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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. Its important because the lift is always produced perpendicular to the relative wind. Why is this important?

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Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck

Air Facts

As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. The final turn in the T-38 is a nose-low, 180-degree turn designed to arrive on final one mile from the threshold at 500 feet AGL. The threshold slid past my right shoulder as I began my flare. One day, I had finally had enough.

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Step-by-Step Guide to No-Flaps Landings for Pilots

Pilot Institute

Lift and Drag Modifications A no-flaps landing significantly reduces drag and lift, which is why the approach is flown at a higher speed. In such a situation, you need to maintain lift by adjusting the angle of attack and airspeed, which requires precise control. Pre-Landing Checklist 1. What should you do?

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Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

Flying Magazine

degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5 minutes, achieve stable approach at 1,552 feet, cross the threshold at 44 feet, touch down 1,542 feet down the runway, and disconnect the autobrakes at 91 knots. For example, last week I flew a Boeing 737-900ER from Salt Lake City to Tampa, Florida. I hand-flew the first 13.3

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Low-level windshear

Professional Pilot

A pproaching the threshold, the flying pilot was trying to keep the wings level in the gusty crosswind. Many will recall the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 at DFW (Intl, Dallas-Fort Worth TX) in 1985 after the aircraft encountered a microburst that robbed it of lift at a critical moment.

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From Twinjet to Glider: Varied Experience Comes in Handy in Unwanted Transition

Flying Magazine

We are on short final, about to cross the field threshold, and I am 25 knots above my targeted landing speed (VREF). Full flaps are mostly about drag, not lift. I progressively call for flaps, ensuring with each flap change I can still make the runway. I saved the final flap position for this scenario.

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

The Twin Otter is very powerful, but its fixed landing gear, wing struts and various hinges, plus the thick high lift wing gave lots of places for the ice to accumulate. They had moved to their strategic waiting position close to the landing runway threshold. Finally, out of the low cloud the airplane appeared from the east.