Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

This promises to be a major advancement in cockpit technology, with benefits for pilots and passengers alike. Weve all seen itnow imagine it on short final with Starlink. Autopilots, glass cockpits, and yes, even the nose wheel led to some erosion of old school pilot skills, but with an accompanying increase in overall safety.

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Weather Airplanes Pilot Cockpit 98

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

This didnt correct the problem sufficiently, so the tail was completely revised, giving the horizontals dihedral and capping each with a large oval fin and rudder arrangement much like that of its Consolidated stablemate, the B-24 Liberator. Note the radome above the cockpit. Mission accomplished!” Photo via U.S. Navy) A U.S.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Not Studying Enough Outside of Flight Lessons The Mistake: Many student pilots believe that learning to fly is all about time in the cockpit, neglecting the equally important ground school and self-study. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit.

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

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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Descent Approach AGL Lift 52

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. Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. Leading you to become too high and too fast on the approach.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Final Approach 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high. When power was added, there were brief pitch oscillations before the plane departed the left side of the runway, as if P-factor and lack of right rudder input were present. In the docket of that report is an airport surveillance video that shows that event.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. During the final approach, Haynes noted a high sink rate alarm from the aircraft’s ground proximity warning syst em (GPWS).

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 294