Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Under visual flight rules (VFR) during daytime, a pilot can operate with only basic gauges: an airspeed indicator, altimeter, compass, fuel gauges for each tank, and oil temperature, pressure, and engine RPM readings. Glass cockpits offered transformative safety and efficiency benefits.

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Cockpit Weight-Shift-Control Flight Deck Instrument Meteorological Conditions 40

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Altimeter set. I crossed the runway threshold at 70 mph and let a little more speed bleed off as I attempted to stay a few inches off the runway with the nosewheel slightly up. I closed my eyes and drank in a gulp of the cool air coming through the cockpit. I set the speed at 1,400 rpm. Pitch trim neutral. Fuel pump on.

Runway 65

Runway Gross Weight Airplanes Crosswind 65

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. Approach Speed When crossing the threshold, you must ensure you fly the correct approach speed.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airlines are upgrading older cockpits with newer displays, so this old indicator will soon become a relic. Landing Bugs Bug 1 and 2: V Ref – Landing Reference/Threshold Crossing speed (bugs are positioned together). Boeing stopped installing the stand-alone indicator in favor of modern, reliable flat panel displays.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52