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Black Hawk crew may have missed key ATC instruction before Washington DC crash 

Aerotime

A transmission telling the Black Hawk crew that the American Eagle flight was maneuvering to a different runway may also have been partially missed, according to the Associated Press. I want to caution that this does not mean this is what the Black Hawk crew were seeing on the barometric altimeters in the cockpit, said Homendy.

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CRJ900 Overturns on Canada’s Busiest Runway

Fear of Landing

The wing tip struck the runway after which the wing and the tail separated and the fuel from the wing caught fire. The aircraft tumbled and came to a halt upside-down at the intersection of runway 23 and runway 15. The wing and tail on runway 23 as photographed by Brennan Milroy (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Runway 59
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What Are Altimeters & Why Are They Important In Aviation?

Simple Flying

On a foggy winter morning in February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, using a Boeing 737-800, was on a seemingly routine final approach into Amsterdams Schiphol Airport when it suddenly stalled and fell out of the sky about a mile from the runway.

Altimeter 105
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How to Read a METAR – Our Full Guide to Aviation Weather Reports

Pilot Institute

Pilots use METARs for flight safety, runway selection, and weather planning. The altimeter setting for the aerodrome is 29.93 To accommodate this, airports will normally choose a runway number corresponding to the general wind direction. Landing in a tailwind vastly increases the runway required to slow to a safe speed.

Weather 72
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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

Whether it is a short Cub flight to the north for Coopers Bar-B-Que, a true Texas pit grilling experience, or a quick hop over to a makeshift, 1,000-foot grass runway paralleling the road at the local winery, you are sure to be entertained throughout your training. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said.

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Terrifying: Southwest 737 Descends To 150 Feet Above Tampa Bay

One Mile at a Time

Around 2hr50min after departure, the plane was on approach to runway 10 at Tampa Airport. As the plane was coming in over Tampa Bay, while around four miles from the runway, it descended as low as 150 feet, according to ADS-B data. Tampa’s altimeter is 30.14.” For now you can fly runway heading and climb and maintain 1,600.”

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Best-Laid Plans

Plane and Pilot

Altimeter set. I lined up on Runway 27. The longest runway at Palm Beach County Park Airport (KLNA) is 3,500 feet, plus fields and open spaces would be ahead of me. The longest runway at Palm Beach County Park Airport (KLNA) is 3,500 feet, plus fields and open spaces would be ahead of me. Pitch trim neutral. Pilot ready?

Runway 52