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Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 makes heavy landing in Los Angeles: video 

Aerotime

However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down. It departed LAX at 16:06 local time and landed in Frankfurt at 11:14 the following morning.

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Step-by-Step Guide to No-Flaps Landings for Pilots

Pilot Institute

The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. When landing without flaps, pilots must adjust their techniques to compensate for higher approach speeds, a shallow descent angle, and longer landing distances. What is the purpose of flaps? Pre-Landing Checklist 1.

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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. AGL, the descent rate is between 3000 ft. Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. per minute.

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How to Land an Airplane

Pilot Institute

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. We can calculate the rate of descent required to achieve a 3° profile.

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. The plane has no internal radio, so cockpit and external communications were running through a portable intercom plugged into a portable radio.

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Where There’s Smoke…

Plane and Pilot

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. I was soon sitting in the seat, feet on pedals, hand on throttle, and back on the overrun taxiing to the threshold. The engine sprang to life.

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Tribute to Vistara Part 1: Flying Vistara's A320neo from Chennai to New Delhi

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

behind the pilot's cockpit) The lavatory is at a reasonable size, I was able to use it without difficulty. Here we are, we have reached the threshold. After sometime of cruising, we started our descent into Delhi. It was hazy during our descent but nothing bumpy. We entered the runway 25.

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