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The Pitot-Static System: How It Works

Pilot Institute

As the name implies, the VSI shows the rate of the aircrafts climb or descent. It shows the rate of climb or descent in feet per minute. The faster the rate of climb or descent, the greater the differential pressure, and the more the needle will swing. How Does The System Give Inputs To The VSI? How Do We Fix Failures In Flight?

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Turbulence and Triumph: Lessons learned about flying (and about life)

Air Facts

I communicated my intentions and began my descent. When the wheels finally made contact with the tarmac, I felt a profound sense of relief mixed with frustration. As I began my descent back into Lanseria International Airport, I felt a renewed sense of purpose and accomplishment. The landing was rough.

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Inaugural Flight: Flying On Scoot's A320ceo From Singapore to Subang!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Thanks to him, I was able to enjoy the hotel's breakfast and tarmac view in his room. Not long after, we started our descent into Subang Airport. We hit some light turbulence during our descent. On the day of departure My first stop of the day was to meet a good friend at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was not a bad day for flying.

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Flying Sky Express Airbus A320NEO From Athens to Thessaloniki!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The view of the tarmac. Not long after, we started our descent. There was a bit of light turbulence during our descent. We passed by this A320CEO being prepared for departure. A lot of Aegean airlines aircraft waiting for their next duty. My aircraft was parked beside this old livery of Aegean's A320. Beautiful, isn't it?

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My First Embraer ERJ 190-E2 Ride: Flying With Scoot From Singapore To Hat Yai

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Cactus Garden allows aviation geeks to view some aircraft at the tarmac. At this point, we started our descent into Hat Yai. This is the viewing gallery at Terminal 1. This is Terminal 1 Departure hall (Airside) It's quite a pleasant terminal to hang out. This is where my flight was departing. There it is, my ride to Hat Yai!

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Flying on New Year's Day With A New Airline from Frankfurt to Athens!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

What I like about the interior of the terminals at this airport is they offer good view of the tarmac which allow great opportunity to take good photos of the aircraft. At this point we started our descent and we can feel the wind shaking our plane quite a bit especially at a lower altitude.

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Unexpected Flight Change: From Delta Airlines 767-400ER To Virgin Atlantic's A330-900 NEO From Boston To London Heathrow

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Plane spotting and photography are possible at the international airside as the windows offer unobstructed clear view of the tarmac and you get great views like these photos below. At this point we have entered the UK airspace and started our descent. Once my ticket was settled, I went back to the airside to grab some food.

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