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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

According to the GOM, either pilot could call for a go-around, yet neither did despite the published stabilized approach criteria being violated. A controller who withholds or issues a late descent clearance is also to blame. The GOM also called for the airspeed to be “on target” at such altitudes respectively.

Approach 105
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IFR Flight Planning: Best Tips for Pilots

Pilot Institute

IFR Currency Requirements As a pilot, you must remain proficient in flying under Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). The FAA requires specific currency requirements to maintain your instrument flying privileges. Within the Past 6 Months, You Must Log: 6 instrument approaches. Holding procedures.

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Alton Bay's "Excellent Water"

Photographic Logbook

Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Since 2019, pilots in command have been presented with poker chips -- what the Alton Bay crew fittingly call "ice chips" -- commemorating landing at Alton Bay. hours in actual instrument meteorological conditions (IMC).

Runway 68