Jetwhine

JULY 14, 2025

An Air India Boeing 787 That’s because of a short piece of text on page 13 reads, “The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC, and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec.

Density Altitude

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

There were 10 people onboard, including one pilot and nine passengers. At the time, the pilot had informed air traffic control that the plane would begin a holding pattern, while waiting for runway clearance in Nome. The 147-mile flight was operated by a five-year-old Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with the registration code N321BA.

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Aerotime

JULY 12, 2025

Fuel cutoff mid-climb Flight AI171, bound for London Gatwick (LGW), had departed Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) at 13:39 IST (08:09 UTC). The co-pilot was designated as the pilot flying (PF), while the captain was the pilot monitoring (PM). The engines began to spool down.

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AV Web

JUNE 9, 2025

The aircraft took off from runway 27 at SAN at 12:25 (19:25 UTC) on a flight to Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX). After receiving instructions to turn to a heading of 180 after departure, the pilot radioed that the struggled to maintain heading and altitude,” the narrative in the Aviation Safety Network said.

UTC

Fear of Landing

JULY 18, 2025

Both pilots passed their preflight Breath Analyser test, which is standard procedure for all flight crew at Air India. The first officer was the Pilot Flying with the captain as Pilot Monitoring. The aircraft lifted off at 08:08:39 UTC. The other pilot responded that he did not do so.

Weight-Shift-Control

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

Flight performed a fuel dump and landed safely at 12:50 UTC on runway 35R. For a takeoff, pilots calculate the takeoff performance, and from there it’s usually pretty routine. Was the takeoff performance just not calculated correctly, causing the pilots to attempt to rotate too soon? So, what happened here?

Tail

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For pilots and anyone involved in aviation, understanding AIRMETs and SIGMETs is invaluable. SIGMETs alert pilots to more severe weather events like thunderstorms, volcanic ash, or strong turbulence that could pose serious risks to any flight. SIGMETs alert pilots to severe weather, such as thunderstorms. What Is an AIRMET?

UTC

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The flight departed normally from Leipzig Halle Airport at 02:08 UTC (03:08 local), operating as flight QY5690/BCS18D. At 03:28 UTC, ninety minutes into the flight and on final approach to Vilnius, the aircraft crashed near Liepkalnis Hill. One pilot was killed in the crash, the other three suffered serious injuries.

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iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

SkewTLogPro releases version 3.0upgrade your weather briefing today iPad Pilot News It seems like there are two types of pilots: those who have never heard of Skew-T log (p) charts and true believers who know they are the source of all truth and knowledge about weather. In this case we have moved out five hours, to 2000 UTC.

Weather

Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

A few seconds later, at 07:49 UTC, “all hell broke loose” as passenger Andrew Davies said to CNN. The pilots enter a four-digit code into the transponder, which might be assigned by air traffic control to identify that particular aircraft or might be a general code showing what type of flight it is. Stay safe folks.

Turbulence

Universal Weather

JANUARY 17, 2025

These procedures will be in effect from February 6, 2025, at 0601 UTC through February 11, 2025, at 0400 UTC. Pilots should also be aware that overnight parking may be unavailable at certain airports due to capacity constraints. Pilots are encouraged to check NOTAMs frequently for updates.

NOTAMs

Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

Key Takeaways NOTAMs update pilots about changes in airspace, airports, and equipment that affect aircraft operations. NOTAMs alert pilots to issues that impact flight operations. A Real-Life Example Pilots who do not review NOTAMS before flight put themselves (and others) in danger. This tells pilots where the NOTAM applies.

NOTAMs

AeroSavvy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There are a couple types of temperature that pilots (and aircraft) use. Pilots use both TAT and SAT to help determine when to use airframe and engine anti-ice systems. Pilots can access static air temperature on either FMC Control Display Unit. TAT probes on some Airbus models are on the lower fuselage, aft of the radome.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Tornadoes, funnel clouds, volcanic ash, or dust storms are extremely dangerous to all pilots. As a pilot, you should pay close attention to this section. 011955Z : The date and time of issuance (first day of the month at 19:55 UTC). appeared first on Pilot Institute. This is why they also call for a SPECI issue.

Altimeter

Learn to Fly

MARCH 12, 2024

Some of the most important jargon you’ll learn as a pilot has to be how to read a METAR. These “aviation routine weather reports” provide pilots with an accurate depiction of current weather conditions at an airport. The last four digits are the time of the METAR/SPECI, which is always given in coordinated universal time (UTC).

Weather

Universal Weather

JUNE 8, 2023

Accreditation must be requested for each pilot, co-pilot and aircraft. The connection between pilots and aircraft (check of qualifications by the applicable Civil Aviation authorities) must be included in the ad hoc form. Prefectoral accreditation is required from 14 to 25 June included.

Fixed Base Operator

Universal Weather

APRIL 8, 2024

During this period, no slots will be available at CDG, ORY, or BVA from 15:30 UTC and 22:00 UTC French CAA will have to close Parisian airspace between 7 p.m. Accreditation must be requested for each pilot, co-pilot and aircraft. and midnight for safety reasons.

Runway

Aerotime

AUGUST 14, 2024

“One of the pilots has been found, he is safe and sound. ” A French Air Force source told Le Monde that two pilots were in one twin-seat Rafale B and one pilot in a single-seat Rafale C. The search is still ongoing. Thanks to our armed forces as well as to the gendarmes mobilized in the search and to secure the area.”

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AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

By number, pilots and dispatchers are the primary consumers of METARs. The weather observations in METARs provide pilots with the information to determine what takeoff or landing procedures should be used. They all follow the same format. ” Always good for a laugh to break up the boredom on a long flight. Who uses METARs?

Weather

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

There were 10 people onboard, including one pilot and nine passengers. At the time, the pilot had informed air traffic controllers that the plane would begin a holding pattern, while waiting for runway clearance in Nome. The 147-mile flight was operated by a five-year-old Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with the registration code N321BA.

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AeronewsX

AUGUST 10, 2020

Flight 1344 departed from Dubai at 10:00 UTC. The pilot attempted to land in bad weather conditions twice, and, on the final attempt, the plane touched down but overshot the runway. But at approximately 1000ft, the pilot went around and requested to land on Runway 10.

Runway

Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

As per ATC, the aircraft departed from Ahmedabad at 1339 IST (0809 UTC) from Runway 23. This has happened before, and we just recently looked at an action slip by the pilot flying , who accidentally reduced thrust on take-off. It gave a MAYDAY call to ATC, but thereafter no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC.

Runway

Aerotime

AUGUST 15, 2024

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces has confirmed that two pilots—a student and their instructor—aboard a two-seater Rafale B aircraft, lost their lives in the crash. A third pilot, flying a single-seat Rafale C jet, successfully ejected and was recovered with minor injuries.

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Universal Weather

JULY 5, 2023

Documentation requirements include certificates of registration and airworthiness, worldwide insurance, Mexican insurance, pilot licenses and medical certificates. If a pilot in command (PIC) or 3rd-party provider just files a flight plan with ATC, it won’t be valid until the above approvals can be obtained.

Flight Plan

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 31, 2025

The collision took place at 20:48 local time (01:48 UTC) and has been reported at less than 200 feet altitude. Unidentified Pilot in the air : Tower did you just see that? The maximum allowed altitude for the route that the helicopter was travelling, transiting from route 1 to route 4, was 200 feet above ground level.

Air Traffic Control

World Airline News

JULY 26, 2025

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Airlines

World Airline News

JULY 25, 2025

The pilot strike at KM Malta Airlines began on July 21, 2025, as a result of longstanding tensions surrounding recruitment practices and pilot seniority. com Airline News. The majority of KM’s cockpit crew pr.

Cargo

World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

View all posts by Bruce Drum → Post navigation ← Air Canada Inaugurates Flights to Prague Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Address Subscribe Join 3,151 other subscribers The Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots' union (APLA) has announced an eight-hour strike on June 10, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., Edinburgh will be the airli.

Cargo

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 3, 2025

While data was not received for the entire flight, the ADS-B data available from 05:13 UTC demonstrates variable altitude (feet AMSL) reports of 8,000 feet dozens of times and oscillating ground speed (Knots) and vertical rate (feet per minute) values. Thirty-eight people died in the crash, including both pilots and one cabin crew member.

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