Clearance, Cockpit and Flight Deck

NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

Twenty seconds after the Delta 737 began its takeoff roll, an American Airlines B777 bound for London Heathrow Airport (LHR), carrying 149 passengers and crew, crossed the same runway without clearance.

Air Traffic Control

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew.

Cabin Crew

Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot

Who is the pilot in command of your aircraft?

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They arent just a list of priorities in an emergency, they also neatly sum up the different roles a pilot must play, roles that used to be divided very specifically on the flight deck of an airliner. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.

Pilot in Command

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767 Flight Deck Preflight

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Equipment Check My airline assigns the first officer (or International Relief Officer on long flights) to inspect flight deck equipment. Boeing 767-300F flight deck Cockpit Setup – Go With the Flow! Here’s an example: Cockpit Windows – Closed and locked (pretty important!) 5000 feet.

Flight Deck

Flight Deck Clearance Runway Pilot

One of the last in the air on 9/11

Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

This would work great for me as I would get the highly desired middle break during our 10 hour flight home. The Captain determined that I would be the pilot flying our MD-11 home that night After takeoff, we settled into our normal routine getting the oceanic clearance from Tokyo and heading out over the Pacific at 34,000 feet.

Flight Deck

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The Private Pilot Student’s Guide to Chair Flying

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2024

Chair flying is a technique to practice your flying skills by either sitting in the airplane on the ground, using a simulator, or sitting in front of a poster of your flight deck. For this article, we will focus on using a flight deck, or cockpit, poster for chair flying at home. What do I need for chair flying?

Pilot

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“NORDO” – 5 tips for avoiding loss of communication

Flight Training Central

JUNE 3, 2024

Easier said than done with the myriad of distractions that can be found on the flight deck. The standby radio is available for more than just a backup or obtaining your IFR clearance. From advanced avionics to streaming music to needy passengers, distractions lurk. Monitor guard.

Flight Deck

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Icing, Systems, and Human Factors: Preliminary Findings on Voepass flight 2283

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As the flight drew closer to its destination, the first officer contacted the Voepass operational dispatcher at Guarulhos to coordinate their arrival. A cabin crew member contacted the flight deck, but the first officer asked her to wait while he finished dealing with dispatch. The airframe de-icing system turned off.

Knot

Knot Approach Descent Weather

Comparing Two Oshkosh Trips

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

His team developed the concept in the late 1970s to improve “interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision-making” in aircraft flight decks. CRM has gone on to become a staple of airline and military flight training. The first step is to know the person you are sharing the cockpit with. and we were off.

Weather

Weather Clearance Pilot Airplanes

Flight vision systems

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The CVS is available with the Pro Line Fusion flight deck. Garmin G1000 Garmin SVS has been an optional feature of the popular G1000 glass cockpit system since 2008. Bombardier, Cessna, Cirrus, Embraer, and Piper turboprops all use Garmin flight decks. So is the Pilatus PC-24’s Advanced Cockpit Environment suite.

Flight Deck

Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Runway

From the Bottom of the Sea to Wildwood: The Incredible Story of the F6F Hellcat at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

Soon, the Hellcat weighing over 12,500 lbs began to sink rapidly, and Thomas could not escape the cockpit until the aircraft was underwater, likely when the water pressure holding his canopy shut equalized with the water in the cockpit. We hovered over the plane and could look directly into the open cockpit. ” U.S.

Cockpit

Cockpit Lift Air Traffic Control Flight Deck

Pilot’s aviation app directory – 2025 Edition

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Instrument Rating Test Prep and Ground School Sporty’s award-winninginstrument ratingcourse offers over 13hours of engaging HD video training, written test prep, maneuvers training, Airman Certification Standards and flight syllabus.

Weather

Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes

Garmin unveils its new, industry-leading integrated flight deck: G3000 PRIME

Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

PRESS RELEASE G3000 PRIME App Menu G armin introduced G3000 PRIME, its most advanced integrated flight deck yet. “Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck.

Flight Deck

Flight Deck Cockpit Runway Pilot

Getting started with IFR training – tips for ensuring success

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The instrument training trap – First, a word of caution – while your instrument flying skills and cockpit management techniques will no doubt be sharp when you earn your ticket, more than likely, the majority of your training and checkride preparation was spent in the terminal environment.

Checkride

Checkride Flight Deck Weather Approach

Flight Planning Demands a Dose of Common Sense

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

If the co-pilot was lucky, the captain might let them work the radios and help with a few navigational duties, but the phrase “Gear up and Shut up” was considered a normal cockpit environment. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

Flight Plan

Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes

Return to Form

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Given the need to preserve noggin-to-wing-spar clearance, its a smart but necessary solution. Flight Design can will the F2 with a GTN 650 in place of the 175, though Gutmann says hes also looking into using the Garmin GNX 375 GPS/transponder. Otherwise, the F2s flight deck layout is generally straightforward.

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NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK

The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one

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Who is the pilot in command of your aircraft?

767 Flight Deck Preflight

One of the last in the air on 9/11

The Private Pilot Student’s Guide to Chair Flying

“NORDO” – 5 tips for avoiding loss of communication

Icing, Systems, and Human Factors: Preliminary Findings on Voepass flight 2283

Comparing Two Oshkosh Trips

Flight vision systems

From the Bottom of the Sea to Wildwood: The Incredible Story of the F6F Hellcat at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum

Pilot’s aviation app directory – 2025 Edition

Garmin unveils its new, industry-leading integrated flight deck: G3000 PRIME

Getting started with IFR training – tips for ensuring success

Flight Planning Demands a Dose of Common Sense

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