Remove Descent Remove Final Approach Remove Weight-Shift-Control
article thumbnail

How to Improve Your Landings

Pilot Institute

See how the wind affects the base leg and how you can compensate for it and safely execute the base-to-final turn. Learn to use aircraft references to establish a stable descent rate and pitch, ending up in a smooth roundout and flare. Watch out for some common mistakes, such as over-controlling and reacting incorrectly to visual cues.

Descent 52
article thumbnail

Seventh Time is the Charm: The Skyline Route

Photographic Logbook

Being able to flying East River and truly circumnavigate the island of Manhattan is the main advantage of the Skyline Route procedure, the reduced chaos of being under positive control is another. Manhattan was his white whale and it was finally going to happen for him on July 21. answered New York Approach brightly.