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Lithuania releases interim report into DHL cargo crash, confirms human error

Aerotime

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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Basler BT-67 Flying Display at Thailand’s Children’s Day 2025

Vintage Aviation News

Key modifications include A fuselage extension of approximately one meter, Reprofiled wingtips for improved aerodynamics, Replacement of the original radial engines with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprops, Five-blade Hartzell propellers, and A modern glass cockpit.

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Asiana A350 Has (Dangerously?) Low Approach To SFO

One Mile at a Time

The path for the Asiana 777 with a low approach This incident brings back some memories Of course mistakes happen, and sometimes pilots will be a bit high or a bit low on approach. With at least three pilots in the cockpit, youd think that someone wouldve picked up on something not being quite right.

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

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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Teaching International Student Pilots

Air Facts

You then execute a 180 o descending Final Turn maintaining 175 knots to arrive wings-level one mile from the threshold on final approach at 500 AGL. At that point, you slow to the final approach speed of 155 knots, which is held until crossing the approach-end overrun where you reduce power to touch down at 130 knots.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

On the final approach to the target, I turned over control of the plane to the bombardier by means of the auto synchronization of the autopilot and the Norden bombsight. This meant on the final approach to the target the bombardier was flying the plane through the bombsight.” Note the radome above the cockpit.

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Blinded by the Light

Plane and Pilot

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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