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Step-By-Step Guide To Performing Ground Reference Maneuvers

Northstar VFR

Begin a turn around the point, keeping asteepest bank angleon the downwind, where your groundspeed is highest. your groundspeed begins to slow down),shallow your bank angleto compensate for the decreasing groundspeed. Pro tip: Watch your airspeed vs groundspeed. Lets take a look at these ground reference maneuvers: 1.

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Danger lurks in circling approaches

Air Facts

Danger lurks in circling approaches Air Facts Journal the circling approach maneuver is designed as a last resort, non-precision approach. The very first question that should pop up into our head during a circling approach is “Why are we circling in the first place”? The n ext one is “What are our other options?”

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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft.

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How to Improve Your Landings

Pilot Institute

Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. Perfect the approach phase by managing the aircraft’s energy and using references to improve positioning throughout the pattern. Flying the Approach Haphazard approaches are very likely to lead to haphazard landings.

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Turbulence

Air Facts

One such one was over front range airport in Colorado where I was happily watching the pilot flying his Debonaire on an ILS approach in VFR conditions. As we got crossed the final approach fix, the rain shaft grew. I asked the pilot to declare a missed approach and request vectors back for another ILS.

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Squawk Ident

Professional Pilot

After 11 hours of flight during our descent to initiate an approach, the airport closed for Category I (CAT I) approaches due to weather. I had a landing gear failure in a King Air 200 on a night instrument approach to a small airport after hours. Slow to approach speed. Contact Dallas Approach for vectors to Love Field.

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My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. Continued along at 6,000’ I advised ATC that the weather was received and requested the RNAV 24 approach. ATC then informed us we were number two for the approach and to maintain 4,000’. Was this rule being broken?

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