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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

Approach 105
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Alton Bay's "Excellent Water"

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Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Not Cool, Man After transitioning across multiple sectors of Boston Center's vast airspace, the home stretch found us on with Boston Approach under a crisp, blue New Hampshire sky. hours in actual instrument meteorological conditions (IMC).

Runway 68