Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

If there was one thing that shook my nerves every time as a beginning pilot, it was talking to ATC. Controllers spoke quickly and used unfamiliar words and phrases. Thankfully, as many pilots are quick to discover, radio comms are not really as intimidating as they seem. I struggled in the early days just to understand them.

Aeronautical Information Manual 64

Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 64

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet. Although the hail did not penetrate the multi-layered cockpit windows (which would have led to a loss of pressure and possibly serious injuries to the pilots), the cockpit windows were so damaged that the flight crew became “blind.”

Airlines 83

Airlines Airline Cockpit Weather 83

Air Facts

JUNE 12, 2024

After take off, the air traffic controller seemed to know our special purpose when he gave us a non standard heading to fly and canceled our usual immediate climb requirement. It was then I saw the perfection in having First Officer, Don Hackman, as my co-pilot. Our flight number was 346, Joe ‘s employee number.

Air Traffic Control 93

Air Traffic Control Descent Runway Thrust 93

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The tower frequency had been near silent, with only the occasional pilot checking in, curtly told, “Airport is closed, emergency in progress.” They were inverted in a Florida marsh, and the brackish water was rising. Long pause.

Knot 52

Knot Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

If there was one thing that shook my nerves every time as a beginning pilot, it was talking to ATC. Controllers spoke quickly and used unfamiliar words and phrases. Thankfully, as many pilots are quick to discover, radio comms are not really as intimidating as they seem. I struggled in the early days just to understand them.

Aeronautical Information Manual 52

Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

How to become a pilot – a learn to fly checklist Who can be a pilot? How much does it cost to earn a pilot’s license? How to earn a flight training scholarship What’s the right pilot certificate: Sport, Recreational or Private Pilot? There are numerous jobs in aviation besides just airline pilot.

Pilot in Command 98

Pilot in Command Pilot Airplanes Air Traffic Control 98

Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

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. Now, no commercial pilot will intentionally fly a passenger plane into a thunderstorm. Stay safe folks.

Turbulence 75

Turbulence UTC Airlines Airline 75

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria. Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL.

Approach 105

Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Can be initiated by either the pilots or air traffic control. A weather report predominantly used by pilots, air traffic controllers and meteorologists, to assist in weather planning and operational decisions for a particular airport. It warns pilots of a too high or too low descent path.

Runway 52

Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

Pickens County traffic, Execjet 123 is on the RNAV-34 approach, Pickens County." Execjet" is the callsign used by NetJets and the pilot's intentions were broadcast across the ramp by loudspeaker. This was puzzling because the ceiling should have been high enough for the pilot to acquire the airport visually at minimums.

Approach 52

Approach Ceiling Runway Clearance 52

Professional Pilot

APRIL 10, 2024

CRJ900 Chief Pilot Dow Chemical Port Allen LA I don’t think staffing levels are adequate. We experience delays regularly due to ATC’s inability to handle the traffic, especially on the AR routes. Falcon 2000, Beech 400 & Citation 650 Pilot Delaware Park Silver Spring MD T hey are not. Alan Bessonet ATP/CFII.

Clearance 40

Clearance Pilot Weather Approach 40

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. This hardly seems equitable, but is a reality that pilots have borne for many years. ounce toiletries.

Transponder 52

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Ask the Pilot

JANUARY 9, 2024

If the fuselage is breached, that squeezed-together air rushes out. The pilots will don oxygen masks and take the plane to a lower altitude in what we call, plainly enough, an “emergency descent.” Also the pilots would’ve been wearing oxygen masks, which makes communications more difficult.

Descent 52

Descent Tail Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. But they have become a grudgingly acknowledged facet of pilot life. What do you mean by that?"

Approach 97

Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

Transient fixed wing pilots cannot fly the East River Exclusion at all, so this course must be flown in the airspace with explicit ATC consent. Being able to flying East River and truly circumnavigate the island of Manhattan is the main advantage of the Skyline Route procedure, the reduced chaos of being under positive control is another.

Weight-Shift-Control 52

Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 52