Aerotime
APRIL 29, 2024
However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down. It departed LAX at 16:06 local time and landed in Frankfurt at 11:14 the following morning.
Air Facts
MARCH 5, 2025
Once wings-level on the Inside Downwind, you lower the gear and flaps and, approximately one mile beyond the landing threshold, you reduce power at The Perch. 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.
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Plane and Pilot
MARCH 6, 2025
The Cessna was loud, and this was before intercoms made cockpits a quieter place to be. The visibility had dropped to almost zero as we crossed the threshold. shouted Bill. Id lost my voice. How would I talk on the radio? I was beginning to feel sick to my stomach. Bill sat rigid in the right seat, looking straight out.
Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
He used the first officer’s airspeed indicator and visual cues out of the cockpit windows to determine the flight path of the plane and the need for any power changes. Touchdown At 16:00 the airplane touched down on the runway threshold to the left of the centerline. I had the world ahead of me.
Plane and Pilot
APRIL 1, 2025
I crossed the runway threshold at 70 mph and let a little more speed bleed off as I attempted to stay a few inches off the runway with the nosewheel slightly up. I closed my eyes and drank in a gulp of the cool air coming through the cockpit. You can always go around again. I now noticed a Cessna 152 waiting for takeoff. Deep breath.
Aeroclass Blog
APRIL 24, 2024
Image source: [link] In practice, there are nine main types, namely: Approach Lights Threshold Lights Threshold End Lights The lights of Runway End Identification Runway Edge Lights Runway End Light PAPI Lights Taxiway Lights Obstruction Aviation Lights Each of them has its own meaning, function, and color. What does REIL stand for?
Flight Training Central
JULY 12, 2024
An ILS consists of two separate facilities that operate independently but come together in the cockpit to enable both lateral and vertical precision guidance. The localizer transmits VHF signals to provide lateral guidance, while the glideslope facility transmits UHF signals to provide vertifcal guidance.
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