Plane and Pilot

JULY 1, 2025

John Espe Cruiser Buhl, Idaho/Injuries: None NTSB Report: WPR23LA29 The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing, he encountered a gusting tail wind. Probable cause(s): The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing with a gusting tail wind.

Density Altitude

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. The pilot reported that he was too high and fast crossing the threshold 70 feet above ground level (AGL) at 90 mph. Needless to say, but investigators said, the copter was done fer, as that young bull moseyed toward admirin cows with luvin in their eyes.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 28, 2025

Your plane, everyone’s data Each airplane registered in the United States has a data footprint: its tail number, registration entity, ownership chain, and flight patterns are recorded in FAA databases. A tail number appears in a public database, then on social media, then in a press story, then in a shareholder lawsuit. Not any longer.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. The landings are a little tricky, if you will.

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Understanding Drone Registration You have probably seen the N-number on the tails of aircraft. pounds (250 grams): Drones below this weight threshold do not require registration if used solely for recreational purposes. Thankfully, when you break it down, registering your drone is easy and affordable. Drones weighing between 0.55

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Air Facts

JANUARY 29, 2025

To get a little better view approaching the threshold I leaned to my left and stretched up to maybe see a little more of the runway. As the aircraft began to slow and the tail wheel contacted the runway and the aircraft began to drift slightly to the right. The view from the rear seat is mostly out the side window.

Runway

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. When crossing the threshold, start reducing the power. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. Roundout and Touchdown The roundout and touchdown is where everything changes.

NOTAMs

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 13, 2025

The aircraft was flying with the help of the tail wind that's why the flight is shorter than the flight back to Taipei Songshan. Photo: EPS1) After 10 minutes of taxi, we were near the threshold of the runway. At the threshold, we were cleared to depart. This is where my flight's boarding gate was located.

Weather

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

Runway

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. Usually, Alton Bay volunteers hold departure traffic significantly farther back from the threshold when other aircraft are about to land. Should that guy be so close to the threshold?" Joe asked.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 2, 2024

miles short of the runway threshold, it crashed into trees. One airport witness, a helicopter mechanic, said there was oil “all over the airplane, wings, and tail.” Approximately 1.7 The pilot and a passenger were killed. They got some rags and cleaned up the exterior of the Cessna.

Airplanes

Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

When I got to the tail section, I reached for the elevator to inspect the trim tab actuators, but hesitated. But just as I crossed the runway threshold at 50 feet, the genie leaped from its bottle and the nose once again pitched over violently.

Airplanes

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

The camera view of both the landing gear and tail is really an additional bonus especially for aircraft enthusiasts like myself. The flight Map Camera (tail section) Camera view (landing gear section) The safety video featuring a famous local dancer. We reached the threshold of runway 27. Let's check what movies are there.

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