Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Rudder pedals help manage yaw, which keeps the aircraft aligned during turns or crosswinds. Our approach guarantees youll be comfortable handling any maneuver when flying a small plane, even in challenging conditions. Landing Approaches Landing is one of the most technical aspects of flying a small plane.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride. In the CRJ you can not hear any engines from the cockpit, making for an odd audio sensation.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north.

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These maneuvers include an engine failure on takeoff, loss of lift on the wing during departure, en route, and approach, crosswind landings, wind shear scenarios, engine inoperative landings, low visibility landings, crash landings and evacuation. I believe that airline pilots are the most scrutinized profession in the world.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Jake Carpenter Contributing Writer F rom rudimentary analog gauges to todays sophisticated, fully integrated avionics, the evolution of cockpit technologies has revolutionized how pilots interact with their aircraft. The cockpit features 4 12-inch displays, presenting tactical information on the PFDs and strategic data on the MFDs.

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Flight Deck Jet Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 75

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. The plane has no internal radio, so cockpit and external communications were running through a portable intercom plugged into a portable radio.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? There was a nice crosswind, and I demonstrated landing on a concrete expansion joint, offset from the runway centerline. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach? We have to ask for GPS approaches.)

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Cockpit and Avionics Sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, one is immediately struck by the advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite that dominates the instrument panel. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface.

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 98

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. You had a crosswind , so the wind wasn’t helping you out, but that’s all right. Forty-five minutes after the accident, the pilot was found alive, still pinned upside down in the flooded cockpit. So just hang in there.” “I

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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. Briefing A pre-landing briefing highlights essential points critical to the approach and landing phase. If there is a crosswind at the airport, you should mention this in your brief.

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Air

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In recent decades, a great technological revolution has taken place in aircraft cockpits. Discover the fascinating history of cockpit instrumentation in our post about the Glass Cockpit. For example, imagine that data shows that pilots often have difficulty with a certain type of crosswind landing. And it’s amazing.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This approach gives perspective on all factors, including those that might otherwise be ignored or unrecognized. NTSB ERA22LA169 describes a funny engine noise that prompted an earlier than planned turn to crosswind for an anticipated return to the airport. NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Automation Airmanship: Nine Principles for Operating Glass Cockpit Aircraft; by Christopher Lutat and S. Galef makes a compelling case for a new approach to decision-making, one thats based on what she calls the scout mindset: the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were. Is that crosswind too strong?

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Pilot Weather Airplanes Approach 96

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Originally used as a trainer in World War II, the Stearman features a tandem, open cockpit with forgiving, yet challenging flight characteristics. Once youre used to those key differences, flying and landing a Stearman (without much crosswind, wink wink) is just as enjoyable, if not more, than a Cub. Whats not to love?

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This standard procedure spells out how youll approach, enter, and exit the airspace around the airport. Crosswind leg: You turn 90 degrees to the upwind leg, flying perpendicular to the runway. Crosswind leg: You turn 90 degrees to the upwind leg, flying perpendicular to the runway. What are the parts of a traffic pattern?

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

With a comfortable cockpit and well-designed controls, it provides a great learning platform for students developing their skills. The DA40 is equipped with glass cockpit avionics, similar to commercial aircraft, allowing students to train on systems they may encounter in their future careers.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Cirrus Approach Access all your Cirrus airframe and avionics training courses in one easy-to-use mobile platform. Spin-a-Wind This app makes it a breeze to calculate headwind/crosswind components, temperature conversions, pressure/density altitude and true airspeed computations, using a pilot-friendly interface.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. You had a crosswind , so the wind wasn’t helping you out, but that’s all right. Forty-five minutes after the accident, the pilot was found alive, still pinned upside down in the flooded cockpit. So just hang in there.” “I

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Developing a proactive approach to risk management is essential. Normal and Crosswind Takeoffs and Landings Demonstrating proficiency in various takeoff and landing scenarios is crucial. This personalized approach helps build confidence and competence in your flying abilities.

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Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. And then the landing near Palm Springs when I became a test pilot for the 182RG crosswind component. With quite of bit of bravery for a kid my age in 1954, I summoned the courage to approach a contestant.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Proper angle of attack management also maintains safety during slow flight, crosswind landings, and when encountering wake turbulence. You will also develop a feel of how the aircraft feels as it approaches a stall. How Does an Aircraft Warn Pilots About Approaching Critical AOA? How Do Pilots Monitor Angle of Attack?

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

Do you like the racoon style cockpit? I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. The racoon style cockpit Time to experience my first Aegean Airlines flight! This Aegean's Airbus A321NEO was bound for Thessaloniki. The air sidein Terminal 1 is certainly photography friendly.

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Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

He briefed the pilot on the cockpit instruments and best speeds for take-off, climb and glide. ” The pilot taxied to the holding point, checked the skies for any approaching aircraft, and lined up on the runway. The pilot applied some aileron to compensate for the crosswind and then applied full power.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. 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 downside of this approach is a lack of redundancy.

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Air Facts

JUNE 19, 2024

No matter the number of hours in the cockpit, nor the experience, seem to stymie the primitive brain from doing its deed when called upon in unnatural circumstances. The more challenging the flight conditions–low ceilings, rain, crosswinds, high density, etc–the higher the anxiety level. Results from a crosswind landing.

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Pilot Crosswind Cockpit Threshold 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But it was apparent the smallest Grumman flying boat was too small and full of quirks—the cabin door won’t open if the flaps are down, for example—to justify something approaching a direct copy. I’d like the cockpit modernized to make the systems a bit simpler and to group the controls a bit better. So what would I fix?

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Sitting so high up and trying to look down inside the cockpit for the airspeed is nearly impossible. ” Bristol Bulldog at Tillamook Airport After a short time in the air, Storo circled around to approach Tillamook Airport setting up for landing. It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

You might ask what happens with crosswind landings when you take away rudder authority. Flight Design rates the F2 with the same 16-knot demonstrated crosswind component as the previous CTs. In most ways, the cockpit is conventional, with twin center sticks and a prominent throttle lever on the center console.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

When learning how to land a Piper Seminole, it is crucial to understand the role of each engine in the approach and landing phases. Pilots must be proficient in managing engine power, especially during the approach, where power settings and speed management are critical to a smooth and safe landing.

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