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Cockpit Voice Recorder Inoperable In Philadelphia Jet Crash

AV Web

The data ended one minute later, with the plane at 1,275 feet and traveling at 242 knots. At the time, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) were present, including an overcast ceiling at 400 feet above ground level, winds from 220 at 9 knots, and 6 miles visibility.

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First Flight 2025

Gary's Flight Journal

There is something to be said for exercising your pilot in command duties. I advised I would circle to the north for spacing and then land on runway two-zero since the winds were 220 at 9 knots. AWOS noted winds variable but the windsock clearly favored one-four this afternoon. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar.

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The Starlink era is here—will we regret it?

Air Facts

Its easy to imagine reading the NTSB report about an influencer on YouTube or Instagram who crashed while livestreaming on final approach (Can I land in a 40-knot crosswind? Weve all seen itnow imagine it on short final with Starlink. Ride along and find out!). Kids these days, right?

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How to Become a Pilot: Your Complete Guide to Learning to Fly

Flight Training Central

maximum weight and 120 knots maximum speed (a Cessna Skycatcher, for example). A 1 st Class medical is required when flight operations require an Air Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. An ATP is required to act as the Pilot in Command (PIC) or Captain of a scheduled airliner.

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Palm Springs Air Museum Brings a SAAB 35 Draken Home

Vintage Aviation News

Detail of Draken N155XD’s cockpit (Adam Estes) However, on June 26, 1998, one of AT-155/N155XD’s sister ships, AT-156/N156XD was badly damaged during an exercise at NAS Oceana, VA, in which the pilot noted after completing three passes by a US Navy ship, his fuel was rapidly running out.

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Are There Consequences for Declaring an Emergency in Flight?

Flying Magazine

ATC was in communication with the pilot, as the airplane entered several right- and left-hand banks and rolls and entered a steep descent while in a bank angle. ATC asked the pilot to verify his heading. ” Upon request is the key phrase here, Arendt said.

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World’s Only DC-3 on Floats Returns to the Skies

Vintage Aviation News

With more than two decades since the last DC-3 floatplane flight, there were no more living DC-3 floatplane pilots. As the airplane neared readiness for flight, Rodney began to look for qualified pilots in August 2024, and eventually took on Eric Zipkin as the pilot-in-command for the first flight, joined by Garrett Fleishman as co-pilot.

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