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Hail Damage to Austrian Airlines A320

Fear of Landing

The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet. A representative of Austrian Airlines said on Austrian television that the thunderstorm cell was not visible on the aircraft’s weather radar. Specifically, that weather radar struggles with very cold/icy storms.

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One of the last in the air on 9/11

Air Facts

The dispatch office reviewed the weather and winds, alternate airport forecasts, and our route of flight over the Pacific ocean for our flight back to Los Angeles. 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.

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What to Expect When Learning to Fly

Flying Magazine

You will want to get a gear bag to carry these materials along with a notebook for taking notes and writing down information in the cockpit. It gives you an extra tool to use in the cockpit should your electronic device run out of juice, get stolen, or do an uncommanded gravity check with pavement that renders it inoperable.

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Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

Airspeed Junkie

Cockpit and Avionics Sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, one is immediately struck by the advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite that dominates the instrument panel. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface.

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Fly a contact approach from Pilot Workshops

Flight Training Central

However, contact approaches can be the perfect tool with the right weather and airport configuration. Approval for a contact approach lets you make a legal, visual descent to land without fuss and while retaining your IFR status. Navigate to the Airport You may begin your descent once you’re cleared, un-less ATC instructed otherwise.

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Uncle Joe’s Last Flight

Air Facts

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. Joe loved playing the ukulele and singing Hawaiian songs.

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

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Some nice Indian music was being played before take off and landing, I thought that was nice, it somehow helps to calm one nerves especially when flying through turbulent weather. behind the pilot's cockpit) The lavatory is at a reasonable size, I was able to use it without difficulty. It was hazy during our descent but nothing bumpy.

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