iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It continuously displays the direction and distance to nearby airports, along with a navigation instrument to guide you to a selected airport and descent planning data based on your current groundspeed. Get the watch app here.

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Pilot Altimeter Weather NOTAMs 52

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

After 11 hours of flight during our descent to initiate an approach, the airport closed for Category I (CAT I) approaches due to weather. During descent, we monitored the number 2 engine, and when we were at a comfortable distance from the airport we performed a precautionary shutdown and secured the engine. Serkan Bilgin ATP/Helo.

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Weather Approach Descent Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The 58-year-old pilot had about 7,000 hours of flight time, built up as a respected Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter pilot and United Airlines first officer. The pilot flew into a gap between ridgelines and performed a series of rapid climbs, turns, and descents. It’s then seen in a steep nose-down descent with rotation.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Groundspeed 78

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The 58-year-old pilot had about 7,000 hours of flight time, built up as a respected Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter pilot and United Airlines first officer. The pilot flew into a gap between ridgelines and performed a series of rapid climbs, turns, and descents. It’s then seen in a steep nose-down descent with rotation.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Groundspeed 52