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Final Approach

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Tail

Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

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

Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway

Alton Bay's "Excellent Water"

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. Pilots approaching the runway for take off cannot see aircraft on final approach behind and above them. More vintage cred: a V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza! It was only half full of parked aircraft.

Runway

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach

Aviator Connection

Unstable approaches

Alton Bay's "Excellent Water"

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