Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology.

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Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

The roll was not checked by the pilot and continued past 60 degrees of bank and the descent rate increased. Extreme aerodynamic stresses of the out-of-control descent eventually caused the tail to separate. When the controller asked to verify going direct TAMMI, the plane was descending at 3,500 fpm in an increasingly steep spiral.

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Airline Reporter

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As the flight crew announced our descent, the flight attendants came by with Läderach boxed chocolates. Here’s a look at our nighttime descent and landing at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. It was even better than the first one, and beyond that I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Flyertalk

MARCH 20, 2025

Report States Landing Gear Fractured, Leading to Chain of Events In the report, the TSB outlined the flights rate of descent as it prepared for landing. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada released their initial report on the incident detailing the events of the day on Thursday, March 20, 2024.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Keep in mind these huge jets primarily operate flights that are at most two hours, so of course its a completely different experience than on long haul flights. The first class cabin on these domestic jets is pretty intimate, with just 12 seats, spread across two rows, in a 2-2-2 configuration.

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One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

An Air France Airbus A350 flying to Tel Aviv yesterday flew most of the way, and then returned to Paris shortly before starting its descent. The Air France jet that returned to Paris What’s the reason for this Air France diversion? What exactly happened here? In the end, the plane operated a roughly 6hr50min “flight to nowhere.”

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

LATAM offers Thompson Aero Vantage XL seats on these jets, which is a staggered configuration that you’ll also find on several other airlines. LATAM 787 arrival in Santiago At 5:25AM local time, the captain announced that we’d be landing in about 25 minutes, at which point we began our descent.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For one, ITA Airways A321neo might be the swankiest narrow body jet operated by any global airline, and really puts even other quality airlines to shame. However, it feels like a lot of airlines are making a compromise when it comes to hard product on these jets, compared to what passengers have come to expect on larger aircraft.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Approach Airlines Airline 100

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Climb/descent within the block can be made at the discretion of the pilot. However, once the pilot starts descent and verbally reports leaving an altitude in the block, the pilot may not return to that altitude without additional ATC clearance. The pilot may level off at any intermediate altitude within this block of airspace.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The 757 was cramped, yet fun and nostalgic as it’s the biggest jet I could actually find that serves our farthest state. it seems to be getting gradually darker like it would at home for us in summer, but then the sunset just gets hung up somewhere at a lower angle than midday but doesn’t continue its descent.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It is based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual clues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final descent airspeed and configuration. The destination is a couple thousand feet above sea level, with an RNAV approach that depicts a higher-than-normal descent gradient to a down-sloping runway. The ceiling is 800 ft overcast.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

As Philippe explained in the comments of my initial piece: Im typed in the CRJ and Ill have to correct myself regarding my last comment, as Ive just read it up in the OM-B: While only RAs are inhibited below 1000, TAs are inhibited below 400 in descent (and 600 in climb). The tower controller cleared a jet for departure from runway 01.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In high-speed and high-altitude scenarios, like for military and commercial jets, compressibility affects the accuracy of your IAS. A positive reading means you’re climbing, while a negative one indicates descent. Airspeed and VSI: When you adjust airspeed, your rate of climb or descent may also change.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 24, 2025

Emirates Lounge New York Kennedy Airport Emirates has a door to the jet bridge in its lounge, so in theory, boarding sometimes happens through the lounge, if your A380 is parked at the right gate. However, when I was flying, they were doing some work on the upper deck jet bridge, so boarding from the lounge wasnt possible.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Theres a whole other reason for using checklists, and that is preparing the pilot mentally for the next flight phase, such as descent or landing, among others. This reason is more important in jets than to us single-engine pilots, but it still applies.

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Inflight Pilot Training

JANUARY 19, 2025

Corporate and Private Jet Pilots Flying private jets for corporations or high-net-worth individuals is another sought-after career. After COVID-19, there has been a growing demand for private jet pilots reflecting a shift towards personalized and flexible travel options. Average Pay: $90,000-$140,000 per year.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The interiors of new Korean Air jets no longer look like the (very blue) exteriors, and Id consider that to be a good thing. So Korean Air is only the second airline to purpose-order this product, and its the first airline to install this on a Boeing jet. The seatbelt sign was turned on at 5:40PM, around 15 minutes before landing.

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Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The strength and location of the jet stream is normally: stronger and farther north in the summer. You must receive an additional ATC clearance to leave your current altitude at FL290 and begin a descent to cross STELA at 11,000 feet. 6,000 feet at ELMMO intersection. 2,700 feet at MARKI intersection. 3,000 feet at APINE intersection.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

Even though the plane is new to Austrian, its not a new jet. About 10 minutes later, the seatbelt sign was turned on, and we started our gradual descent for Washington. While the descent was initially quite smooth, it eventually became rather bumpy. Fun fact: I flew this exact aircraft on Bamboo Airways a couple of years back.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Intended to be a long-range escort fighter, the Consolidated XP-81 also represented a departure from conventional aircraft, but the rapidly evolving nature of both the Second World War and jet engines would see the XP-81 becoming nothing more than a footnote in American aviation history.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

During the early years of the jet age, between the end of World War II and the swinging ’60s, there were very few new ideas that were not worth a try. To understand the genesis of this little jet-powered hot rod, let’s understand the problem that faced the U.S. Air Force immediately following WWII.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. The aircraft began its descent from an altitude of 1,000 feet to land on a predetermined spot at NASA Ames Research Center, December 7, 1962. The inset in the lower right-hand corner of the photo is a close-up of the Bell X-14A during descent.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

Flightradar24 have commented that many analyses are including the descent from 37,000 to 31,000 feet as caused by the turbulence. In fact, the descent to 31,000 feet was flown by the flight crew as the start of the planned emergency descent to Bangkok. There were similar increases in turbulence all over the world, he says.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

It was nice to hear the Captain making announcement before departure and he warned us of some expected turbulence during our descent towards HND. Soon we started our descent and the expected turbulence came at this timing predicted by the Captain. Time to experience the Class J product on the domestic configured A350-900!

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Airlines Airline Cabin Crew Descent 59

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 2, 2025

Theres not any bluetooth audio on these jets. British Airways 777 arrival in London At around 5:15AM London time, the first officer was back on the PA to announce that wed soon be commencing our descent. Sure enough, we began our descent shortly thereafter, and at 5:30AM, the seatbelt sign was turned on.

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Aviation Bussiness News

AUGUST 21, 2024

This directive comes after a March incident where a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 experienced a sudden mid-air descent, resulting in injuries to more than 50 passengers. Sources: Mabrian travel intelligence: seats availability on scheduled flights (one-way) from August 20 to September 20, 2024 in Boeing 787-8, -9, and -10 airplanes.

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Fly with Eva

MARCH 20, 2018

First time taxiing a jet, another tick in the box today. Descent briefing, approach briefing, and down we go. The post A dream comes true: flying the jumbo jet appeared first on Fly with Eva. I better believe it, and perform well today. Cleared for takeoff! .’ Cleared to land! We are approaching Clark airport.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 27, 2024

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Airlines Airline Descent Cargo 125

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

No matter if you’re flying a large jet or a small aircraft, PAPI and VASI are meant to enhance safety, especially when landing in poor visibility or at night. VASI is also suitable for runways with longer or multiple glide paths, like those for both small airplanes and large jets. It will also improve your approach accuracy.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Several of these unstabilized approaches resulted in major aircraft damage or worse. So, what happened?

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

As the jet is slowed, the instructor pilot asks the entire flight crew to note the unnatural quiet in the cockpit, the sluggish control and power response, and the buffeting. However, the real focus of this maneuver is avoiding situations that might place the jet anywhere near stall speed.

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Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

On a jet aircraft, the hot air from the engines are routed to the critical surfaces of the aircraft, offering continuous thermal protection. The crew acknowledged and said that they were at the ideal point of descent and waiting for clearance. The approach controller instructed the crew to continue to wait for the descent clearance.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

We were nearing the LAX airport at 18,000 feet and starting to get busy with the descent into SAN. I can assure you that the right engine is indeed running and is spinning at about 15,000 rpm while consuming jet fuel at 3,500 pounds per hour. Both of these are more than circumstantial evidence that the right engine really is running.”

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

After arrival, we landed and parked at the terminal where we disembarked through the jet bridge. The reason is the cabin lights were on through out the entire flight and the reflection from the light made it impossible to take a descent photo of the view outside. This is the front row (row 1) of the cabin.

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Air Facts

MAY 29, 2024

” Colonel Weaver came up to us one evening and introduced himself, as did a Mr. Clyde Herreld of Allison Motors, who was here working on the jet engines. A squadron of 20 jet planes was set to make the jump and they were likewise delayed, as were numerous other craft, several navy ships, 2 DC3’s, to mention a few.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A hard, flat landing at a high descent rate can still cause injury, even if the cabin remains intact. Keep a controlled descent and a level attitude to avoid any structural damage or injury. Can a massive commercial jet, like a Boeing, glide safely if all its engines fail? Terrain Selection Where do you plan to touch down?

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