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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

Aerotime

TSB Approach sequence Due to reported wind gusts as the CRJ900 approached Toronto Pearson following a flight from MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport (MSP) the aircraft was flown at 149 knots. seconds before touchdown the aircrafts indicated airspeed was 136 knots, and its ground speed was 111 knots.

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Teaching International Student Pilots

Air Facts

For example, describing a Cuban eight maneuver would involve such writing as, enter the (in Farsi , R-L), Cuban eight (in English, L-R), maneuver no lower than (in Farsi , R-L), 10,000 AGL (in English, L-R), at a minimum of (in Farsi , R-L), 450 knots (in English, L-R). add 5 knots for winds at 10 knots gusting to 20 knots).

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Demonstration Stalls

CFI Academy

Perform at a safe altitude (typically 3,000 feet AGL or higher) to demonstrate safely. 65 knots in a Cessna 172). times stall speed, like 80-90 knots in a Cessna 172). 3,000 feet AGL or as specified by your examiner) to allow recovery without risk. How to Perform: Trim the airplane for a climb or approach speed (e.g.,

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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. per minute AGL.

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MightyFly Obtains ‘Industry First’ FAA Flight Corridor Approval in California

Flying Magazine

The firm’s March approval, which it obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, includes a COA authorizing a flight corridor up to 5,000 feet agl between New Jerusalem and Byron airports. The third-generation drone is built to carry up to 100 pounds of cargo over 600 sm (521 nm), cruising at 150 mph (130 knots).

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Riding the Mountain Waves

Plane and Pilot

FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. Eighty-knot tailwinds aloft and higher-than-normal temperature difference between the surface and aloft. I made a lazy turn away, lowered the nose slightly, airspeed thankfully increasing. So why was that flight so rotten?

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

AGL Above Ground Level AGL is simply a way to tell the basis from which any given height or altitude is measured. Simply put, 400 feet AGL means that the 400 feet is measured from the underlying ground surface above the specific airspace. This is as opposed to other altitude measurements, such as AMSL or above mean sea level.

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