Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Modern commercial airliners have complicated cabin air conditioning systems , as well as other electrical cabling and pipework that keep all the systems on the aircraft functioning. EQRoy / Shutterstock This is a regular source of passenger frustration on certain airlines. All of this hardware needs to be accommodated somewhere.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 268

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They arent just a list of priorities in an emergency, they also neatly sum up the different roles a pilot must play, roles that used to be divided very specifically on the flight deck of an airliner. I concentrated as never before, and the airplane tracked true as the altimeter hand crawled upward. Then a strange thing happened.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Get the watch app here. Altimeter+ Display an altimeter flight instrument on your watch. It also includes complications to show the current ceiling or surface winds for a favorite airport ( read our full review of the ForeFlight Watch app here ).

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

You’ll always find a steady stream of airliners queued up for departure and arrival. This central core extends up to around 10,000 feet MSL, the airspace’s ceiling. However, the ceiling for each shelf is the same as the core. Although Class B airspace has a typical ceiling of 10,000 feet MSL, exceptions exist.

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AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Airline dispatchers read and speak fluent METAR. Green – VFR ( Visual Flight Rules ) Ceiling > 3,000 ft. C ( 12°F)/-11.0°C C ( 12°F) Remark: Very light icing In other words, typical gorgeous day atop Mt. Washington! There are times when a METAR will indicate a takeoff or landing cannot be safely made.

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

That big day finally arrives, and not being able to contain yourself for much longer, you decide to bite the bullet and fly down via the airlines. The only thing remaining now is to get all the funds put together and find a way out to retrieve your new “pride and joy.” That’s a big difference from standard isn’t it?

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Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

That attitude, making the most of the systems that remain, is the key to dealing with in-flight emergencies in jet airliners, military jets, and especially our piston-powered ma-chines down here in GA land. Just like the airline glass cockpits, this is called systems integration.

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