Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 28, 2024

This is the area of Rossio Santa Maria Maior The view is absolutely stunning especially in good weather. Although the weather looks good, it was also another windy day. The weather in London was gloomy as always and we did encounter some light ones but it wasn't as bad as my previous flight. Goodbye Lisbon, until next time!

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Weather Turbulence Runway Narrow-Body Aircraft 52

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

The incident occurred while the crew was conducting a low-visibility approach through dense fog. During the final approach, the pilot reduced engine throttles to manage airspeed and align with the Instrument Landing System glideslope. A fire broke out, resulting in a total loss of the aircraft.

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Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 271

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Consider what calls might come up given the route of flight and the types of airspace and weather it might pass through.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I won't blame the airline for the delay as aircraft and weather issue are beyond their control. The weather at Penang was quite nice. Some weather along the way but we managed to avoid them. December is quite common for bad weather as it is considered the monsoon period. The taxi to the runway took around 5 minutes.

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Airlines Airline Weather Runway 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We continued our descent for a couple of seconds and then he began a turn again to the left towards the taxiway. The instructor wrote, “As far as my proficiency with the existing weather conditions, I was comfortable, current, and proficient. The scenario was that the pilot was returning due to weather.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 17, 2024

I did a check on the weather and I noticed how windy the condition is at Lisbon so one thing for sure, this was probably a bumpy flight. Once we were on our way, we encountered some expected turbulence especially flying through the clouds but once we reached our assigned flight level, it was smooth all the way until we were on final approach.

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Turbulence Runway Narrow-Body Aircraft Airlines 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Once we were on our way, we flew through a bit of turbulence but once the weather was better, the seat belt sign was turned off. Finally we reached the threshold and we were on our way.

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Airlines Airline Weather Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

Rolling down the runway in this beautiful weather. Not long after, we started our descent. There was a bit of light turbulence during our descent. We are on final approach on runway 34 at SKG. Somehow this view reminds me of my Jetsmart's A320 takeoff at Santiago Airport. Beautiful, isn't it?

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Runway Descent Turbulence Airlines 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

ICAO minima for circling approaches is much higher than that stipulated in the FARs so consider higher weather minima. A circling approach is a high-risk, low frequency event that it MUST be briefed. We also benefit from the latest weather updates. What speed on final approach? What is the runway lighting?

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 70

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

However, a forecast for low IFR weather in that part of Maine led us to cancel it. I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. Still the better part of an hour away from home, weather conditions were concerning.

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Approach Ceiling Weather Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

There were a few good bumps during take off and more of it during the descent especially flying through the clouds. Anyway, during the descent, there was quite a bit of bumps and that also includes a sudden downdraft that made me hold on to the seat in front of me, I dislike this feeling to be honest.

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Descent Runway Cabin Crew Weather 102

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

APRIL 15, 2024

Introduction I wasn't looking forward to going home as I thoroughly enjoyed myself in London especially the cooler weather and more exciting places to visit compared to my country. At this point, we started our descent into Changi Airport. and it would depart on the same day later as QF2 on the flight back to Sydney via Singapore.

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Runway Airlines Airline Final Approach 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Rolling down the runway in this gloomy weather. At this point we have entered the UK airspace and started our descent. The flaps are all out this means one thing, we are on final approach. Thanks for the memories. This is the aircraft I was supposed to fly on, N829MH. The ride was smooth, hardly any bumps so far.

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Airlines Airline Runway Tarmac 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

This year, a promising weather forecast featuring high freezing levels (expected to be 9,000+ feet) led to a decision to fly myself. The day before departure, satisfied that days of consistent weather forecasts reasonably assured a successful flight, I cancelled the rental car reservation. So that was of no help to me.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 28, 2024

The map of Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) (Photo: Wikimedia) On the day of departure After spending about 40 minutes on the public bus, I reached the airport in this gloomy weather. The aircraft was on final approach to SKG. By then the aircraft started its descent when the cabin crew were released from their seats.

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Airlines Airline Descent Turbulence 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The captain came to do the announcement and reported fine weather for most parts of the journey except around Singapore where it would be slightly bumpy during the descent. The weather was better than my previous flight. Finally out of the clouds and at this point, we were making our 2nd attempt to land at SIN airport.

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Airlines Airline Runway Cabin Crew 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

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. Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. Pitch for Climb The next immediate action is to arrest the descent.

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 4, 2024

This is seat 46A, I moved to this seat just before we started the descent into Frankfurt. During the flight, I used flightradar24 to check on the weather and our flight progress. Good weather sometimes give you beautiful view like this. At this point we were close to our final approach to FRA airport.

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Airlines Airline Runway Weather 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Many hours later, we started our descent into New York. At this point, the flight was smooth thanks to the good weather. At this point, we were on final approach to runway 31L. I can't wait to return in the near future. Off we go, I enjoyed some view of Sao Paulo before settling in. We landed smoothly on runway 31L.

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Airlines Airline Runway Final Approach 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

The briefing information section contains the most important elements of the approach, including: NAVAID and communications frequencies. Final approach course. Approach notes. Missed approach procedures. The plan view shows a top-down look at the approach path and includes: Courses and radials.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It was not an inspiring morning to fly out of Sodus, but I knew that the poor weather was localized to the Lake Ontario shore and that Washington DC was forecast to be sunny and significantly warmer. I had an easy out available to me: a descent of 1000 feet would bring me out of the clouds with plenty of altitude to spare above the terrain.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. The CAPE index, a measure of convective energy and instability, was below 100 joules, indicating a very low probability of severe weather or thunderstorms. Rifle, the location of the accident, was Shmulik’s home airport.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

This grand sightseeing adventure never happened in 2023 due to a combination of terrible weather and lousy visibility from Canadian wildfires. Manhattan was his white whale and it was finally going to happen for him on July 21. This was granted and we were issued a descent to 1,500 feet as expected.

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Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Therefore it is common for flight delays in departure and arrival especially if the weather is bad. Anyway, fortunately for us, the ride into Delhi was smooth, hardly any turbulence and furthermore the Captain told us the good news and that is the stormy weather forecasted earlier had cleared. So overall, this flight was smooth.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Airlines 59