Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It might sound a bit scary, but its a valuable skill for a pilot to master. Pilots must adapt their approach and landing technique during flap failure. When landing without flaps, pilots must adjust their techniques to compensate for higher approach speeds, a shallow descent angle, and longer landing distances.

Pilot

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold. The aircraft came to a rest inverted on runway 15L, approximately 1,800 feet beyond the thresholds, and about 75 feet to the right of the runway edge. Endeavor Air CRJ-900 debris map So, what do we know about the two pilots? I havent seen anything suggesting that.

Descent

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?

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

Subscribe Now Pathways, also known as highway in the sky (HITS), guidance is provided by displaying a series of rectangles that a pilot flies through to maintain the desired course. Most of the time, jets fly long, straight-in instrument approaches, so pilots dont get much practice approaching a runway from other directions.

Approach

Pilot Institute

JUNE 27, 2025

Quickly reading and understanding airport signs is critical to becoming a safe pilot. Runway Approach Area Holding Position Signs A Runway Approach Area Holding Position sign indicates where pilots must stop and hold before entering an area that could interfere with aircraft on the final approach. Luckily, we’re here to help.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

The visibility had dropped to almost zero as we crossed the threshold. Any pilot would have trouble with those gusts. The post Check Ride Jitters appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. The 152 rocked and bounced in the air currents as we approached the runway. It was all I could do to keep the airplane straight.

Airplanes

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

If the airport is your home drome, and there is a big oak tree or a Walmart on final you can measure the distance from there to the threshold on a sunny day. Then as you fly over your designated landmark and see the threshold, you will know that you have the measured distance. Approach lighting systems are a known, published length.

Runway

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

Pilots constantly watch out of the cockpit windows, and air traffic control monitors traffic in the airspace. But what happens if the pilots can’t see incoming traffic and ATC somehow misses a potential conflict? Pilots themselves scan for traffic by looking out the cockpit windows. Why is TCAS so important?

Transponder

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2025

The preliminary report on the accident that killed aerobatic pilot Rob Holland has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Pilot Rob Holland (pictured here in 2015) made history by winning for the seventh consecutive year at the U.S. The show went on as scheduled, with a moment of silence to honor Holland.

Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC)

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I Am UNSAFE ChecklistLessons Learned on a Fateful Night Air Facts Journal You get experience by making mistakes and surviving, and then, as a result, become a safer more confident pilot. As I crossed the runway threshold, it was solid IMC and I had to go missed. Some mistakes, however, we just should not make.

Ceiling

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

It is intended to be a flying lesson , but only for those pilots who read it with learning as a mindset. Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. Also, Trial by Ice is not just another flying story.

VOR

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!

AGL

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 17, 2025

ForeFlight Adds Unusual Attitude Alerts, Auto Logbook Exports, and More iPad Pilot News The latest ForeFlight Mobile app update introduces powerful features designed to improve safety, streamline workflows, and enhance situational awareness for general aviation pilots.

AGL

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Area Navigation (RNAV) is a way for pilots to know where they’re going without needing help from the ground. Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). What Are RNAV Approaches? How Does RNAV Work?

Approach

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Pilot ready? I crossed the runway threshold at 70 mph and let a little more speed bleed off as I attempted to stay a few inches off the runway with the nosewheel slightly up. First, any time you are flying an airplane youve never flown before, consult with an experienced pilot of that type. First flight! I took a deep breath.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 1, 2025

Furthermore, the airline has started aggressively selling upgrades for cash , and the pilot contract also allows deadheading pilots to be upgraded ahead of elite passengers on the airport upgrade list. Unfortunately the valuable thresholds for this are above the Platinum Pro Loyalty Points requirements.

Threshold

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

If not recognized quickly, it can lead to incorrect pilot inputs and loss of control. A pproaching the threshold, the flying pilot was trying to keep the wings level in the gusty crosswind. Both pilots recognized instantly what was happening. Karsten Shein is cofounder of 2DegreesC.org.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

Special VFR is a clearance issued by Air Traffic Control (ATC) that allows pilots to operate in weather conditions below the standard VFR minimums. Student pilots cannot request Special VFR clearances. Special VFR should only be used with careful risk management and pilot discretion. What Is Special VFR?

Clearance

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Starting with earlier that day: a flight instructor and two student pilots were stranded at the airport after their rental aircraft had suffered a magneto malfunction during the pre-flight checks. The Baron landed at 18:20 with two pilots on board. He made it clear that the departure was unapproved and at the pilot’s own risk.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

I am an air ambulance pilot flying the venerable Lear 35 twinjet around the country, moving patients to critical and advanced care facilities. Then I pull out the pilot checklist (QRH). We are on short final, about to cross the field threshold, and I am 25 knots above my targeted landing speed (VREF).

Knot

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights iPad Pilot News The iPad is an engaging visual tool, but many pilots forget about its many audio uses. Many pilots may not realize that ForeFlight also provides audio alerts with these notifications. Here’s a rundown of what you might hear.

AGL

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

One of the companies that had acquired surplus Beech 18s had secured a long term contract to carry auto parts from Oshawa to Detroit for General Motors and almost every night around 9 pm, one of those flights would head west full of parts and usually with only the one pilot on board. Such it was in those days.

Weight-Shift-Control

Flight Training Central

JULY 14, 2025

The aviation industry has long debated the minimum flight hours required for pilots to obtain an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, a prerequisite for serving as a pilot in command at major airlines. for military pilots or graduates of approved aviation programs) allow for reduced minimums—known as a Restricted ATP.

Pilot

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?

Airplanes

AV Web

MARCH 18, 2025

The real-time monitor and alerter provides visual and aural alerts with pilot-customizable advisory thresholds. The miniature remote sensor is compatible for displaying on the Garmin GTN Xi-series GPS navigators and on the GI 275 electronic flight display in a dedicated data field or dedicated page.

Threshold

Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Under visual flight rules (VFR) during daytime, a pilot can operate with only basic gauges: an airspeed indicator, altimeter, compass, fuel gauges for each tank, and oil temperature, pressure, and engine RPM readings. This shift from analog to digital redefined pilots roles, turning them from reactive operators into proactive system managers.

Cockpit

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. The NTSB report noted that although the Cessna S550 is usually a two-pilot aircraft, the jet owner had undergone a flight evaluation in December of 2024 and received an exemption to fly the Cessna S550 single-pilot. The pilot was based at KMYF.

Knot

Cranky Flier

MAY 23, 2025

Part of the agreement included a poison pill that if the regional carrier was required to fly to and from Newark on a regular basis it could either drop the contract immediately or require United CEO Scott Kirby to move into a highway-view room at the Howard Johnson that sits at the threshold to runway 22R for the duration of the deal.

Threshold

Universal Weather

JULY 29, 2025

How ceilings affect your operation depends on the type of flight, operator SOPs, pilot qualifications, and comfort level. If weather at your primary destination is forecast to fall below minimums, your alternate must meet or exceed planning thresholds. Alternate Airport Planning Ceiling conditions play a key role in alternate planning.

Ceiling

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

Furthermore, the airline has started aggressively selling upgrades for cash , and the pilot contract also allows deadheading pilots to be upgraded ahead of elite passengers on the airport upgrade list. Unfortunately the valuable thresholds only kick in around 175,000 Loyalty Points, above Platinum Pro status.

Threshold

AV Web

MARCH 18, 2025

We think standard protocols promote safetywitness that the standardization of the six-pack round-dial instrument panel in 1968 made it significantly easier for pilots to transition between airplanes. Further it mandates a borescope inspection whenever a compression test is performed.

Threshold

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. The pilot who perished was well known in STOL Drag competitive circles and highly regarded for his flying safety entries on his YouTube channel.

Final Approach

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Senior pilots (many were career professionals stepping down into GA) liked what they saw in the new LSA market: modern two-placers with far more tech than the average Skyhawk or Cherokee—not bad machines for golden-years fun. Today, the difficult insurance market is forcing plenty of aging pilots out of retracs , twins and turbines.

Gross Weight

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

I was just shy of 13 flight hours toward earning my EASA Private Pilot License in Italy. I was 10 years old, and my grandfather, a former Air Force pilot, watched me play and gave me tips that actually worked. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. The plane was one of the earliest of its model built by Tecnam.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

The pilot said he refueled the airplane the day before the accident and checked the fuel level during his preflight inspection the following morning. The pilot made a forced landing in the ocean just offshore of the beach, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot decided to return to the airport for landing.

Density Altitude

Cranky Flier

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And so I’m curious if you’re seeing there’s sort of a minimum threshold of where you need to be. But number three, very interestingly, we came very close to having a strike with our pilots in October. And is that why the GDS integration was delayed? It just wasn’t good enough? Mark: Exactly.

Threshold

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. NTSB The airplane landed safely back at Portland without further incident, and all occupants (two pilots, four cabin crewmembers, and 171 passengers) deplaned at the gate.

Runway