Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude. First, if lost among the taxiways and runways, fess up and ask for a progressive taxi.

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Descent Approach Final Approach Turbulence 55

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Left downwind on a blustery day with live weather actually shows a virga burst over the field, with local winds gusting 36 knots, making for some extreme conditions in such a tight canyon. On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 2, 2025

View pushing back Vienna Airport View taxiing Vienna Airport We had a very short taxi to runway 16, where wed be departing from, and we rocketed off at 10:45AM. Theres one lavatory at the front of the cabin, by the flight deck, while there are two lavatories behind the cabin, by the second set of doors.

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Approach Descent Airlines Airline 78

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Though it’s not as overtly revolutionary as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) or Safe Return enabled by Garmin Autoland on Cirrus’ SF50 Vision Jet, the reimagined flight deck in the new SR G7 and other improvements make a more immediate impact—because pilots benefit from them on every flight, from the moment you press the start button.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

His team developed the concept in the late 1970s to improve “interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision-making” in aircraft flight decks. CRM has gone on to become a staple of airline and military flight training. An RNAV approach and circle to land (the long runway was closed) and I was back on good ol’ terra firma.

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Weather Clearance Pilot Airplanes 92

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Less than a decade later, the ever-increasing performance of naval aircraft was out growing the runway at Great Lakes, so Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William D. The Navy’s additional stipulation was that the ship could be fitted with a 500-foot flight deck and be capable of 18 knots.

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Weight-Shift-Control Pilot Flight Deck Knot 98

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

A Boeing 747 freighter aborted its takeoff run at Riyadh Airport after realizing it was taking off from a taxiway instead of its assigned runway. Data from Flightradar24 shows that the aircraft taxied from the cargo apron located at the northwestern end of the airfield at 00:28 before taxying down to the taxiway leading to runway 33R.

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Tarmac Runway Cargo Air Traffic Control 288

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Operating the flight was Global Exec Aviation, a charter company based in Long Beach, California. On the flight deck that day were James Bland and Sarah Lemmon. The aircraft was a two-year-old Learjet 60 with only 108 flight hours on the aircraft. Also on board was his best friend DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein.

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Runway Knot Thrust Air Traffic Control 244

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

It also led to the birth of cockpit resource management (CRM); a process designed to train crews to utilize all the flight deck’s human resources effectively. The ATIS indicated the wind was from 170° at 18 knots and gusting to 30 knots,” according to the NTSB’s final report. “The

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 104

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The runway came out worst, with a 720-metre scrape, about 2,350 feet, two metres left of the centre line. Then 383 passengers boarded for the flight, making for a total of 398 people on board. On the flight deck, an instructor pilot sat in the right seat and was Pilot Flying for the first leg. From the preliminary report.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 82

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A look at the DC-3 flight deck. Flying from the left seat with Audrey as my copilot, I taxied onto the runway and advanced the throttles to 43 inches and Audrey pulled the props back to 2600 RPM. The flight to St. Oblivious of the red flags, we departed Vichy for St.

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Gross Weight Airplanes Flight Deck Runway 89

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Flight Design rates the F2 with the same 16-knot demonstrated crosswind component as the previous CTs. Otherwise, the F2s flight deck layout is generally straightforward. Stall Speed, Flaps Down: 39 knots Takeoff Distance: 460 ft. Final Thoughts The Flight Design F2 is a well-considered and -executed airplane.

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98