Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The weather at O’Hare was IFR and the airport was using the ILS to runway 14L. I advised the first officer to change the decision altitude of 852 feet to the minimum descent altitude of 1,140 feet and that we would continue the approach to localizer approach minimums. On the flight deck of the L-1011. I am proud of you!”

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Approach Checkride Descent Cockpit 98

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

Sitting in the flight deck during the cruise portion of any flight may have a tendency to become monotonous. VFR approaches to land at night should be accomplished with a steeper descent. Share your results : Facebook Facebook Twitter Google+ Want to learn more about aviation weather theory? at a higher airspeed.

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Crosswind Runway Air Traffic Control Approach 98

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

It was Sunday, the 9th of June 2024, and Arlberg was flying Austrian Airlines flight 434 from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, back home to Vienna. The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet. Specifically, that weather radar struggles with very cold/icy storms.

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Airline Airlines Weather Cockpit 92

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew. Be sure to keep a good look out for it.

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Cabin Crew Runway Knot Clearance 130

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. But throw in weather, fatigue, low light, pilot unfamiliarity, and a circle to land, and it’s a different event.

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Approach Air Traffic Control Runway Flight Deck 92

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

They had both performed theory and practice training and their time in flight simulators including emergency training and flight management in icing conditions. The estimated flight time was an hour and forty-five minutes for the flight of 735 km. The flight crew adjusted the icing bug to 165 knots.

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Knot Approach Descent Weather 89

Northstar VFR

JUNE 30, 2024

However, the static pressure around the pitot tube is constantly changing due to altitude and weather. One thing a pilot must keep in mind is that changes in weather conditions along their route causes changes in the atmospheric pressure, regardless of maintaining the same indicated altitude. The opposite happens as the plane descends.

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Pitot Tube Altimeter Instrument Meteorological Conditions Descent 74