Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

. “Coming back around, I’m usually at about 60 knots. And then when you get down near the threshold, you just hold it off and gently let the wheels down. You have to use a lot of rudder—I mean you have to be rabid as far as using the rudder to control the airplane, and it wheel lands very nicely.”

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 125

Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. You can only begin improving the touchdown if you’ve mastered positioning your aircraft above the runway threshold correctly. Flying at 60 knots? So, what is a stabilized approach? A target airspeed of around 1.4

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. The windsock promised that getting the little yellow bird into the air would be a white-knuckle affair.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. Take your ground speed in knots and divide it by two. Landing on the windward wheel.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Alton Bay's floating bandstand about 100 feet south of the runway threshold. A target moved across my traffic display at 450 knots (518 miles per hour). "I I slowed the Warrior down to better manage the turbulence and this, combined with the headwind, dropped our ground speed as low as 73 knots. He certainly had a point.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

In the Cessna 172S Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH), the landing distance decreases by 10% for every 9 knots of headwind. For the Cessna 172, landing distance increases by 10% for every 2 knots of tailwind. If it prevents you from landing close to the threshold, a short runway becomes even shorter. Choose an aiming point.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

You should use the rudder to do this. For example, The Cessna 172 has an approach speed of 65 knots with full flaps. You should follow the “3:1 rule” – for every 3 nautical miles distance from the runway threshold, you must be a thousand feet above the ground. Here’s a step-by-step guide to safely recover.

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