Cranky Flier

MARCH 14, 2025

For more on Southwest’s descent into the abyss, please visit Tuesday’s post on crankyflier.com. The plane landed safely in Denver at 5:15pm local time and then an engine caught fire when taxiing to the gate, forcing an immediate evacuation of the airplane. Air India Express added its 100th airplane.

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Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 15, 2024

I got to gate D2 just as our airplane started boarding. I settled in and was excited, because this airplane was equipped with Starlink wifi. Meanwhile, my seatmate apparently decided it was time to treat this airplane like her home. They told us they would have to service this airplane before we could leave. It was fast.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Having received clearance to do so, the plane turned south and began its descent back towards Schiphol. As before, the airplane taxied out to the end of runway 36L and began its second take-off run of the afternoon, becoming airborne at 18:02.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. That flap retraction was not performed, and although the airplane made it into the air, it did not maintain sustained flight. Your airplane may be different.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

It found only a few airplane parts floating on the waves. The roll was not checked by the pilot and continued past 60 degrees of bank and the descent rate increased. Extreme aerodynamic stresses of the out-of-control descent eventually caused the tail to separate. An extensive Coast Guard search operation was launched.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Like so much of aviation, there are several ways to skin this descent cat. Planning the Descent So, when is a good time to start planning the descent ?

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Even though synthetic vision might help me perform an emergency descent to a valley that might not be cloud filled, that’s pretty sketchy as a risk-mitigation strategy. It wasn’t a big deal, but after a long week at EAA AirVenture and a long day in the airplane, the detour wasn’t appreciated. That’s what Plan B is for.

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Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence 95

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Have you ever thought about landing an airplane without using flaps? Think about these scenarios: maybe the flaps stop working, or youre flying an older airplane that doesnt even have them. The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. What should you do?

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Its connected, along with a safety weak link, to the tail of the airplane. The NTSB said witness accounts and video evidence suggested that the airplane was operating in the region of reverse command and that the power required to climb with the increased drag of the banner exceeded the power available at its pitch attitude.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. The satellites then send the corrected signals back to your airplane. LNAV Approach An LNAV (Lateral Navigation) approach helps guide you left and right toward the runway, but it doesnt tell you how to control your descent. Thats up to you!

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Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The question came up on a group on social media where a student was asking the community how to perform the Emergency Descent maneuver (PA.IX.A). Establish and maintain the appropriate airspeed and configuration appropriate to the scenario specified by the evaluator and as covered in POH/AFM for the emergency descent. PA.IX.A.S4

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

LATAM 787 map enroute to Santiago LATAM 787 map enroute to Santiago I’m not a great airplane sleeper , so that was about as good as airplane sleep gets for me! LATAM 787 arrival in Santiago At 5:25AM local time, the captain announced that we’d be landing in about 25 minutes, at which point we began our descent.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

We practice power-off stalls to help us identify the signs of a stall and the characteristics of your airplane when it stalls. Initiating a Power-off Stall Now, let’s dive into the stall: Reduce Power Simulate Approach Descent Watch for Stall Warnings 1. The result will be a descent and a loss in altitude while airspeed increases.

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Ask a Flight Instructor

JANUARY 26, 2025

I typically arrive over the airfield/intended landing point 3,000 AGL then fly a 360 degree steep descent to a short final. I believe the civilian equivalent is the 360 degree power-off landing once required of commercial pilot candidates, and described in previous editions of the Airplane Flying Handbook.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 8, 2024

There’s nothing like your first takeoff in an airplane to show you the fun and freedom of flying. There’s nothing like your first takeoff in an airplane to show you the fun and freedom of flying. You’ll do a pre-flight inspection of the airplane, talk about some basic concepts and then go flying. and a normal landing.

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Descent Airplanes Pilot 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 24, 2025

It consists of a vertical climb, a rapid turn of the vertical axis , and a vertical descent. Once the airplane has reached a point where it nearly stalls or loses lift, youll initiate a pivot or turn. Lets learn more about this maneuver and what makes it so unique. Key Takeaways A stall turn, or hammerhead, is an aerobatic maneuver.

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Rudder Lift Descent Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. Getting an airplane to fly is easy. Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. We can calculate the rate of descent required to achieve a 3° profile. Safe flying!

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Flight Training Central

MAY 2, 2024

In this episode, the first in the series, Suderman shows what to expect on a first flight lesson, from taxiing the airplane to talking with Air Traffic Control to takeoff. He also demonstrates the four fundamentals of flight – straight and level, climbs, descents, and turns – ad shows why a stall is nothing to be afraid of.

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Air Traffic Control Descent Airplanes Pilot 97

Flight Training Central

MAY 7, 2024

As much as it seems sometimes that airplanes fly by magic, it’s important for every pilot to understand at least the basic fundamentals of aerodynamics. Straight-and-level flight, turns, climbs, and descents. airplane's center line and the relative wind. airplane's center line and the relative wind.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead. For others, flying on a commercial airliner may be a once-a-year event when heading off on vacation.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Almost immediately upon arrival into Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC), I knew I was in airplane heaven from the immediate close-by 747s taxiing past the terminal windows to the noise of Beaver seaplanes whizzing overhead. I had never been to Alaska, but I wanted my boys and I to receive a “true” experience.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Chapter 4 of the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook is the poster child for this kind of pilot-abusing declamation. Push down more on the gas pedal (throttle in an airplane), go faster. The other option is to give the car (airplane) more gas (throttle) and maintain the same speed going uphill. It’s much the same in an airplane.

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Airplanes Descent Pilot Altimeter 95

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The descent profile. This perspective makes the descent path easier to understand. At this point you should start descending to the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA). That V represents the Visual Descent Point or VDP. This will give you a stabilized, manageable descent to the runway. Approach minima.

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Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog

JUNE 16, 2024

Ride along with renowned aviator, writer, and photographer Greg Brown in his light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as he searches behind clouds for the real America, experiencing countless aerial adventures along the way. If you enjoyed this story, you’ll love Greg’s book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane.

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AV Web

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Security video footage showed the plane descending shortly after takeoff, and ADS-B data suggested the airplane may have become airborne around the runway’s midpoint, maintaining a low altitude until reaching the departure end. The plane continued a slight descent, followed by a right turn, before the data ended about 0.6

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. AGL, the descent rate is between 3000 ft. What can be problematic, though, is that the sounds coming from the iPad’s small speaker are typically drowned out by your airplane’s engine noise. per minute.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It is based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual clues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final descent airspeed and configuration. The destination is a couple thousand feet above sea level, with an RNAV approach that depicts a higher-than-normal descent gradient to a down-sloping runway. The ceiling is 800 ft overcast.

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Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

I requested a descent from 6,000’ down to 4,000’ and was denied due to traffic. I was soon cleared to descend to 4,000’ and entered IMC during the descent while I located the approach chart to brief. I began a rapid descent from 3,000’ down to the 2,000’ for the IAF. We’re now following a Saratoga. The IAF was looming closer.

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 98

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

When you first laid your eyes on the instruments inside an airplane, they probably went wide with a mixture of joy, confusion, and slight apprehension at the thought of having to learn how to read them. This information is used to determine altitude, rate of climb or descent (i.e., vertical speed), and airspeed.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

But in an airplane, especially in low visibility, you can’t rely on those usual reference points. The movement of the airplane can confuse your body’s senses, making it hard to tell which way you’re going. When you level the airplane, it feels like you’re turning the other way, making you want to lean back into the original turn.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

A positive reading means you’re climbing, while a negative one indicates descent. Airspeed and VSI: When you adjust airspeed, your rate of climb or descent may also change. In a climb or descent, this is just as true. This is helpful during climb to avoid overshooting, and during descent to avoid an unintentional steep dive.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

That day, he was solo in a 1996 Extra EA-300L single-engine unlimited competition aerobatic airplane. The pilot flew into a gap between ridgelines and performed a series of rapid climbs, turns, and descents. Three reversals were recorded, with climb and descent rates of over 10,000 feet per minute.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway. This would result in the airplane stalling and dropping hard onto the runway. This climbing during the roundout is known as ballooning.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The electronic E6B is equally useful when in the airplane, to help determine actual winds aloft, true airspeed, fuel burn, and descent planning. It will assist with flight planning questions and you can bring your electronic E6B into the testing center to use during the actual test.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The pilot died instantly. After crossing U.S.

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