Northstar VFR
MARCH 30, 2025
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.
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
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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Flight Training Central
JANUARY 10, 2025
And if not planned properly, a poorly executed descent can present challenges and unnecessary risks when transitioning to an approach or the traffic pattern. For example, descending too late can lead to steep approaches, excessive speed, strain on the aircraft, or even discomfort for the passengers. In our example: 167kts / 2 = 83.5
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 11, 2025
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.
Air Facts
JULY 15, 2024
It was fun doing over 200 knots groundspeed over Rawlings until I realized a solid wall of thunderstorms had formed between me and home, and there were 35 knot winds below. So I decided to try the approach, and see how it felt. A low approach couldn’t break anything. I approach using the wing low method. What to do?
Air Facts
APRIL 29, 2024
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?
Air Facts
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The year was 2017, and I was two months into my first pilot job flying skydivers in the C182 at a small Canadian drop zone, when my boss approached me with this question. My approach into St. I encountered unexpected headwinds to start, slowing my groundspeed down to 75 knots at times.
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