Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. The recommended entry position to an airport traffic pattern is 45° to the base leg just below traffic pattern altitude. a long straight in final approach to the active runway.

Crosswind 98

Crosswind Runway Air Traffic Control Approach 98

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

A standard traffic pattern by [Wikimedia user Begoon]([link] Left-hand patterns are most common because it allows the pilot, in the left seat of the cockpit, to keep the runway in sight. Note here the base leg, which is a common point to join the pattern ready for the turn to final approach and the runway.

Runway 86

Runway Cockpit Pilot Final Approach 86

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

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

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The take-off and the en-route climb to the planned cruising altitude of 37,000ft (11,280m) was uneventful, with the first officer as the flying pilot. Decision to divert Four minutes later, at 15:20, the crew called air traffic controllers in Minneapolis and requested a diversion to their nearest available airport.

Runway 297

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 297

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The two most useful benefits have been ADS-B datalink weather and a real-time traffic display in the cockpit, delivered by the network of ADS-B ground stations in the U.S. Call the controller or a flight service specialist. Until recently we had no other choice but to rely on ATC and Flight Service as the primary source of information.

Clearance 52

Clearance Weather Approach Runway 52

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. 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.

Approach 105

Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105