Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The weather at Leeds was bad with a visibility of 4,000 metres in the rain and mist, a cloud base at 600 feet and scattered cloud at 400 feet. A poster on PPRuNe asked about the landing conditions: Is it pretty much standard for operators of this particular aircraft type in the UK to land in 35 knot crosswinds on 1800m wet runways?

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Crosswind Rudder Knot Runway 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Thrust, produced by the engine, propels the plane forward, overcoming drag, which is the resistance caused by air. What safety precautions are essential for small plane pilots?

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Weather Pilot Drag Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Visual improvements with lighting and weather. Anyone who’s tried to enter a sideslip during a crosswind landing with a twist grip knows how hard it is. Mid-Tier The MFG Crosswind pedals are twice the price of the Logitech pedals, but they are a significant step up in quality. More realistic instrumentation (e.g.,

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Rudder Crosswind Pilot Air Traffic Control 96

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. Pilots can find out the prevailing winds aloft such as from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center and predict the vortices direction and rate of drift behind the preceding aircrafts flight path.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Weather It’s a good idea to brief any weather that could make your landing more challenging. If there is a crosswind at the airport, you should mention this in your brief. Discuss your nominated crosswind technique. Explain what aircraft input you will require to land the aircraft in the crosswind.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

That day would be even more challenging because of a strong crosswind, but the companys CEO was bringing several important clients for a weekend of skiing at the resort near the airport. Unfortunately, several are involved in aircraft accidents in which adverse mountain weather is a contributing factor.

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Crosswind Weather Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway 40

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

You should go only if the weather is as benign as forecast, good alternates exist, and you feel good about doing it. Can you fly a zero-thrust, single-engine approach to minimums today? I’ll fly in crosswinds up to 10 mph, but no more, because I know the aged mechanical brakes aren’t able to prevent weathervaning above that figure.

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Density Altitude Airplanes Wind Shear Pilot 59