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.

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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.

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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.

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AV Web

AUGUST 29, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a new safety alert for multi-engine pilots facing partial engine failure. The alert emphasizes the importance of promptly feathering the affected engine’s propeller before its rpm drops below the critical threshold where start locks engage.

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The pilots promptly shut down both engines and ordered an immediate evacuation of the airplane using the emergency escape slides. Meanwhile, on the other side of the plane, passengers can be seen exiting down the slides and walking off to the grass area alongside the runway threshold. Well done to colleagues today in Brindisi.

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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.

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Cranky Flier

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Elliott Passes 10% Threshold The latest in the saga between Elliott Investment Management and Southwest Airlines is that Elliott has now acquired enough shares of the carrier — 10% — to call a special meeting, which it plans to do if Southwest’s leadership does not meet its ransom demands desired changes. It also might not.

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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.

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Airplanes Threshold Runway Knot 99

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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 18, 2024

It has the right to call for the meeting because it exceeded the 10% threshold of required stock to do so — but that doesn’t mean it’s going to work. It is changing the way customers can qualify for elite status and is managing to do it without raising the thresholds — not yet at least. airlines have done.

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Threshold Airlines Airline Runway 130

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.

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With air traffic continuing to soar in the post-pandemic era, airlines worldwide have embarked on recruiting the thousands of pilots needed to operate the multitude of new aircraft set to enter service during the coming years. The forecast initially focused on pilots, maintenance technicians, and cabin crew.

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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.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Some pilots soar like eagles to a smooth touchdown, and others settle to the runway like wounded turkeys.

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Stability Approach Runway Pilot 89

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Using the VASI is crucial as it gives you safe obstruction clearance within 10 degrees of either side of the runway centerline and around four nautical miles from the runway threshold. nautical miles from the runway threshold. VASI provides a more extensive range of obstacle clearance at 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold.

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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.

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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.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Can you be a pilot with high blood pressure? – In this article, we explain the medical standards set to keep pilots safe in the skies. Overview of Medical Requirements for Pilots Pilot medical requirements are in place to ensure that every pilot is fit to fly safely.

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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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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.

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All Plane

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Vertical Aerospace had its first piloted untethered flight and it also presented an update on its long-term strategy. This could keep Volocopter alive (for now) but would mean existing investors would see the value of their investment drop from its peak €1.9B Air Canada is sourcing nearly 78 million litres of SAF from Neste.

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Threshold Airlines Airline Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2024

In 2019, one of the veteran pilots of the Berlin Airlift, Gail Halvorsen flew into Wiesbaden aboard the D-Day Squadron’s C-47 Skytrain Placid Lassie. Several events have taken place in the nation to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its conclusion with a number of Douglas C-47s flying into Garrison Wiesbaden this past weekend.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

This eliminates the need for recreational drone pilots to broadcast Remote ID if their drone weighs less than 250 grams. After all, the majority of Mini 3 and 4 drone users are recreational pilots. Owning Only the Small Battery Flying with the small battery means that your drone is below the 250-gram threshold.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

As a private pilot, understanding the importance of supplemental oxygen and complying with FAA oxygen requirements is crucial for ensuring the safety of you and your passengers during high-altitude flights. What Are the FAA Supplemental Oxygen Requirements for Private Pilots? You can find clear FAA oxygen requirements in 14 CFR 91.211.

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Aeroclass Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

Every one of them, runway edge / centerline lights, is designated to provide the pilot controlling the plane with crucial navigational information. Image source: [link] What color are airport threshold lights? Green is the color for the runway threshold lights, which function as touchdown zone lights. What does REIL stand for?

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Back then, all you needed was a drone and the courage to take off if you wanted to be a drone pilot. If you are already a Part 107 pilot, you are well aware of the remote pilot airman certification standards related to this. appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. Drones weighing between 0.55

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