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A Slow Flight to India – Day 3 –Hurghada-Kuwait

ABEAM

We flew very high, and the heat (ISA +23°C) that further drove up our Density Altitude did not help for the oxygen saturation in our blood. In Kuwait, we were told to expect the ILS of runway 33R approach, but when getting near to the ILS, Approach kept us high and even vectored us through the final approach course.

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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

I spent a few months researching aircraft performance and high altitude airport flying techniques. Density Altitude Piston engines, wings, and propellers lose efficiency as they climb to less dense air at higher altitudes. Pressure altitudes were converted to density altitude.

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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

Approach 105
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Are Dry Microbursts Really An Invisible Trap? – Responding to Reactions

Chess In the Air

In certain conditions blowing dust (a “ haboob “) can make an approaching front easily visible. Imagine being on final approach right when a small-scale thermal breaks off the ground that can even send a 300 pound porta-potty flying high into the air. (Btw Btw – notice the blue sky in the video.)

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How to Perform a Go-Around (The Right Way)

Pilot Institute

A go-around is a maneuver performed to abort or reject a landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. A common situation is if an aircraft is on final approach, and another holding on the runway cannot take off in time. Go-arounds have little margin for error. What Is a Go-Around?

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What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack

Air Facts

The other quick look parameters are: Instigating Event Where event started Result Stall warning Aircraft performance Approach CFIT Irrelevant to accident Bird strike Climb Crash Might have helped Carb Ice Cruise Forced landing Not an accident CFIT FASF (see below) LOC Sounded Density altitude Final approach Midair collision Unknown Fuel mismanagement (..)

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Unbolted in Fairfield (Update on the 2022 Bell 407 GXP Crash)

Fear of Landing

The indications for the loss of tail rotor thrust are listed as: uncontrollable yawing to the right (left side slip) nose-down tucking possible roll of fuselage The severity of these symptoms is affected by airspeed, centre of gravity, power being used and density altitude.

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