Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

Four minutes missing from recording equipment Robert Plummer from the BBC reported that both the South Korean and US analysis of the cockpit and flight data recorders showed the recorders were missing the four minutes leading up to the collision. This crucially includes the time of the bird strike and landing attempts.

Thrust 59

Thrust Altimeter Cabin Crew Instrument Landing System 59

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

For the unmanned test, the pilot controlled the aircraft from a remote cockpit with a curved screen offering a panoramic view of the instruments. Once stable in ground effect, the pilot shut down EPU1 (left-side outboard) to simulate the performance in the case of an engine failure. G-EVTL lifted off with all EPUs operating.

Descent 100

Descent Knot Thrust Lift 100

CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 30, 2023

Was he really going to tell me how hard it was to pull that Beaver off the water and then get enough speed in ground effect to clear the trees? He talked about the wind, and the conditions and the geography. I was in suspense. Was he going to tell me how many Gs he pulled to avoid the hills, and how he recovered from the ensuing stall?

Ground Effect 40

Ground Effect Pilot Weather Cargo 40

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

How Does It Feel in the Cockpit When We Encounter A Microburst? What we experience in the cockpit differs greatly depending on our altitude (and on the stage of the microburst’s development when we encounter it). I should have never been below 80 kts in the pattern. This also includes the last portion on short final.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Air Force, in the cockpit of Convair F-106A Delta Dart 56-0467, at Edwards AFB, December 15, 1959, following his world speed record. ” After briefly entering the ground effect, F-106A 58-0787 mad an unpiloted, wheels-up landing in a frozen wheatfield outside Big Sandy, Montana. Rogers set a world speed record of 1,525.96

Pitot Tube 59

Pitot Tube Ground Effect Drag Pilot 59

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

An incomplete summary description of FASF is whether the airplane made it out of ground effect. One more gadget in the cockpit cannot remedy deficits in skill, judgement, and attitude. That phenomenon is best named Failure to Achieve Sustained Flight (FASF).

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit. Resist pulling back, instead letting it accelerate in ground effect (or should we say water effect) for a few seconds. The plane will fly itself off.

Airplanes 78

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 78