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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

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Favorite Friday Photos of 2024

Air Facts

RNAV Approach at Cumberland Regional – submitted by David Smith Conditions and visibility kept changing due to haze. Density altitude at CBE was over 3,000 and, with airport elevation at 775 and the mountain straight ahead, I decided to go missed and fly to the alternate of MRB (Martinsburg, West Virginia).

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Quiz: Understanding Aircraft Performance

Flight Training Central

What effect does high density altitude have on aircraft performance? Determine the pressure altitude at an airport that is 1,300 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 29.6. What is the effect of a temperature increase from 35 to 50 °F on the density altitude if the pressure altitude remains at 8,000 feet MSL?

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Friday Photo: RNAV Approach at Cumberland Regional Airport

Air Facts

Density altitude at CBE was over 3,000’ and, with airport elevation at 775′ and the mountain straight ahead, I decided to go missed and fly to the alternate of MRB (Martinsburg, West Virginia). The post Friday Photo: RNAV Approach at Cumberland Regional Airport appeared first on Air Facts Journal.

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The five most frequently missed Private Pilot Written Test questions—August 2024

Flight Training Central

Denotes area protected for an aircraft approaching or departing a runway. What condition applies when taking off at a high density altitude? What is the purpose of the runway/runway hold position sign? Denotes intersecting runways. Denotes entrance to runway from a taxiway.

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Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

Outside of the marine layer that incessantly taunts the coastal areas, back home your experiences with density altitude are minimal. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there. So why bother to look at an approach chart for your departure airport? Multiply 1.5

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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

I spent a few months researching aircraft performance and high altitude airport flying techniques. Density Altitude Piston engines, wings, and propellers lose efficiency as they climb to less dense air at higher altitudes. Pressure altitudes were converted to density altitude.