Aerotime
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Without qualified and competent air traffic controllers on the ground, managing the increasingly crowded skies, and keeping aircraft apart, safety could be compromised with a resulting potential for catastrophe and the loss of life, both in the air and on the ground.
Aerotime
APRIL 29, 2024
However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down.
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Pilot Institute
JANUARY 24, 2025
Special VFR is a clearance issued by Air Traffic Control (ATC) that allows pilots to operate in weather conditions below the standard VFR minimums. Although Flight Service cannot give you an SVFR clearance, they will be able to work with the Air Traffic Control facility that oversees the airspace where youre going.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
Air Traffic Control uses this classification to separate aircraft and ensure that their wake turbulence does not affect other aircraft. This distance is measured when the preceding aircraft is over the runway threshold. Small landing behind a Heavy 6 miles of separation.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 18, 2024
This phenomenon started when U.S.Air Force pilot, Gail Halvorsen talked to some of the children gathered at the runway threshold and shared the only candy he had with him, two sticks of Wrigley’s Spearmint chewing gum. Gail Halvorsen, by dedicating a newly constructed air traffic control tower on Clay Kaserne this Saturday.
Aeroclass Blog
APRIL 24, 2024
Yet, it is obvious that such a purpose is related to air traffic control. Image source: [link] What color are airport threshold lights? Green is the color for the runway threshold lights, which function as touchdown zone lights. Completely another lighting system, on its part, is called Threshold End Lights.
Pilot's Life Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Listening to music can potentially distract pilots from important auditory cues, such as air traffic control communications, cockpit alerts, or environmental sounds. Safety Considerations Situational Awareness Maintaining situational awareness is critical during all phases of flight.
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