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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1

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Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck

Air Facts

Although he was flying at or near the proper airspeeds for an overhead pattern, he was constantly moving the throttlesfrom near idle to near full thrust within seconds. During each turn, we lost about 1015 knots, but once wings-level again, the jet quickly accelerated back to 300. At least he didnt light the afterburners! Gusty winds?

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Trial by Ice

Air Facts

The general prognosis indicated no icing in the clouds, no turbulence and a quartering headwind from the west resulting in a mere five knots of headwind component. Instead of a gentle breeze out of the west, we had over 20 knots of headwind blowing out of the south. We were about 1/2 mile from the threshold.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. This distance is measured when the preceding aircraft is over the runway threshold.

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How to Land an Airplane

Pilot Institute

Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. Take your ground speed in knots and divide it by two. So if your Vso is 50 knots, then aim to fly 70 knots. Approach Speed When crossing the threshold, you must ensure you fly the correct approach speed.

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The Classic Boeing Airspeed Indicator

AeroSavvy

V MO on the 767 is between 340-360 knots (depending on aircraft serial number). Airspeed Pointer The airspeed pointer shows the indicated airspeed in knots as generated by the Air Data Computer. Digital Data Airspeed The Indicated Airspeed (above 30 knots) is displayed in a digital format.

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Hand on Thrust, Brain on Autopilot

Fear of Landing

Although it is referred to as the decision speed, V 1 represents a crucial threshold: any choice to reject the take off must be made before reaching V 1 , so that the stopping is already in progress when it reaches V 1. After V1, the Pilot Flying’s hand should be removed from the thrust levers. ” as they reached V R.

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