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MARCH 11, 2025

IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. Traffic On Short Final – Alerts w hen on a runway, and ForeFlight detects another aircraft on a short final approach to that runway.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Returning to ADS (Addison, Dallas TX) on a beautiful Sunday, I smiled when I filed my usual IFR flight plan. Im not sure Id call that a deviation, since it was on the filed flight plan. Embraer 145 PIC ALS Kenya Aguascalientes, Mxico O nce we had a flight from IST (Istanbul, Trkiye) to GYD (Baku, Azerbaijan).

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Weather Approach Descent Runway 98

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

A pit stop at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (KCRE) was planned, and after a weather briefing, I filed an IFR flight plan. At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. We were wheels up around 1:30pm. The IAF was looming closer.

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Descent Approach Weather AGL 98

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

A headwind lowers groundspeed , making landing easier. Plan for the Conditions During your flight planning: Look up the expected winds at your estimated arrival time. If you overshoot the final, do not make a steep turn or use excessive rudder to correct for it. This puts you at risk of an accelerated stall.

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Crosswind Longitudinal Axis Aileron Rudder 52