Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. Each beacon relates to a specific position on the approach for pilots to cross-check. This is most likely thanks to the ILS. What is an ILS?

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 28, 2024

This is Aegean's Airbus A320CEO with the racoon style cockpit. The map of Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) (Photo: Wikimedia) On the day of departure After spending about 40 minutes on the public bus, I reached the airport in this gloomy weather. The aircraft was on final approach to SKG. My flight departed from gate 2.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. It dawned on me what probably happened on my final approach. The engine sprang to life.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The instructor wrote, “As far as my proficiency with the existing weather conditions, I was comfortable, current, and proficient. The scenario was that the pilot was returning due to weather. Although the traffic pattern was otherwise normal, the base leg was to the end of the runway, with no provision for final approach.

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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. I certainly am.

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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!) Rolling down the runway in this beautiful weather. We are on final approach on runway 34 at SKG.

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Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

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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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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Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. The CAPE index, a measure of convective energy and instability, was below 100 joules, indicating a very low probability of severe weather or thunderstorms. How Does It Feel in the Cockpit When We Encounter A Microburst?

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It was not an inspiring morning to fly out of Sodus, but I knew that the poor weather was localized to the Lake Ontario shore and that Washington DC was forecast to be sunny and significantly warmer. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. Welcome to College Park!"

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Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

One of the most important lessons learned was that the one thing you don’t check on the exterior preflight inspection, or cockpit setup, is the very thing that will be wrong. Louis, back to Lake of the Ozarks, and finally terminating at Fort Leonard Wood. What if the airplane pitched over on final approach?

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Air Facts

AUGUST 28, 2024

To make matters more stressful, I was getting a line check by an FAA inspector who was sitting behind me in the cockpit jump seat. Upon arrival in the Denver terminal area, I found that the weather was 500′ overcast with one mile visibility in light snow and light freezing drizzle.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

Distance, weather, and varying piloting abilities, risk tolerances, and personalities add challenges to planning and carrying out these types of trips. While the reality of the weather validated this decision, it was the beginning of what became a frustrating streak of weather related club event cancellations that persisted well into June.

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