Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude. Both of these approaches work with one significant caution.

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Descent Approach Final Approach Turbulence 54

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

hours I had already put on the airplane since the repair increased my confidence that the issue was suitably managed. In a nod to airplane cleanliness, I shunned my preferred "everything" sub roll for a plain one that was guaranteed to shed less debris. However, the Warrior had no surprises in store for me and the 4.5

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

That was the longest, most terrifying final approach—actually the only terrifying final approach—I’ve ever experienced. There’s no way in hell I was going to climb back into that airplane, not that day, not in those conditions. We got a severe dose of “it” in those final three minutes of flight.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. It is the most severe type of wind shear.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

The briefing information section contains the most important elements of the approach, including: NAVAID and communications frequencies. Final approach course. Approach notes. Missed approach procedures. The plan view shows a top-down look at the approach path and includes: Courses and radials.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

This is a hard one to gain insight from other than this: Some atmospheric events are bigger than our plastic airplanes. Moderate wind shear in some areas could make some thermals somewhat difficult to work but that, too, is typical. ” Unlike tornadoes and other twisters, microbursts are straight-line winds.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

What causes airplane go arounds? It could be that theres sudden wind shear on final approach, or that that visibility is below minimums, or that the aircraft is too high or too fast, etc. How common are airplane go arounds? Generally speaking, go arounds happen for one of several reasons.

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Airplanes Wind Shear Weather Approach 79