Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later). One of the first items on before taxi checklists is to set the take-off flaps well before the aircraft approaches the runway.

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Cabin Crew Runway Knot Clearance 269

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The airport has a single north-south asphalt runway (01/19) of 2,515 metres (8,250 feet). The runway elevation is 646 feet above mean sea level. Although there is still no official statement as to the cause of the crash, the ATC audio from LIveATC shows that there was some confusion in the cockpit.

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Runway Approach UTC Knot 104

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

“When I heard we were in the first wave of six planes going down the runway at 200 feet, I elected to sit on mine,” he said. After the 8 1/2 hour, 1,182-mile flight from Midway, Connolly led the first six planes down the runway at Wake in a stepped-up V-formation. Note the radome above the cockpit. Photo via U.S.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

Would the weather hold or not? The Cessna was loud, and this was before intercoms made cockpits a quieter place to be. The 152 rocked and bounced in the air currents as we approached the runway. I examined the topped fuel tanks one more time and untied the ropes on the Cessna 152. I noticed that the wind was picking up.

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Airplanes Threshold Runway Knot 94

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This was another satisfying trip, full of ADM, IMSAFE, and trade-offs—and weather. The weather was… interesting. The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. What the…?

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 74

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

The plane took off roughly on schedule, at 4:15PM, and most of the flight was routine, though it took a bit longer than usual due to weather enroute, as the plane made several detours. On top of that, weather conditions in Tampa weren’t great that day, with rain and strong gusts, so it was a tricky approach.

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Air Traffic Control Altimeter Runway Weather 141

One Mile at a Time

MAY 29, 2024

The aircraft was cleared to depart runway 35L at Congonhas Airport. This runway is 6,173 feet (or 1,883 meters) long. For whatever reason, during its takeoff roll, the jet took up the entire length of the runway, and only rotated meters before the end of the runway. What could cause an incident like this?

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Runway Air Traffic Control Weather Jet 117

Fear of Landing

APRIL 18, 2025

Last week I wrote about the Fokker F27 mk 500 Friendship that came off the runway at take-off at Bournemouth Airport. They started the engine at the stand and taxied to the taxiway leading to the runway for their flight to Coventry, which was uneventful. The cockpit voice recorder began recording.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cargo Clearance Cockpit 72

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. How to Avoid It: Dedicate at least a few hours per week to studying airspace, weather, and flight regulations.

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Weather Assessment Weather conditions significantly impact flight safety. Before flying, you need to evaluate wind speeds, visibility, and potential weather changes. Understanding weather reports and recognizing patterns ensures you can adjust your plans accordingly.

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Weather Pilot Drag Rudder 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

These alerts include runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, airspace and TFRs, carbon monoxide and more. The destination weather frequency callout provides the destination airport weather frequency (ATIS, AWOS, or ASOS). Sink Rate – Alerts as follows: When above 2,500 ft.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Coordinating schedules and weather took almost six months. The ramp is empty, so I ask if hed like to taxi us to the departure end of the runway. The main road between the houses is the old runway. We hop out of the cockpit, and Andrew ties the ship to the tarmac for the night. With 18 gallons of fuel on board burning 4.5

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 97

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Youll learn how to navigate, communicate with Air Traffic Control, interpret weather, and conduct instrument approaches to airports, all without relying on whats outside your window. This rating adds an entirely new dimension to your skillsetand makes you a true all-weather aviator. What Is an Instrument Rating? Flight canceled.

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Pilot Weather Approach Visual Flight Rules 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The runway was asphalt paved in 1936. Although a Bell bubble cockpit version was used in the popular television series M*A*S*H , this museum example actually flew many of the later missions. Unlike the Bell which carried the litters outside the cabin, the HOSS carried them inside, away from the harsh winter weather in that area.

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Jet Hangar Cockpit Weather 116

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

The FFZ airfield has a 900-foot grass runway (18/36) and a low-altitude traffic pattern, allowing for spectators to watch the demonstrations of the slower aircraft. An airfield traffic pattern, also known as a circuit, is a standard path used by air traffic approaching the runway.

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Runway Cockpit Pilot Final Approach 105

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For those new to aviation or those making the leap from paper charts, there comes a point when a decision is necessary on which app to use in the cockpit. ForeFlight ForeFlight first got its start as a weather app on iPhone and quickly grew into a full-featured EFB app as the iPad gained popularity among pilots.

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Pilot Weather Flight Plan Approach 105

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2025

Basically, any wind that blows across the runway or flight path instead of head-on or tailing the aircraft. Such as Navigation An old, bold pilot once told us that a weather forecast is simply a horoscope with numbers. Even with the best weather data in the world, things can change quickly. Just what is a crosswind?

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Crosswind Pilot Knot Turbulence 69

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Jake Carpenter Contributing Writer F rom rudimentary analog gauges to todays sophisticated, fully integrated avionics, the evolution of cockpit technologies has revolutionized how pilots interact with their aircraft. The fully automated MultiScan weather radar also provides predictive analysis and advanced threat detection.

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Flight Deck Jet Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 75

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On board in a cockpit observer seat was a well known FAA air carrier inspector who oversaw the L-1011 operations at TWA. The weather at O’Hare was IFR and the airport was using the ILS to runway 14L. The flight crew did everything by the book while observing strict cockpit discipline. Here is where it got interesting.

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Approach Checkride Descent Cockpit 98

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 14, 2024

Before the first flight, the pilots saw that the weather conditions at Lihue Airport were bad (poor visibility, thunderstorms, strong winds, etc.), Sure enough, when the aircraft approached runway 17, the pilots didn’t have the runway in sight, so the first officer called for a go around. above the Pacific Ocean.

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Thrust Pilot Weather Runway 123

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

FIFI close up ( Photo by Scott Slocum) Access to the East Parking Lot with its views of FIFI and the Boeing Field runways is free to the public, and visitors are encouraged to watch the plane’s dramatic takeoffs and landings. – Ramp Access/Cockpit Tours (schedule limited due to special flight Sept. Schedule September 25-29 9 a.m.

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Cockpit Weather Runway Airplanes 123

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Its forgiving flight characteristics, such as its stable stall behavior and straightforward controls, allow new pilots to gain confidence in the cockpit. This speed is achieved under optimal conditions, with a light load and calm weather. A strong headwind will slow the aircraft down, while a tailwind can boost its speed.

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Knot General Aviation Weather Gross Weight 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

To demonstrate this magnificent place, I chose horrendously gusty winds by manually editing the weather in both X-Plane 12 (XP12) and MSFS2020. Left downwind on a blustery day with live weather actually shows a virga burst over the field, with local winds gusting 36 knots, making for some extreme conditions in such a tight canyon.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

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 Deck Cockpit Approach Descent 96

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 15, 2024

A few feet behind him, Captain Gerald Dobberfuhl, an experienced reconnaissance officer, settled into the rear cockpit of their camera-equipped RF-4C Phantom fighter. The “towel rail” antenna on its back was part of a retrofitted system that provided all-weather blind navigation capability. The gear handle was in the forward cockpit.

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Cockpit Tail Approach Pilot 98

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. By now, it was dark and the weather in Gaithersburg had deteriorated with fog and low cloud ceilings. Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. miles from the runway (8.3

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Approach Runway Air Traffic Control Descent 97

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 10, 2022

This is important if you fly at night and need to be able to interpret the different colors in regards to taxiways and runways. The New Normal, How Colors Have Become More Important Below you will find several examples of modern day jet cockpits and the multi paneled approach they use to display system information.

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Cockpit Pilot Weather Runway 52

AV Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, as automation evolves, discussions about potentially reducing the number of pilots in the cockpit—possibly to just one—are intensifying. The Critical Role of Two Pilots in the Cockpit. In a single-pilot cockpit, one person would be responsible for everything, increasing the risk of errors under pressure.

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Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Approach 98

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Avtech proFLIGHT This app is a high-quality weather tool for the professional flight crew. ProFLIGHT uses the actual flight route and time combined with the Met Office’s Global 10KM Weather model to produce a tailored weather forecast based on the most up to date information.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

The airpoort has 4 runways: 09/27, 10/28 , 11L/29R and 11R/29L. It's not easy to arrive early at Mumbai due to the heavy traffic and also the airport operates a single runway for both departure and landing. A quick look at the cockpit. Pushing back The taxi ride to the runway didn't take long. Last photo of my seat.

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Descent Runway Cabin Crew Weather 102

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

On September 23, 1953, ‘827 and 41 other aircraft were nearly lost when they were launched into marginal weather conditions at 1330hrs. As soon as the weather gets right,’ because during the winter months down there, that runway gets soft. Once I knew the airplane inside and out, I just had to wait on the runway.”

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Cockpit 105

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I managed to take a little peek of the cockpit when it was opened. Just took off in this dreadful weather. The weather didn't look too bad. We touched down on this single runway airport ahead of schedule. I was pleased to have the seat besides mine remained vacant. At this point, we were ready for departure.

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Weather Runway Tarmac Cabin Crew 59

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. The landing was uneventful, and we were soon taking on fuel for the second leg of the journey.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

It covers topics like airspace regulations, weather patterns, and aircraft systems. When flying a plane for the first time, this knowledge helps you make informed decisions in the cockpit. Ground School: Fundamental Aviation Knowledge Ground school lays the foundation for successful flight training.

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Aileron Drag Rudder Descent 52

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 Descent Airplanes Cockpit 98

Fear of Landing

JULY 26, 2024

Although the names of the two men in the cockpit have been released, the statement did not include who was flying. The weather was clear with scattered clouds and light winds. You prefer [runway] 27 or 36? It’s 36, left base for runway 36. Runway 36 *left*. Lancair N18BG: We’ll take 36.

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Approach Runway Knot Air Traffic Control 97

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The instructor was able to complete the turn, but the airplane overshot the runway. The pilot flying wrote, “After completing the turn back to the field we saw the airport environment and we were located over the runway but more than halfway down runway 17. The scenario was that the pilot was returning due to weather.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98