One Mile at a Time

JUNE 23, 2024

Lufthansa Allegris A350 business class entertainment As an aviation geek, what I was most excited to see was a new map interface, plus a high definition tail camera. The weather was perfect this evening — is there anything more gorgeous than this?! That’s all the entertainment I need! At this point the safety video was screened.

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Tail Approach Airlines Airline 113

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re at a field with no weather reporting, gauge the wind speed and direction using the windsock. High-wing aircraft might need more power or pitch to arrest the descent. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. Overcorrecting for a high descent rate will cause the aircraft to balloon.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 15, 2024

At least when we started our descent, the weather was much better, descending and landing in smooth condition. At this point, we started our descent. We were flying in good weather at this point. However, we encountered some gloomy clouds during our descent. At this time, the light started brightening up.

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Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 59

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Many aircraft have heated leading edges on the wings, tail, and propellers.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The weather was cooling and it was a great day for walk. When we started our descent into Dubai airport, it was dark and we landed ahead of schedule and parked at this gate which later on I found out would be the same gate I be departing to Singapore. The weather looks great right? This is the neighbourhood of Shedwell.

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Cabin Crew Turbulence Weather Airlines 52

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

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

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

It was a dark night, but otherwise the islands enjoyed the good VFR weather we picture for a tropical oasis. It was the tail separating from the fuselage. The roll was not checked by the pilot and continued past 60 degrees of bank and the descent rate increased. N13GZ verify going direct TAMMI? The plane rolled inverted.

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Clearance Pilot Cockpit Descent 95

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

At approximately 17:47 local time, the B-1B supersonic bomber, tail number 85-0085, crash-landed outside Runway 13 at Ellsworth Air Force Base. The Accident Investigation Board found that the primary cause of the crash was the crew’s ineffective crosscheck, which failed to notice the aircraft’s decreasing airspeed and descent rate.

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Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 274

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each. Last week’s tragedy in Tennessee drew particularly wide interest for two reasons.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 105

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each. Last week’s tragedy in Tennessee drew particularly wide interest for two reasons.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 98

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Japan Airlines business class entertainment A350 Japan Airlines business class entertainment A350 Japan Airlines business class entertainment A350 Japan Airlines business class entertainment A350 Fortunately the A350 has a lovely map feature, plus a glorious tail camera, which is just about my favorite entertainment on any aircraft.

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Airlines Airline Tail Approach 120

Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

The gate agent remembered that the weather was terrible: thunderstorms with rain and hail. The bad weather continued to plague them and the crew were concerned about the lightning, icing and turbulence associated with thunderstorms. The controller cleared the flight and said their descent clearance was being processed.

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Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 105

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. This wasn’t the first Van’s homebuilt to experience an in-flight tail separation. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 88

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. This wasn’t the first Van’s homebuilt to experience an in-flight tail separation. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 86

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

I’ve seen a single person lift a Tiger Moth by the tail to take it out of its hangar. However, the trickiest part of takeoff for most tailwheel airplanes is still when the tail comes up. The descent of the rotating propeller causes a gyroscopic precession to the left.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

We were out for a beautiful evening flight in perfect weather. It was smooth, comfortable, and beautiful until I began our descent into the pattern at KOSH and extended the gear. We slowed, tapped the tail first, and the nose came down solidly, causing the now open passenger door to come off in Diane’s hand.

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Pilot Descent Runway Crosswind 98

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Given good weather, there is no excuse not to go fly. Descent and landing is smooth and calm this evening, and I make a wheel landing for the fun of it. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

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Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Weather reports from the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field on the island warned of a low cloud ceiling, overcast at 700-800 feet. According to ADSB data , they were just 75 feet above ground when the aircraft entered a rapid descent of 1,700 feet per minute as they passed the departure end of the runway. There were no survivors.

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Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

The Rifle ASOS recorded a gust of 43 mph from the south: a 100-degree shift in direction, putting it right on his tail. He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. There was no opportunity to recover and it hit the ground hard, thankfully just out of camera view.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This weather phenomenon is called a microburst , one of aviations deadliest threats. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. Can More Than One Microburst Occur in the Same Weather System? The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They battled German Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs, anti-aircraft artillery (flak), aircraft malfunctions, and frigid temperaturesflying in formations of hundreds while navigating through bad weather to their targets deep in enemy territory. The tail gunner manned twin.50s, To be able to fly such a machine today is a rare privilege.

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Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 105

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 8, 2024

What excites me about this trip with GOL is that I finally caught my first 737 MAX ride and also enjoyed the splendid view from Rio De Janeiro to Sao Paulo although the weather was not the best. Overall I enjoyed my rides with this airline and this airline definitely goes into my list of recommendation.

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Airlines Airline Cabin Crew Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

When he attempted to contact the tower again, he discovered that the antenna on his primary radio was gone, having iced over during his descent through the overcast and snapped off. They turned out to be from a weather outpost for the US Army Air Force’s 11th Weather Squadron, and that they were the only other people on the island.

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Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124

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 Ceiling 59

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Azerbaijan Airlines E190 crashes after weather diversion This incident happened on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, and involves Azerbaijan Airlines flight J28243, scheduled to fly from Baku, Azerbaijan (GYD), to Grozny, Russia (GRV). In video footage, the plane can be seen entering a steep descent toward Aktau and even banking to the right.

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Jet Airlines Airline Descent 62