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NTSB Preliminary Report Details Close Call Between American Airlines And King Air

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The controller informed them about another aircraft waiting on the runway, stating that it would take off before the King Air’s arrival, and subsequently issued a landing clearance for runway 33. The King Air was less than one mile from landing on the runway when American received clearance to takeoff.

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Quiz: Flying The Traffic Pattern

Flight Training Central

a long straight in final approach to the active runway. Which approach and landing objective is assured when the pilot remains on the proper glidepath of the VASI? Safe obstruction clearance in the approach area. VFR approaches to land at night should be accomplished with a steeper descent. Pilot in command.

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Keeping One Step Ahead of ATC when flying IFR

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Gone are the days of making an educated guess on a route, only to have ATC respond with a full route clearance with intersections and airways. It now takes only a moment in ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot or FltPlan.com to enter a departure and destination airport and then see recently issued clearances to other aircraft flying the same route.

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TAA Instrument Approaches: How to Navigate Terminal Arrival Areas

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Here, the T-design includes two initial approach fixes that follow a straight-line that is perpendicular to the intermediate course segment which connect at the dual-purpose fix, ULUFA. ULUFA functions as both an intermediate fix, and an initial approach fix, denoted IF/IAF on the chart.

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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

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Why Airline Delays Snowball

AV Web

Just as Flight “123” on the left gets its clearance to push back from the gate, a flight attendant informs the captain that there is a lady in the aft lavatory who has collapsed and is unresponsive. The captain informs ground control, who cancels their pushback clearance and advises that they will send emergency services to the gate.

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Danger lurks in circling approaches

Air Facts

If you depart MDA on the downwind or base leg, you’re on your own as far as obstacle clearance. What speed on final approach? Be fully configured and on speed prior to receiving landing clearance. What are the criteria for a Missed Approach Command? Is the Missed Approach altitude at or above the MDA?