Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

My phone chime woke me up from a deep sleep hours later and I headed back to the cockpit to relieve the Captain so he could get some well deserved sleep. Arriving at the flight deck door, I performed the normal cockpit entry procedure but received no response. They relayed that only pilots in full uniform could be in the cockpit.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Approach Descent 96

Ask Captain Lim

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

He then resorted to unconventional methods, using asymmetric thrust to make minimal directional changes. Unfortunately, the descent was too steep and fast, resulting in the right wing striking the ground and breaking off. In this worst-case scenario, the pilots lost all traditional control of the aircraft.

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Runway Descent Thrust Tail 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

There were a few good bumps during take off and more of it during the descent especially flying through the clouds. Anyway, during the descent, there was quite a bit of bumps and that also includes a sudden downdraft that made me hold on to the seat in front of me, I dislike this feeling to be honest. A quick look at the cockpit.

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Descent Runway Cabin Crew Weather 102

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The engines were also coupled with the General Electric D-23 turbosupercharger to utilize the engine exhaust as additional thrust. Speaking of its positive qualities, they felt the cockpit layout was descent, its ground handling was good, the controls were light, the roll rate was adequate, and control and stability was generally effective.

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Gross Weight Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 98

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

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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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. The resulting loss of lift leads to a rapid descent by the aircraft. All flight controls are actuated electronically, and theres no physical link between the control sidesticks in the cockpit and the flight surfaces.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Air Facts

JUNE 12, 2024

We reduced our thrust to cruise down the beach and past Diamond Head at 1,500 feet. Up in the cockpit we could hear Joe ‘s friend start to strum his base fiddle and a then a ukulele and many voices joined in. We soon reached 17,000 feet and then started our descent while looking into Maui’s Haleakala Crater.

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Air Traffic Control Descent Runway Thrust 98

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

If you were the pilot in the cockpit, what would you do? Glide control and approach management are life-saving without engine thrust. When your aircraft loses thrust, youll have to glide it safely to the ground using only aerodynamic control. When the engine is running, the propeller is in motion, actively generating thrust.

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Pilot Descent Approach Thrust 59

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Power is turned into thrust by three-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering propellers. A narrow catwalk passes between the V, allowing crewmembers to pass between the cockpit and radio room as they hold onto a woven rope to keep from slipping into the bomb bay and possibly out of the aircraft (if the doors are open).

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Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 105

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit. I’d like the cockpit modernized to make the systems a bit simpler and to group the controls a bit better. So what would I fix?

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Fixed-Wing Foibles Consider the Airbus first officer (FO) who tried to satisfy ATCs request to increase their descent (rate), so he engaged open descent mode. The captain took control and applied aft stick pressure to return the airplane to a normal descent pitch attitude to prevent an overspeed. No doors, no problem.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

This configuration provides the necessary power for both climb and cruise, while also offering valuable training for managing asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine-out situation. The pre-landing check is the first step in ensuring the aircraft is ready for a stable descent.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52