in this configuration, Clark said. It’s just another step toward certification.

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Air Traffic Control Airplanes Lift Runway 115

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It was go-home day and launching with our back to the storm seemed appropriate as we headed to Detroit, where we were scheduled to step onto another jet and catch a ride home to finish our trip. We were tasked with ferrying an empty jet to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA), then we’d catch a ride home in the back of a different jet.

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Runway Approach Knot Crosswind 73

Ask the Pilot

MAY 10, 2025

At typical weights, the jet is off the ground by 150 knots and touching down at 135 or so.For a plane of its size that’s amazing. But truth be told, so much of what enamors pilots to their planes is creature comfort. Neither is it bad looking.

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Cockpit Knot Pilot Jet 85

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Lilium, the manufacturer of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) jet for six passengers plus a pilot, will debut its flagship aircraft to the public for the first time in May. Those evaluations will follow the aircraft’s first piloted flight. The Lilium Jet uses an unconventional fan-in-wing architecture.

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Jet Knot Lift Pilot 122

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. When the aircraft encounters a vortex and its strong enough to induce roll, the pilot counters it by using the ailerons against the roll and tries to fly out of the wake as soon as possible. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Latatuide 33 Aviation

MARCH 19, 2025

Understanding which type of private jet you should buy is the first step to investing in an aircraft. Benefits of Buying a Private Jet Owning a private aircraft offers the following advantages: Privacy You and your traveling party can enjoy privacy and confidentiality when you own an aircraft.

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Jet Cabin Crew Runway Approach 52

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 28, 2024

I recently covered a heated exchange between an Aeromexico pilot and JFK ATC. Well, VASAviation has just published another JFK ATC video, this time involving an Air France pilot. While holding short of the runway, the Air France pilot stated over the radio “Air France 012 to cross?” Pilot: “Okay, we hold short.”

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Knot 120

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? At least he didnt light the afterburners!

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AGL Threshold Crosswind Final Approach 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

The German manufacturer of the world’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) jet on Monday announced a firm order for 20 aircraft from UrbanLink, a U.S. UrbanLink intends to operate the manufacturer’s flagship Lilium Jet out of planned vertiports in South Florida, with the goal of forming a regional air taxi network by 2026.

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Jet Knot Pilot Airlines 103

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

An American Airlines jet had a pretty dramatic rejected takeoff at Tampa Airport, and it makes for a great video… American 737 deals with burst tires on takeoff This incident happened yesterday (Wednesday, July 10, 2024), and involves American Airlines flight AA590, scheduled to fly from Tampa (TPA) to Phoenix (PHX).

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Runway Knot Pilot Jet 122

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The following is CCTV video of the crash as posted on X : New surveillance video captures the moment a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 75 passengers on board leaving 18 injured. Those of us who could get ourselves down did, and then helped others.

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Runway Tail Knot Altimeter 59

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 30, 2024

At 12:37AM local time, the jet was cleared to take off on runway 33R, which has a length of 13,796 feet (4,205 meters). However, for whatever reason, the pilots instead attempted to take off from taxiway K, which is parallel to the runway. Once at that high speed, the pilots realized their error and rejected the takeoff.

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Runway Knot Jet Pilot 122

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

When pilots talk about engaging reverse thrust, they don’t mean spinning the engines or propellers the opposite way. As soon as the aircraft touches down, pilots can engage reverse thrust to divide the task of slowing the aircraft down. When the pilot selects reverse, the buckets swing out and back. What Is Thrust Reversal?

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Thrust Blade Angle Runway Pilot 52

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

So the pilot of the first Delta jet advised air traffic control they’d need a minute to crunch the numbers on takeoff performance: Delta 1304 pilot: “Right now, for Delta 1304, we got four knots too much on the tailwind. Delta 2046 pilot: “We can get in there, Delta 2046.”

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Jet 120

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology. Most of the big jets, when faced with Newtons laws of motion, need a little assistance when going downhill. Back down here is GA land, we have many of the same concerns.

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Descent Approach Final Approach Wind Shear 56

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Holding procedures often leave many prospective IFR pilots in a cold sweat. Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Pilot Planning Nobody likes being put under pressure. Suppose an airport has a complex arrival, or the pilot has not planned sufficiently. In plain English?

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Airplanes Crosswind Approach Knot 52

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In the previous installment of this two-part article , AeroTime took you through the initial stages of a routine commercial flight, from the pre-departure checks carried out by the pilots and cabin crew, to what is happening outside the aircraft, and from engine startup to taxi and take-off.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 271

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

Though wind is reported using such simple numbers like 270@15G20, I’ve come to believe that 20 knots here is not always the same as 20 knots there. I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. Then came the landing in 20 knots in the Hill Country of Texas, west of Austin.

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Crosswind Knot Rudder Turbulence 98

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This isn’t good… air traffic controllers cleared two Southwest jets to use the same runway at the same time. VASAviation has an excellent video with both the air traffic control audio and a depiction of where the jets were located during the incident. There’s no real apology to the pilots, but they just move on.

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Knot 116

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

It’s typically measured in knots (nautical miles per hour), with one knot being about 1.15 As an aircraft accelerates, especially at or above 200 knots, the air particles flowing around it become tightly packed. For example, if you’re flying at 90 knots IAS at 7,000 feet, your true airspeed will be around 102 knots.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

AV Web

DECEMBER 5, 2024

5 at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona, where the jet was headed for Provo Municipal Airport (KPVU) in Provo, Utah. The HondaJet was cleared for takeoff from Runway 22L, which the pilot acknowledged. The crash occurred Nov. It breached the airport perimeter fence, crossed a roadway and collided with a vehicle.

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Knot Runway Cockpit Jet 97

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

You’ve just passed your private pilot check ride. Part of being a good pilot is recognizing that sometimes our eyes are bigger than our skill set. The latest version of the nonturbocharged SR22, the recently unveiled G7, boasts a top cruise speed of 181 knots, 1,169 nm range, and useful load of 1,326 pounds. Congratulations!

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Knot Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck 105

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 21, 2024

This incident is especially strange, since conditions were good, so one has to wonder what exactly was going on with the pilots. Southwest 737 pilots confused in Oklahoma City? Southwest pilot: “Yeah, we’re going around, Southwest 4069.” Southwest pilot: “Yeah, we’ll come back around for 17.”

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 124

Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

Our old and slow Stearman PT-17 biplanes were racing along at 65 mph as we were fighting a 20-knot headwind, so we were still almost 15 minutes from touchdown! Wayne and I had flown in combat together in Vietnam during the summer of 1967 as F105 Thunderchief strike pilots. You just have to be there to experience it.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Runway Hangar 78

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Upon its delivery to the RDAF in January 1972, AT-155 was flown and maintained by two squadrons at Flyvestation Karup (Karup Air Base), Eskadrille 725 and Eskadrille 729, with AT-155 being used to qualify Danish pilots in flying the Drakens. After declaring an emergency the pilot climbed to 35,000 feet, where its engine flamed out.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Cockpit Knot 124

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. I imagine this is how a real CRJ pilot must feel.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105