Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The elevator, situated on the horizontal tail surface, adjusts pitch, raising or lowering the nose for ascent or descent. The collective adjusts the pitch angle of all rotor blades simultaneously, controlling vertical movementraising the collective increases lift for ascent, while lowering it causes descent.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

There are 2 terminals, one for cargo and the other for passengers. After a U-turn, we were greeted by the beach of Chennai as we continue our descent into our glide path towards the runway. On the day of departure I called for an Uber ride to the airport early in the morning. I have to say that I enjoyed my time over here. 200 feet!

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Runway Weather Airlines Airline 103

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Electrical: generators/alternators, backup systems, power distribution systems and logic Engine, APU: main turbine engines and the auxiliary power unit (APU) Fire Protection: engine/APU fire protection, cargo fire protection, and cabin fire protection systems. Some part 135 cargo operators use turbine powered airplanes.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Air Traffic Control 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

It operates both cargo and passenger transport. For the cargo side, Sky Express aircargo was established at a later date, joining venture with Finaval Group and established routes between Europe and the Far East. Not long after, we started our descent. There was a bit of light turbulence during our descent.

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Runway Descent Turbulence Cockpit 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Anyway, on our approach to Athens, we were greeted with a spectacular view of the landscape but there was quite a bit of crosswind which made the ride slightly uncomfortable but not long after we landed smoothly on runway 21L.

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Airlines Airline Weather Turbulence 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 15, 2024

At least when we started our descent, the weather was much better, descending and landing in smooth condition. At this point, we started our descent. However, we encountered some gloomy clouds during our descent. At this point, we were on final approach as landing gears were deployed and flaps were set.

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Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 59

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Aileron Control In Stalls And Spins A wing stalls when the airflow approaches it at an angle greater than the Critical Angle of Attack. The resulting loss of lift leads to a rapid descent by the aircraft. The downside of this approach is a lack of redundancy. This is called having a wing drop.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

After 11 hours of flight during our descent to initiate an approach, the airport closed for Category I (CAT I) approaches due to weather. During descent, we monitored the number 2 engine, and when we were at a comfortable distance from the airport we performed a precautionary shutdown and secured the engine.

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Weather Approach Descent Runway 98

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 30, 2025

For the cargo, the airline is operating 8 Boeing 747-400F and 9 Boeing 777F. This is EVA Air's Boeing 777-300ER Starlux A350-900 China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400F China Airlines Airbus A321neo It's time to board! We were almost there and at this point, we started our descent. we started our descent. At this point.

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Airlines Airline Descent Cargo 52

Air Facts

JUNE 5, 2024

The course took us through various flying jobs in air cargo transport, relief airlifts, fire-dropping and other contracts in such places as Southeast Asia, Africa, the continental U.S., A friend who flew with Dad in a DC-3 in Sudan provided another favorite example: As they were descending on approach to Khartoum, Dad lit a cigarette.

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Pilot Hangar Runway Descent 98

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The last 700 feet of the runway aren’t visible until you approach the crest. Aircraft departing runway 22 have a take-off run towards a ravine, with no lights or landmarks ahead, only cargo ships and the horizon of the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Catalina Airport photographed by Spartan7W in 2012. .”

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Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This airport also handles more A380 aircraft than any other airports and the city of Dubai also has a secondary airport (DWC) Al Maktoum International Airport which serves just a handful of airlines and is a hub for Emirates Cargo. In-Flight Entertainment At this point, we started our descent into Singapore.

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Runway Cabin Crew Descent Turbulence 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024, a Boeing 737-400 freighter operated by Swift Air of Spain on behalf of global logistics giant DHL crashed on final approach into Vilnius Airport (VNO) in Lithuania, the aircraft’s intended destination. The aircraft involved in the Vilnius incident was operated by Spanish all-cargo airline Swift Air under contract to DHL.

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Final Approach Approach Instrument Landing System Runway 334

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

When he attempted to contact the tower again, he discovered that the antenna on his primary radio was gone, having iced over during his descent through the overcast and snapped off. Landing in the freezing sea was out of the question, so Pruett decided to make a wheels-up approach on Great Sitkin Island, some 25 miles northeast of Adak.

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Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124