Pilot Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

The ILS (Instrument Landing System) uses radio signals to help pilots align the aircraft accurately on their approach to a runway. An “ILS approach” is a landing procedure using the Instrument Landing System (ILS) to guide an aircraft to the runway. Lets learn more about this system! Precision Approaches (e.g.,

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Approach Descent Runway Instrument Landing System 98

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

(image via AirCorps Aviation) The larger, freshly painted parts shown here include the brake cylinders (lower left center), brake pedals above them, the vertical stabilizer fairing on the near right center, and the horizontal stabilizers center tube on the far right. The empennage’s framework has been fitted to the fuselage.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability Runway 111

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

The aircraft was slightly below the glide slope, but on the visual segment of the approach and tracking the runway centerline. As was seen in video footage of the incident the aircraft then began to slide along the runway and rolled to the right until it became inverted. to the right, the TSB said.

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Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer 245

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

The windsock is normally placed next to a runway or helipad so that you can easily see it when lined up for takeoff or coming in for a landing. It is your responsibility to evaluate wind conditions before selecting a runway for takeoff or landing. Why is it called a windsock? Consider a windsock as nature’s wind compass.

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Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

Flying Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

Situational awareness is enhanced through the use of Garmin’s terminal safety solutions, such as Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA) technology. The enhanced multitouch technology also enables on-screen hand stabilization, allowing pilots to more accurately input and access information.

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Flight Deck Pilot Descent Stability 94

Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

Pilots appreciate the 182 for its ideal blend of cruise speed, payload capacity, and runway flexibility. Additional touches like vortex generators, stabilizer abrasion boots, and Guardian CO detector add utility and peace of mind. This 2007 model continues that legacy with a G1000 panel, clean airframe, and well-chosen upgrades.

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Transponder Flight Deck Payload Airplanes 102

Aerotime

MAY 16, 2025

It features a forward-swept main wing, plus a smaller set of horizontal canard-style stabilizers mounted on the forward fuselage. The aircraft also has twin-boom vertical stabilizers to the rear and a monocoque cabin that can accommodate up to six passengers, plus the operating pilot.

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Gross Weight Stability Payload Thrust 262

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Back in the mid-2000s, United was just trying to stabilize itself. There’s already a public transit connection, and there’s plenty of runway capacity at the airport, so the pieces are coming together. The number of flights plunged with July 2017 having over 20 percent fewer flights than July 2004.

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Stability Runway Airplanes Airlines 130

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Michael Derrer Fuchs / Shutterstock Once the pushback is complete and the engines are running, the crew will contact ATC again for taxi clearance, effectively asking the tower for the route they are required to follow and which taxiways to use to reach the active runway.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 273

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

Whether it is a short Cub flight to the north for Coopers Bar-B-Que, a true Texas pit grilling experience, or a quick hop over to a makeshift, 1,000-foot grass runway paralleling the road at the local winery, you are sure to be entertained throughout your training. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

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. The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold. Obviously it was gusty, but if youre not able to stabilize an approach, thats when a go around would ordinarily be performed.

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 87

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Learning how to land a Piper Seminole means becoming comfortable with these avionics, which help guide the aircraft through the landing procedure, ensuring optimal approach speeds and alignment with the runway. Full flaps provide maximum lift and stability, allowing the aircraft to fly slower without stalling.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. But lets not forget its big advantage!

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

To some extent this was carried out with the Cherokee, though the key design elementuse of a stabilator in place of a conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizeris likely the influence of John Thorp. Thorp joined the Piper design team during the Cherokees development; his own Sky Scooter used a stabilator.

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Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 73

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The touchdown speed will have already been calculated using a combination of aircraft weight, length of runway in use, and prevailing conditions. If you are traveling towards the front of the cabin on an Airbus aircraft, you may also hear three ‘bleeps’ emanating from behind the flight deck door as the plane approaches the runway.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 265

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

Empennage: The Tail Assembly Located at the back of the aircraft, the empennage (or tail assembly ) includes the vertical stabilizer , horizontal stabilizer , rudder , and elevator. These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight.

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Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The snow plow operators were happy to be able to go about their clearing operations without having to hold short or vacate runways to wait for arrivals or departures. It was clear that he was not able to maneuver to circle to the longest runway so a straight in on the east/west runway was his only option.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

As Bill tells it, the base and final pttern legs were textbook and the flare perfect, right up until the sound of the prop tips pinging off the pavement and the scraping of the belly on the runway replaced the roar from the open door. As the late baseball manager/philosopher Yogi Berra famously said, It aint over until its over.

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Airplanes Pitot Tube Pilot Lift 92

Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This includes the runway, taxiway, gate or stand, and terminal – the complete package an airline needs for a flight. This analysis considers the maximum capacity of the runway(s), aircraft parking positions and terminal capacity, but also factors in airspace limitations and environmental restrictions. But why are slots necessary?

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Airline Airlines Runway Stability 232

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Airport information, such as the length of the runway and the approach lighting pattern. FAA charts also add an airport diagram section showing the runway layout and lighting information. Airport/Runway Information Box This section first provides basic information about the approach. Approach minima. Hazards in the area.

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Approach Descent Runway Final Approach 52

World Airline News

MAY 14, 2025

The foundation of this work has been improving the performance and resilience of the airlines systems, including the migration of data centres to the Cloud to bring increased digital stability. For example, our Runway support tool that calculates the most appropriate schedule intervention when disruption occurs.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Cabin Crew Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2025

Langley was particularly focused on structural loads, while Ames concentrated on dynamic stability. However, neither center had runways long enough to accommodate the B-47, so the aircraft was assigned to NACAs High-Speed Flight Research Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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Gross Weight Airfoil Drag Stability 60

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In March 1939, a new owner, Alhambra resident Warren Knox Layne, added a tailwheel to better operate from paved runways as opposed to the original tail skid. In February 1938, owner William Fred Linne of North Hollywood reported making repairs to the aircraft and recovering the fabric on the controls.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes 111

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway. This would result in the airplane stalling and dropping hard onto the runway. Porpoising can also be caused by improper airspeed control.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

As the propeller spins, it creates a spiral pattern of airflow that wraps around the fuselage and strikes the left side of the vertical stabilizer (rudder). The same way you would counteract any of the other left turning tendencies By applying right rudder pressure to keep the nose aligned with the runway.

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

At pattern altitude, I leveled off, and our airspeed stabilized at 300 KIAS. We touched down on speed about 100150 feet down the runway. When I turned onto the outside downwind, about two miles west of the inside downwind, the jet slowed its acceleration but continued climbing. I reached the idle detent just past midfield.

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AGL Crosswind Final Approach Threshold 52

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Example of a Proper Radio Call: Minneapolis Ground, Cessna 172, N12345 at Inflight Aviation, ready to taxi to Runway 12 for departure. Why It Happens: Nervousness and lack of trust in the aircrafts stability. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit.

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

These forces must work in harmony to maintain flight stability. Proper use of the throttle , maintaining alignment with the runway, and achieving the correct airspeed are essential steps. It requires managing descent rates, aligning with the runway, and controlling speed for a smooth touchdown.

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Weather Pilot Drag Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

NACA laboratories had an interest in B-47A NACA 150; Langley Memorial Laboratory wished to study the impact of aeroelasticity upon structural loads and Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, the impact of aeroelasticity upon dynamic stability. Operation of the aircraft from either Center was not practical because of runway length.

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Airfoil Stability Airplanes Pilot 98

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

A few minutes later, we heard the center controller clear a Trans Missouri Airlines commuter plane for the VOR Runway 30 approach to Jefferson City. The ice was simultaneously adding weight while destroying the shape of the wing and stabilizer air foils. This reduced the amount of airspeed I could convert to rate of climb.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 14, 2024

Sure enough, when the aircraft approached runway 17, the pilots didn’t have the runway in sight, so the first officer called for a go around. Once the situation stabilized, the pilots first entered a holding pattern, and then made the decision to return to Honolulu, where the plane landed just under 85 minutes after it first departed.

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Thrust Pilot Weather Runway 121

Ask Captain Lim

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

One possible consideration is whether the captain could have declined the last-minute runway change from the original plan to land on Runway 1. The pilot-in-command has ultimate authority over the aircraft’s safety and can refuse a runway change if it compromises safety.

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Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control AGL 59

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. centimeters) for greater longitudinal stability, and the cabin could now accommodate between 7694 passengers and crew compared to the L-749A’s 4763 occupants.

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Tail Stability Pilot Hangar 116

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. The pilot is not to descend below these altitudes until they can see the runway lights. View of GPS track when viewed from landing runway (NTSB) At about 1.25 miles from the runway and left of the runway centre-line, the Mooney struck high-voltage power lines.

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Approach Runway Descent Air Traffic Control 97

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Landing the 727 at Meigs Field would be a challenge, as the runway there was just 3,900-feet (1,200 m), but the airline had a capable crew to take N7017U on its final flight, with Captain B.C. After a low pass for the public and the press that had gathered to watch, Captain Thomas made the approach on runway 36 north.

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Cockpit Pilot Ceiling Rudder 95

Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

At about 50 meters (165 feet) above the ground, the pilot turned left, planning to fly over the grass runway as the start of his routing. Reducing the lift and decreasing the torque effect helped to stabilize the helicopter. They crashed into a field east of the runway, breaking the skids off.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 111

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Old Prop Strike A friend of mine had the misfortune to suffer a prop strike, one of those aw-shucks moments when the plane was allowed to stray off the runway and chew up a frangible runway light. As far as steep turns go, practice makes perfect, taking care to stabilize on the proper attitude.

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Stability Annual Inspection Crosswind Runway 89