Questions tagged [landing]
Landing is the final phase of flight, when an aircraft touches down on the runway or other surface.
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Can a 737 be on final at 160 knots, and also touchdown at 160 knots?
Would the 737, going 160 knots, float a bit more before touching down?
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Preventing the ears get clogged [migrated]
I've been having an terrible experience when ever I'm descending to Barcelona. My ears would clog so bad that it would even hurt for a couple of seconds. That it self doesn't cause a problem. The ...
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How Does the FAA Define the Dimensions of the Touchdown Zone?
Does the FAA give a regulatory definition of the term "Touchdown Zone" for use within the context of landing operations?
In 14 CFR 91.175 the FAA requires—in certain cases—that pilots must be in a ...
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Which avoidance maneuver is best when seeing crossing traffic on approach to a runway?
Let us say I am in final landing and I saw another aircraft is crossing the runway while I am still in air, should go around be my best choice?
If I touched down and then I saw the traffic, how ...
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Why don't airports use arresting gears to recover energy from landing passenger planes?
An average plane has 50t of mass and a landing speed of approx. 250 (lets be conservative) 200 km/h. Thus its kinetic energy at landing is about 75 MJ or 21 kWh.
The plane catches the wire attached to ...
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Can the Arrester barrier net be engaged when the aircraft is without main landing gaers? [duplicate]
Literature survey on Multiple Element net Assembly of the type EP15 or MENA 30 from Zodiac arresting system suggest that the nets is designed to envelope the wings and bring the aircraft to halt with ...
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Do landing gear doors need repairs after a gear gravity deploy landing?
I know that landing gears can be deployed even without hydraulic power by letting them go down by gravity, as seen on this video:
I was wondering: do the landing ...
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Can a delta wing fighter engage an arrestor net without its main landing gear?
A delta wing fighter aircraft with underwing drop tanks while landing loses its main landing gear, but the nose wheel is extended. Is it an option for the pilot to engage the barrier net of type EP-15 ...
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What will be the immediate action by the pilot and ATC if any plane blocks the runway while landing?
Suppose, if the Airport has only one runway and one plane is trying to take off at the end of the runway and other plane trying to land from the other end of the runway.
Due to any reason if the ...
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Can aircraft stall at low speed during final landing?
Is it possible for an aircraft to stall when it turns multiple times before landing and its airspeed is below 200mph? And if it does, is there any way to recover at such low height and speed? I always ...
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What would be the challenges to taking off and landing a typical passenger jet at FL300?
Suppose it was somehow possible build a runway at FL300. Yes, doing so would be incredibly expensive, and it would be a mammoth civil engineering task, and the downsides would probably by far outweigh ...
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Why do aircraft leave the cruising altitude long before landing just to circle?
Often flights will leave the cruising altitude long before the actual landing. They will go down to a couple of thousand feet and stay at that altitude and circle for quite a while in waiting loops ...
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What do those writings mean that are on the landing gear doors?
I've been watching carrier videos a lot these days and I notice these writings. What do these writings means? I didn't upload all of them, most of the time there are location names and sometimes ...
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Under which condition is a forward CG most critical?
This question is from CFI written exam. (6824)
“Under which condition is a forward CG most critical?”
The answer is
“Forward CG is most critical during landing. If it is too far forward, the ...
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When Airplane is reducing altitude from flight level (cruise), which one is more efficient
When an airplane is reducing altitude, say due to preparation for landing, the nose is tilted down. That I got from a video on Youtube which explains the way an airplane is going down until it reaches ...
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Is it right to call out out “50…40..30..RETARD” in a C172 simulator?
Playing flight simulator in a C172 (since we don't have any in my local schools) and the 'co-pilot' I fly with (only know him online) insists on calling out "50...40..30..RETARD, RETARD".
I know ...
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Has an earthquake ever complicated or prevented a safe landing/takeoff?
This question on being able to see ground effects of earthquakes from the air got me wondering:
No doubt a severe earthquake at the wrong time could hinder even experienced pilots, but I expect a ...
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Why did this aircraft do a ‘spiral’ before landing?
There was this WizzAir flight two days ago, from BUD to PMI, and right before landing it did a ‘spiral’ like maneuver. I’ve attached a screenshot.
Why did it do that? It looks strange.
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What is the minimum altitude over Egmond aan Zee when landing at Schiphol?
I live in Egmond aan Zee which is about 36 km flight distance from Schiphol.
It seems that aircraft fly over Egmond when there is a southerly wind so they can make a landing approach to Polderbaan ...
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Landing currency day and night on same ride?
Assume you know when sunset was on a particular day you decided to fly (e.g. 8:30 local time). If you took off at 8pm, repeated 3+ landings in the pattern, then left the pattern for about half an hour,...
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Where can you join a STAR & STAR Altitudes?
Do you have to join a STAR at a transition or can you join it at any point?
For example, coming from the south, can I join the DODJE5 arrival at FZT rather than AEX?
DODJE5: https://aeronav.faa.gov/...
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Is it possible to land a 737 on an aircraft carrier? [duplicate]
I have seen a flight simulator (X-Plane 11) video of landing a 737 on an aircraft carrier (and stopped). Is it possible to land a 737 in real life? What is the biggest aircraft that it is possible to ...
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What was the lowest ground speed landing?
Planes fly if their speed relative to the air is high enough to produce lift. If there is no wind, the plane's air speed will be the same as its ground speed. If flying against wind, its ground speed ...
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How possible is a successful landing just with 1 wing?
Having in mind this famous F-15 incident :
Would this be possible with any other fighter-jet? Or was there something really specific to F-15's design that allowed this ?
Would this be possible at all ...
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Landing due to low fuel
If an aircraft has to make emergency landing due to critically low fuel. Who is responsible pilot or maintenance crew?
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Did Biplane pilots turn off their engines before landing?
I read or heard one time that radial engine biplane engines were turned off just before touchdown because if the throttle was used, the torque could cause the wing of the plane to contact the ground ...
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Upon landing (uncontrolled field), can I exit the runway via a crossing runway?
I understand at a controlled airfield it's a no no unless directed by atc to do so.
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How to estimate the altitude of an aircraft at a given distance from a runway?
What altitude should a heavy class commercial freighter be at on a descent path 17 nautical miles from a runway? (Say SDF airport)
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Why do this airline experience more hard landings than others? [closed]
Ryan air has a reputation for hard landings, watching this video at the 2:22 mark and reading the subsequent comments (along with personal experience) suggests many people find the landing with Ryan ...
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Have any large aeroplanes been landed — safely and without damage — in locations that they could not be flown away from?
And, what was done with them subsequently?
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Would this modified tire work to prespin an aircraft tire? [duplicate]
In order to decrease that initial hit of the tire spinning up to ground speed on the runway, could adding a blades or shape into the tire rim of a commercial plane save on tires by prespinning the ...
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Why do some helicopters have wheels instead of skids?
I have noticed that Black Hawk helicopters have tires, but I have not seen one take off like a plane.
When would a helicopter need to use a running take off or landing?
When is it determined ...
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Distance to the runway/ touchdown point
Trying to learn about aviation, and looking through all the displays in the cockpit, and also the Garmin G1000, I am not sure where I see the distance to the runway touchdown point, or the start of ...
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Why would an aircraft drastically reduce in speed and then accelerate during landing? [closed]
I was on a flight today and I noticed that as we were approaching to land, the plane drastically reduced its speed for few seconds and then regained its speed.
Can somebody tell me why?
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How far would a landing Airbus A380 go until it stops with no brakes?
If an Airbus A380 lands with all brakes disbled, including reverse thrust, wheel brakes and any other measures it has to stop or slow down. Then how long would it take it to reach a complete stop.
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During VTOL landings, do Harrier pilots cut power before touching the ground?
When vertically landing, do Harrier pilots cut power before they touch the ground?
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Which direction of a forward slip is safer during a turn to final?
Suppose I'm making a turn from a left base to final and, realizing I need to kill quite a bit of excess altitude, decide to use a forward slip with full rudder deflection (along with full flaps).
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Why is it appropriate to announce ‘stable’ on final approach?
I have recently discovered that a budget airlines flight deck in the UK (Airbus 320) announce ‘Stable’ on the final approach. Both the Captain and F.O, just after 500 ft is called out by the computer. ...
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What is the recommended procedure to land a taildragger in a crosswind?
Almost 20 years ago I helped a friend ferry a 1948 Stinson from Córdoba, Argentina, to Buenos Aires. We had to make several stops to refuel (while classifying them by how many dogs and cats came out ...
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Are runways booked by airlines to land their planes?
Suppose Indigo lands at Indira Gandhi international airport and the arrival is schedule at 5:30 a.m. Is the runway to land on fixed by the airline.
If not please explain reason behind not to schedule ...
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Why is the A380’s with-reversers stopping distance the same as its no-reversers stopping distance?
Thrust reversers, found on almost all jetliners1 and on the larger propliners, redirect engine thrust forwards, helping to slow the aircraft in the event of a landing or rejected takeoff.2 This takes ...
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Why are thrust reversers not used to slow down to taxi speeds?
In reading this question (Would more throttle when using reverse thrust reduce stopping distance?), it prompted me to remember that on many of my flights (typically on 737s or CRJ type aircraft), it ...
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Would more throttle when using reverse thrust reduce stopping distance?
If more throttle is applied after engaging the reverse thrust, would it shorten the braking distance?
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Shouldn't there be ATIS/sign information on sloped up runways?
I landed on Catalina island runway 22 last Saturday after the installation of a new concrete runway.
To make it easier for heavyweight planes to land and after a short roll stop, they have made the ...
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Is there any plan to create GPS approaches to water areas for seaplanes?
Is anyone working on differential GPS approaches for seaplanes? They are a largely ignored resource with great capabilities for certain remote places
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Why complex landing gears are used instead of simple, reliable and light weight muscle wire or shape memory alloys?
Muscle wires actuators are really simple, have a high power density and are reliable. Landing gears on other hand are used only twice per flight while taking off and landing (if everything goes well ...
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Nose gear failure in single prop aircraft: belly landing or nose landing?
Let's say we are flying a single prop airplane with tricycle format retractable gear, such as a Mooney Bravo or a Piper Comache. The nose gear fails mid-flight and is unable to be lowered. Is it safer ...
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Do aircraft use some kind of stability control to keep the aircraft on the runway during landing? [duplicate]
Modern automobiles use an electronic system called ESP to keep the car on track in slippery situations. Do modern jet liners have a similar system to aid the pilot in keeping the aircraft on the ...
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Landing in very high winds
A few weeks ago, a storm passed through my area with winds reported at 55kt and gusting to 68kt. Many light planes managed to break their tie-down ropes and were flung around the ramp area, which isn'...
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Do carrier-borne aircraft pilots count the seconds on the downwind leg of the carrier?
On carrier landing, someone tells me that the pilots need to count several seconds on abeam leg of the landing pattern, in order to land precisely on the flight deck. Is that true? What do we call for ...
