Pilot Institute

APRIL 23, 2025

Landing Gear Operating Speed (VLO) Explained Youre on the final approach. Now its time to extend the landing gear and complete your final approach checklist. Additionally, many aircraft feature placards or markings in the cockpit that indicate important speed limitations. Theres just one problem youre too fast.

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Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

Two More Concept Failures One recent general aviation fad that did not catch on, fortunately, was the continuous turn from downwind to final approach. There are many factors in play, but the short version is that a continuous turn to final is just a conventional traffic pattern with a really short base leg.

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Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The cockpit recordings during the final approach and the flight data on impact are sure to be of particular interest. The recorders were recovered from the wreckage and sent to the TSB Engineering Laboratory in Ottawa, who confirmed that the data has been downloaded and being analysed.

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Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

A standard traffic pattern by [Wikimedia user Begoon]([link] Left-hand patterns are most common because it allows the pilot, in the left seat of the cockpit, to keep the runway in sight. Note here the base leg, which is a common point to join the pattern ready for the turn to final approach and the runway. Courtesy of the NTSB.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. Traffic On Short Final – Alerts w hen on a runway, and ForeFlight detects another aircraft on a short final approach to that runway.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 25, 2024

The crew said it shouldn’t be a problem, the cockpit is very big and roomy, and he will be fine once he gets in there. I didn’t ask twice and was soon going up the steps into the cockpit! It was amazing looking up out of a hatch in the cockpit at all four Wright R-3350 engines running up as we taxied around. A dream come true!

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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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Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. At 03:28 UTC, ninety minutes into the flight and on final approach to Vilnius, the aircraft crashed near Liepkalnis Hill. Vilnius Approach : [unintelligible] one eight delta: cleared to land one nine.

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iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Many apps include audio-specific features that are difficult to hear from your iPad’s speakers in the noisy cockpit. For example, ForeFlight presents both visual pop-up and aural alerts for runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, TFRs, final approach runway, low altitude, traffic conflicts and more.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

You must use proper power management techniques to have a stable approach and landing. On the final approach, pay close attention to the pitch attitude and airspeed, and use visual references to land. Use a forward slip to increase the descent angle when necessary, particularly if you are too high during the approach.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

So when you’re in the cockpit, you’ll know exactly what to do. Key Takeaways Power-off stalls mimic a stall during the flight’s approach and landing phase. On final approach, it can be the difference between recovering and crashing. Without a quick reaction, it can lead to a dangerous situation.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Furthermore, especially for cockpit crews, adequate rest is a vital issue to optimal performance. Meanwhile, the tower controllers have several aircraft on or near final approach. They know they can’t receive any more so they advise approach control to start putting perimeter aircraft into holding patterns.

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Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

When Running Out of Fuel is the Least of Your Problems A flight instructor and student’s trip to Arizona took an unexpected turn on the return flight, when they ran out of fuel on final approach to Oceanside, CA. They landed on the highway at 1:30am local time. But that’s not the story. Which one caught your attention?

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride. In the CRJ you can not hear any engines from the cockpit, making for an odd audio sensation. Also visible was green grass and flowering trees.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

They anchored the Mooney to heavy rigging in the tower and were finally able to make it to the cockpit. From this point onwards, the Mooney systematically descended below every minimum altitude on the route: At waypoint TIMBE, the final approach fix at 5.2 It was now past midnight. miles from the runway (8.3

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Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

My eyes were busy: inside the cockpit, watching, monitoring, and checking that chart; and outside the cockpit, searching for a first glimpse of our new destination. That was the longest, most terrifying final approach—actually the only terrifying final approach—I’ve ever experienced. There wasn’t much talk.

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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. An IFR pilot will run the GUMPS checklist before passing the final approach fix. Leading you to become too high and too fast on the approach. As a pilot, you will need time to master it.

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Aerotime

APRIL 2, 2025

At 03:26:15, the aircraft entered the final approach phase. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) revealed that the captain responded to the request to switch to tower frequency but made two additional attempts to contact the Vilnius aerodrome controller on the wrong frequency.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The two most useful benefits have been ADS-B datalink weather and a real-time traffic display in the cockpit, delivered by the network of ADS-B ground stations in the U.S. I used this trick when flying into Nashville recently and was able to determine they were using the ILS or RNAV Runway 20L approach and using runway 20C for departures.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Although the traffic pattern was otherwise normal, the base leg was to the end of the runway, with no provision for final approach. The turn to final started at roughly 50 feet when the plane was already over the runway, or nearly.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

A quick look at the cockpit. At this point, we were on final approach. Do you prefer these type of seats or the leather seat? Personally I prefer leather seats. A few more photos of the seat The view from my seat The view of the row of seats after the flight. Last photo of my seat. Almost there!

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

Swiss Airlines Airbus A220-300 Aegean Airbus A320CEO (Old livery) Sky Express Airbus A320NEO Gulf Air Airbus A321NEO (Retro livery) Iberia Airbus A320NEO Aegean Airbus A320CEO (Don't let the racoon style cockpit fool you!) We are on final approach on runway 34 at SKG. There are monitor screens (touchscreen) to surf the internet.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Each beacon relates to a specific position on the approach for pilots to cross-check. An audible tone or a visual light in the cockpit helps identify the position. There can be up to three marker beacons on an approach: Outer Marker (flashes blue) – Represents the Final Approach Fix and/or glideslope intercept.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 28, 2024

This is Aegean's Airbus A320CEO with the racoon style cockpit. The aircraft was on final approach to SKG. Welcome to my 2nd flight review on Aegean Airlines! The airline operated the A321neo and A320neo on certain flights but I chose this flight as the flight timing suits me better. These are the remaining flights on that day.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Final approach: This is the straight path leading to your landing. Misjudging distances: You might assume you have enough time to cross a runway or take off before an approaching aircraft arrives. Losing situational awareness: Distractions in the cockpit or confusion about airport layout can lead to unintended incursions.

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Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control Approach 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

This Austrian Airbus A320 surprisingly turned up at my assigned gate A36, so I wasn't surprised when there was an announcement regarding a gate change for my flight, we were relocated to A26 before the final gate change at gate A24. Do you like the racoon style cockpit? This was my flight's final assigned gate.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

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Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot 100

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Another person drove to the final approach end of Runway 27 and hiked into the woods, looking for the missing plane. After eliminating all other possible causes, the NTSB eventually determined that the pilot became disoriented by sun glare while on final approach, which resulted in a collision with trees and terrain.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Owing to noise sensitive areas all around College Park Airport, the fact that my approach was almost lined-up with the wind-favored runway (runway 15) and given the lack of traffic in the pattern, I chose to go straight in and flew final approach over the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Welcome to College Park!"

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Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

He used the first officer’s airspeed indicator and visual cues out of the cockpit windows to determine the flight path of the plane and the need for any power changes. The approach to Sioux City With the aircraft at a range of about nine miles from touchdown at Sioux City, the crew made visual contact with the airport.

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AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Examination of the accident site confirmed flight-control continuity from the cockpit to all flight control surfaces. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. Sixty-six percent of the downwind-to-base stalls and a full 80 percent of base-to-final stalls resulted in death.

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Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. The plane’s mechanic, known as a plane captain, was up on the wing and helped me settle into the cockpit.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The instrument training trap – First, a word of caution – while your instrument flying skills and cockpit management techniques will no doubt be sharp when you earn your ticket, more than likely, the majority of your training and checkride preparation was spent in the terminal environment.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

One more gadget in the cockpit cannot remedy deficits in skill, judgement, and attitude. In my own flying career, I’ve seen plenty of small airport pilots unconcerned with safety messages, to put it mildly.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. It dawned on me what probably happened on my final approach. I took a quick look at the prop and flipped the mag switch. Carefully grabbing the back of the prop with both hands, I gave a hearty swing. The engine sprang to life. I flew into it, unaware.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

This lesson was rapidly approaching for Alyssa. A multi-state cross country trip like the one we were taking means a lot of time together in the close confines of an airplane cockpit. While company is generally welcome, it can be a long and awkward ride if personalities do not mesh well.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 86

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

If you were the pilot in the cockpit, what would you do? Approach Approach planning can feel like a balancing act between wind direction, field dimensions, and obstacles. Since these factors rarely align perfectly, the safest call is to prioritize an unobstructed final approach.

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