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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

While the report draws no conclusions as to the cause of the crash, investigators set out a detailed timeline which focuses heavily on the Mitsubishi CRJ900s descent. TSB At a height of 50 feet the rate of descent had increased to 1114 feet per minute (fpm) from 672 fpm around 14 seconds before. to the right, the TSB said.

Indicated Airspeed

Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-14

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Wright State University) The original configuration of the Bell Model 68 was an open cockpit all-metal monoplane with fixed landing gear that was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines with thrust deflectors located at the aircraft’s center of gravity.

Thrust

Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit

Long Trips & Small Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

The route is simple, GPS direct, but…there’s my personal 1,000-foot en route ceiling requirement, and those silly Smoky Mountains. Even though synthetic vision might help me perform an emergency descent to a valley that might not be cloud filled, that’s pretty sketchy as a risk-mitigation strategy. It was now time to plan the trip.

Airplanes

Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence

Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

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.

Knot

Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight

“Totally a visibility issue.”

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

By now, it was dark and the weather in Gaithersburg had deteriorated with fog and low cloud ceilings. However, the METAR for their destination showed an overcast ceiling at 200 feet above ground level and fog. The controller confirmed a descent to 3,000 feet, the minimum safe altitude for BEGKA. It was now past midnight.

Approach

Approach Runway Air Traffic Control Descent

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated XP-81

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The aircraft also featured a pressurized cockpit, and considerations were made for it to be armed with six 20mm cannons or six 12.7mm machine guns.Consolidated-Vultee submitted the design of the Model 102 to the US Army Air Force’s Air Material Command in September 1943, and the Model 102 was approved for further development as the XP-81.

Thrust

Thrust Tail Jet Drag

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Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

After all the preliminaries, and in full command of the cockpit, we, my instructor and I, took off on a simulated flight from Teterboro, New Jersey enroute to Norfolk, Virginia (short flight) at 15,000 feet. I put the gear down one dot above the glideslope and let the drag bring the aircraft down at its 550 foot-per-minute descent rate.

Knot

Knot Approach Pilot Runway

Top Apple Watch features and apps for pilots

iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We’ve been flying with the Apple Watch since it first launched, and it’s become increasingly useful every year for both preflight weather checks and as an in-cockpit resource. It includes a GPS and compass for backup navigation and a bright sunlight readable screen for easy viewing in the cockpit.

Pilot

Pilot Altimeter Weather NOTAMs

Single-pilot operations

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

B747-8i, B737, MD11 Contributing Writer AI-powered system could be trained to assist in the cockpit and even land the plane in extreme emergencies, such as pilot incapacitation. As type rated pilots are envisioned as GPs, the ground-based cockpit will most likely look like the real deal minus oxygen masks. Y oure alone.

Pilot

Pilot Cockpit Pilot in Command Cabin Crew

Flying with the Old Breed—Why’d You Do That?

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.

NDB

NDB Checkride VOR Approach

Day 1: EBKT-EGPC-BIEG-BIRK – Along the Blue Spruce Routes to the USA

ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

My son Toby was complaining about a whistling sound from our right cockpit door, and when established in the cruise, the first miles into the Atlantic Ocean, he saw that there was a gap between the door and the airplane fuselage, creating that sound and letting cold air in. after DEVBI with Iceland Radio. So perfect weather.

Weather

Weather Clearance Knot Airplanes

Bomber Aircraft: Heinkel He 111

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The aircraft performed well at a high speed with stable cruise and descent however, during the second flight, some issues surfaced with the longitudinal stability during the climb. Fuselage The fuselage had two main bulkheads, with the cockpit at the front. The control column and cockpit glazing is visible in the central background.

Cockpit

Cockpit Aileron Ceiling Descent

COMBAT VIETNAM: The Threat Inside My Aircraft

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

We strapped into the cockpit, completed routine checks and procedures, started the engines, and taxied to the end of the runway. I glanced over my shoulder to see our loadmaster scramble up the cargo bay’s side panels, then cling to the ceiling, barely clear of slashing horns. Descent check!” Photo via USAF Airchives “ Yiiieee!

Weight-Shift-Control

Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes

Where There’s Smoke…

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. It looked like I was still on a descent to touch down at the threshold on Runway 15. The engine sprang to life.

Runway

Runway Threshold Approach AGL

Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know. After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit.

Airplanes

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron

From the Aleutians to Utah: The Journey of a Lightning and a Liberator Preserved at The Hill Aerospace Museum

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. Soon after emerging from the cockpit, Lt. However, when Kidder broke through the clouds at 1,500 feet, all he could see was freezing water below him.

Weather

Weather Tail Drag Ceiling

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-14

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Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

“Totally a visibility issue.”

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated XP-81

Our Overton Window

Top Apple Watch features and apps for pilots

Single-pilot operations

Flying with the Old Breed—Why’d You Do That?

Day 1: EBKT-EGPC-BIEG-BIRK – Along the Blue Spruce Routes to the USA

Bomber Aircraft: Heinkel He 111

COMBAT VIETNAM: The Threat Inside My Aircraft

Where There’s Smoke…

Nothing Small About It

From the Aleutians to Utah: The Journey of a Lightning and a Liberator Preserved at The Hill Aerospace Museum

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