Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Caught in series of up and down drafts, the autopilot pitched the Warrior aggressively to maintain altitude and the indicated airspeed trended too high in each updraft. Sometimes I have good luck switching to runway 10." "If

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Corporate pilots who had seen nothing but gray or rain outside the windshield suddenly could see the terrain, obstacles, runways, approaches, their own flightpath ahead, and even traffic in 3D. Airports and runways will be clearly marked, and could be even textured to represent asphalt, grass, and other surfaces.

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Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Runway 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

The functionality is smart, in that it zooms in and out, adding and subtracting info from the display based on your speed and location relative to a runway—whether you are holding in the ramp area or taxiing onto the active for takeoff, for examples. It also prevents you from retracting the flaps when airspeed is too low.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

Miscalculating density altitude can lead to runway excursions and fatalities. Longer Runways If you are planning a cross-country flight, consider landing at longer runways. If no longer runways exist, consider delaying your takeoff until the temperature decreases. Resulting in a decreased rate of climb.

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Density Altitude Pilot True Airspeed Lift 52

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 24, 2025

Bankstown Tower : MYW: join downwind runway 29R, maintain 1,500. MYW Bankstown Tower : MYW: just confirm a downwind to runway 29R, maintain 1,500. Pilot of VH-MYW : Um, downwind, MYW, runway 29R. All runways will be available. They couldn’t make it to the airport runway. Bankstown Tower : MYW, roger.

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Runway Pilot Drag Indicated Airspeed 105

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

To get the extra lift required for the turns, I had to dive to get extra airspeed so that the plane could turn at that same AOA. On downwind, ATC had me at 3,000 feet going over the departure end of the crossing runway. I could see that the spot on the ground in the windshield that was not moving was short of the runway.

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. The Navy’s primary trainer was the T-34B.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

All pre-takeoff checklist items should be completed before taxiing onto the runway for departure. All engine instruments should be checked for proper and usual indications, and all controls should be checked for free movement as you enter the departure runway. Check airspeed indicator (“airspeed alive”).

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Density Altitude Indicated Airspeed Lift Runway 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

I was listening intently to the ASOS for wind or gusts, letting it repeat 5 or 6 times with the exact same report: 9 kts straight down the runway; no gusts. That was the runway we would use to land. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52