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Emergency Descents

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However, I have yet to find any cited references, even from the FAA airplane flying handbook, that dictates the course the maneuver (spirals, left to right, or dive). I recognize that the nature of the emergency has a factor (engine fire, wing fire, cabin smoke). Am I digging too deep in this? Is this just a case by case?

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

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Nowadays, modern aircraft are equipped with systems that can not only fly the aircraft but can also perform fully automated take-offs and landings and can even provide protection systems in the event of unusual flight situations that threaten the safety of the airplane and its occupants.

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Daher Aircraft delivers the first TBM 960 “birddog” airplanes to Conair in support of wildfire air attack missions

Professional Pilot

PRESS RELEASE The second of 2 TBM 960 birddog airplanes for Conair is shown in flight prior to its departure from Daher Aircrafts production and final assembly facility in Tarbes, France, for delivery to Abbotsford, Canada. operations in fighting wildfires.

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The Pitot-Static System: How It Works

Pilot Institute

” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.

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KLM 787 carrying Queen of Belgium lands in Costa Rica with cracked windshield

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A KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Costa Rica carrying the Queen of Belgium made a priority landing after the crew reported that a panel of the aircrafts windshield had cracked during the descent into its destination.

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How to Fly an ILS Approach

Pilot Institute

Non-Precision Approaches Non-Precision Approaches: Only provide lateral guidance, requiring pilots to level off at a Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) until the runway is visible. ILS): Include vertical guidance, allowing a continuous descent to a Decision Height (DH) where the pilot decides to land or go missed.

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DHL Boeing 767 freighter twice returns to Amsterdam with flap issue

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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.