Flight Training Central

MAY 25, 2024

This was my last dual cross country before my instrument rating checkride, and I was beginning to feel confident. But my flight instructor wasn’t wrong – if I would have been on a checkride, I would have failed. After flying down the full length of the runway, I added power and went around. Tough instructors are like this.

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Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The flying club’s Cessnas and Pipers stood out like a flock of scrawny pigeons as the eagles of Pan Am, TWA, British Airways, and the like lumbered by on their way to and from the runways. Then came the long taxi to the runway. I exclaimed, pointing at the Concorde as it hurtled down the runway. Charlie turned slowly around.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

At the end of the departure runway, I called on my cell phone to receive my clearance, but my engine was so loud at idle, I could not hear the controller and was forced to shut down my engine so that I could hear the clearance. When we reached the end of the departure runway, the moment of truth was at hand.

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Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 96

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2024

But, as you near the runway, the airplane starts to float. The aircraft will float and try to takeoff too early or float over the runway and delay touchdown while landing. Conversely, an aircraft may float down the runway during landing due to the ground effect, making it challenging to make a smooth landing at the desired location.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

While complete engine failures are not common, the stakes are high which is why pilots train extensively for such occurrences and why they get evaluated as part of a checkride. It is usually NOT advisable to turn back to the runway, but instead, to select a landing location directly in front or slightly left or right of your flight path.

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Flight Deck Approach Air Traffic Control Final Approach 100

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. What Makes a Short Field Short ?

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Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Practice takeoffs and landings on contaminated runways – Just because the runway at your airport has residual snow or slick spots doesn’t mean you have to cancel your flight lesson. After a winter storm passes you’ll want to wait for the airport maintenance crew to clear the majority of snow from the runway.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Going into a checkride (or a grass strip) without solid soft field skills is asking for trouble. Unlike paved runways, every soft landing surface is different. Obstructions: Ensure the runway is clear of obstacles, from stones to animals. You can walk down the length of the runway. Well, not exactly.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 2, 2024

That November, I passed my commercial checkrides. Annabelle Fera, my commercial DPE, had conducted checkrides from Private to ATP for over 35 years before retiring in the ’90s. Descending through the clouds, his windscreen iced over, he broke out just in time to make the runway. She reminded me a lot of Ms.

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Airline Reporter

MARCH 13, 2024

I’m still convinced that KBFI has the best runway view in the US. Photo by Adam Kephart This is a continuation of my multi-part series on learning to fly. You can read the whole Fly With Francis series here. It’s been a good while since I’ve done a Learning to Fly post.

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Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Cram enough L–39 knowledge and skill into my brain to pass a type-rating checkride. Only if a pilot chooses the complete course with a checkride is an instrument rating required. Once it spins up the engine we begin taxi practice to the runway, something a bit akin to learning to steer my old taildragger. In a non-U.S.-certified

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Northstar VFR

JANUARY 21, 2024

All the countless nights of studying, memorizing the FAR AIM (save time by using the NorthStar pre-tabbed FAR AIM ), chair flying your maneuvers and endless stress over checkrides has finally paid off. Same process as before, with the one change being that once we get to the runway, the Captain relinquishes control to me.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 31, 2024

Is it about fun flights in taildraggers to grass runways? You want to become a safe and confident pilot, but you also want to be ready for your unique mission after the checkride, whatever that might be. Then make sure you’re really learning how to travel cross-country. Communicate those goals to your flight instructor early on.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Boeing Company Allows Boeing flight crews to calculate takeoff analysis, landing analysis and weight and balance information, correcting for pressure variation, runway conditions, engine bleeds and MEL items. Improve your stick and rudder skills as a private pilot go beyond the instrument checkride with these advanced courses.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Northstar VFR

JULY 2, 2023

Section 4-3-3 states “If remaining in the traffic pattern , commence turn to crosswind leg beyond the departure end of the runway within 300 feet of pattern altitude.” Also, the FAR/AIM can be used during your oral, since the checkride is technically an ‘open book’ evaluation. Be sure to check it out! Why is the FAR/AIM important?

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Air Facts

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

He was warm, friendly, patient, an amazing stick, and sure enough, on my 16th birthday I found myself taxiing toward the runway without him, he standing in the grass next to the taxiway, smiling broadly. I was a working CFI at the time and I remember flying along with Bill in the school’s Beech Duchess, practicing for the checkride.

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Pilot Job Central

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The other three cargo airlines listed below have developed preferential hiring programs.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

As an aircraft enters the traffic pattern, it begins the process of getting configured to land on the runway. As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. The go-around is a maneuver tested during your private pilot checkride.

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AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. Over, Beyond the Runway Over 21 percent of pattern stalls occurred over the runway during the landing flare. The private pilot was fatally injured. So, where do most pattern stalls occur?

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Final Approach Airplanes Drag Crosswind 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

These include a runway collision, porpoising, bouncing, or possible overrun. ATC can also ask for a go-around if the landing runway is unsafe or for spacing reasons. An approach is stabilized when: The aircraft is on the correct flight path, i.e., on runway centerline and glideslope. Airspeed is not less than 1.3Vso +10/-0.

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Flight Training Central

MARCH 15, 2024

Real World VFR Online Course This fun and educational course will give you the confidence to fly cross-country flights in VFR conditions, whether your destination is a remote island runway or a busy Class B airline hub. Ride along with an experienced pilot and flight instructor as they fly ten end-to-end flights.

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Pilot Approach VFR On Top Clearance 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

While of course, a runway is ideal, even rough terrain can be survivable if approached correctly. You have little time to react, and your altitude is often too low for a safe turn back to the runway. Always know your runway length, calculate accelerate/stop distances, and identify alternate landing sites in case of an engine failure.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

But too much airspeed can lead to bounced landings if the pilot tries to force the airplane on the runway or a runway excursion if the airplane runs out of room before it runs out of speed. The left wing dropped and the airplane descended off the side of the runway, impacted terrain, and cartwheeled before coming to rest.”

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