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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How can an ultralight be slowed down for landing in a tailwind?
When flying an ultra light and I have a tail wind, and, with the engine at idle how do I slow down to land ?
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Viable to slip onto the center line?
One of the constant problems of aviation is drawing onto the center line on final. Either due to a bad rollout or due to crosswinds a pilot often finds that the aircraft is not on the center line for ...
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Did SWA 997 deviate from the planned stabilized approach to rwy 04 and instead land on 31?
On Monday, January 3, 2022, Southwest Airlines Flight 997 from STL to LGA landed with the following flightpath:
The flightpath deviates from the planned stabilized approach to Runway 04 and instead ...
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Is there a deterministic guide to landing?
Much of the aviation related instructions seem clear-cut and science-based.
For some reason landing seems heavy on art and light on science. To explain, I’m told to round out at about “yea” height, ...
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Why not extend the downwind when first learning to land?
I'm supposed to turn base when I see my touchdown point is 45° off my shoulder. But I'm a newbie and final has a lot for me to handle all at once. I'm sure as I improve it will become easier, but what ...
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Why have high lift devices on both leading and trailing edge?
Trailing edge devices such as flaps increase lift by raising lift coefficient at s given AoA. Leading edge devices such as slats increase lift by raising stall AoA.
The former is nice because it ...
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Which aircraft is easier to land-- Supermarine Spitfire or North American P-51 Mustang? [closed]
Which aircraft is easier to land (without ground-looping)-- the Supermarine Spitfire or the North American P-51 Mustang?
If the answer is different depending on conditions (e.g. no-wind versus ...
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Airplane accidents that happen during take off and landing [closed]
I have just seen some documentary about Munich Air Disaster in 1958. I found that the real reason behind this disaster is related to the aircraft performance with the thick snow runway during take off....
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Why don't small aircraft produce tyre smoke when landing, but big aircraft do?
On almost any recording of big aircraft landing, a huge cloud of smoke can be seen. This even applies to the relatively small Cessna Citation. But I never saw such smoke, at least not visible one, on ...
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What is the danger in the over-use of reverse thrust during ground operations when operating a turboprop powerplant?
I'm new to turboprops, and everyone I've flown with seems extremely cautious about using only the bare minimum reverse thrust after touchdown and never during forward taxi.
Why might that be?
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Why do flights approaching Kabul seem to take a different route since the Taliban took over?
From a reporter on Twitter:
Nerdy question but genuinely curious:
All fights into Kabul would previously approach from the east, flying towards the direction of Nangarhar, then making a U-turn over ...
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Could an airliner pilot successfully exit alone from a controlled ocean ditching?
MH370's 777 disappeared into the Indian Ocean, the investigation positing a possibility of a pilot self-hijacking the plane and flying until resource exhaustion, then gliding into a "controlled&...
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What does the sound and flashing button indicate during this landing?
What does the sound in this YouTube video indicate? It is accompanied by a flashing button.
Does that sound indicate the touchdown of both the main and nose landing gear? The pilot also pressed the ...
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Is this aerodynamic braking procedure normal in a 747?
I found this instagram video via YouTube:
The description in the YouTube video states that:
This aerodynamic baking procedure is applied to reduce wheel brake and engine wear
I have two questions:
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Private Helicopter landing on Private land [duplicate]
Can I land a helicopter on my property in Palm Beach County? The property is 6 acres along the Loxahatchee River in Unincorporated Jupiter / Palm Beach County. What is the pertinent FAA or County ...
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How is the debris deflector on the DC-9-80 ("MD-80")'s nose gear kept from striking the ground during landing?
The DC-9-80 (marketed as the "MD-80") has, mounted to its nose gear, what I presume to be a debris deflector (a sled-shaped device to keep the nose gear from kicking up pieces of gravel or ...
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Front and / or Rear Tires Doors or Windows testing in Aircraft [closed]
I would like to know before the landing takes place, is there a way out for the pilot to know whether the doors or windows for the Front and Rear tires of the Aircraft will work 100%?
If i am not ...
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What is the principle behind flight of airplanes? [duplicate]
What is the principle behind flight of airplanes? Need a simple answer for grade 7 student. Thank you
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How much slipping and sliding go on during short final?
NOTE: This is not a question about coordinated flight in the pattern. There is no disagreement that hasty skids to turn the plane faster from base to final can and do kill. The question is about what ...
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How does CONFIG FULL provide better handling capabilities in turbulent conditions?
I wanted to get some clarity as to how does CONFIG FULL provide better handling capabilities in turbulent conditions?
This line mentioned in the A320 FCTM under the the supplementary procedures ...
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What does a pilot do if all the engine shut down in the middle of the Ocean?
In case of a commercial aircraft, what is the plan B for making an emergency landing in the middle of e.g. the North Atlantic Ocean?
I know it's very unlikely but still a possible situation. The plane ...
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Can a private pilot land at any category of airport?
I'm aware that commercial pilots require special training for landing at Category C airports (e.g. Innsbruck), but I was wondering if, as a private pilot I could land at an airport such as this, ...
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When is it appropriate to foam a landing strip? (example JB292)
Background:
I recently watched the Channel5 documentary on JetBlue 292 with their famous sideways landing gear. At around the 8:00-mark you see footage of the actual landing: Main landing gear intact ...
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How do airliner pilots practice recovering from a bounced landing?
Other questions say bouncing an airliner is bad, why bounces happen, and how to recover from a bounce. How do pilots practice bounce recovery?
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Is a braking rotation immediately after touching down a known maneuver?
In this video the airliner landing on grass rotates high up after touching down, looks like more than it would do during take off. Is it a known possible way to drop the speed or it was more for the ...
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Engine out over a mountain road. Do you land upwind or up hill?
You're flying solo in a late-model, fixed-gear Cessna 172 with half-full fuel tanks. You are at 1000 feet AGL, 100 knots indicated, directly above the middle of a 2000 foot long straight section of ...
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Can flaps be used to perform rotation and flare?
TL; DR using flaps to directly control sink/climb rate near ground = simpler and faster response = easy to fly airplane?
Rotating is the pitch up during takeoff that causes the aircraft to leave the ...
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Why does the flare mode of the A321neo engage 50 feet higher than the A321ceo?
Following is taken from the operating manual of A321neo:
When passing 100 ft RA, the THS is frozen and the normal flight mode changes to flare mode as the aircraft descends to land. The flare mode is ...
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Should one use mainly the rudder or the ailerons combined with rudder to go back to center line on short short final?
My pattern work is improving but there is one thing I consistently miss: I have a very hard time staying aligned with the runway on short final, say after passing the airport fences. When the nose ...
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How long it takes for Pilots to prepare for landing?
I'm wondering how many minutes prior to Final approach do pilots decide what type of approach they will carry on with at the arrival airport like (VISUAL/CATI,II,IIIA,IIIB) ?
Like how many minutes ...
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Is there any difference between "EMERGENCY LANDING" and "FORCED LANDING"?
Emergency landings and/or forced landings are stressful situations, but talking about meanings, are they the same, please?
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How are carrier landings graded?
I'm an aspiring naval aviator (preferably a Hornet or an F-35) and a DCS player. Here's a question for any former navy aviators or LSOs. What would get you a good or bad landing grade on the carrier? ...
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What are the equations to compute takeoff and landing distance?
I am flying a Piper 28-336 Dakota. Based on this paper I was able to reproduce the take-off distances from the POH and incorporate the calculations directly in Excel. It can be seen that the effects ...
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Is it possible to define a "good landing" in terms of pitch angle and vertical speed?
Is there a specific combination of pitch angle and vertical speed at touchdown that would be usually be considered a "good landing" in a B737NG?
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Any ideas on what caused my engine failure?
On my second solo flight I came back to do a few landings, and after the first landing I applied full power for takeoff to which the engine responded by just shutting off on me. Not sure if my mixture ...
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How common are go-arounds at Penghu Airport?
A friend mentioned being a passenger during a commercial aircraft landing at Taiwan's Penghu Airport (MZG, RCQC) where they had almost touched down but had to abort and keep going due to sudden wind ...
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What operation is this aircraft performing?
While reading Wikipedia about Ust-Kut Airport, I've run into the following picture:
I'd like to know which operation is depicted here?
This doesn't seems to be a take-off, as per my very limited ...
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Barrel Roll Airliner Landing [duplicate]
Can this barrel roll in an airliner be ferformed by a skilled pilot? Is this real?
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Why is it still mandatory to land a plane without autopilot? [duplicate]
I know that there are runways in the world that operate CAT III where the pilot can land with autopilot. But why do most airports with ILS not allow automatic landing?
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When does the ATC assign runways to aircraft arriving at an airport?
I want to know how far from the airport runways are assigned. Approximately how many nautical miles away or typically how many minutes before landing would the pilot know which runway they'd be ...
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Why might a too-wide runway be a problem?
In the September 2020 issue of EAA's Sport Aviation, Budd Davisson writes
Runway width becomes a problem for some taildraggers when it gets to be less than 35-40 feet because of the lack of ...
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Landing at 30,000 ft [duplicate]
Excluding how a runway would exist at 30,000 ft, could landing a plane at that altitude be done? What would it take to do so?
Very Basic Wind rose for Mount Everest
Weather Phenomena That Could ...
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Is it normal to use only one hand on the yoke while landing?
In this video taken from this question, the video shows the pilot using one hand on the yoke and one hand on something else (perhaps the throttle? I'm not a pilot). Is it normal to do landings with ...
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Is it possible to Fly Aircraft on Mars?
I have been fascinated with the thought of flying all kind of aircraft on Mars. To begin, I don't know much about the fundamental things or requistes for flying. Is it possible with the the things we ...
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How challenging is it to land a plane on a tabletop runway?
Yesterday(August 7 2020), an Air India Express plane skidded of the runway(Dubai - Kozhikode, IN) and fell almost 30 feet below from the tabletop runway and broke into two pieces. It was also heavily ...
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Are there all terrain landing gears for planes?
Is there a landing gear set up that will allow a single engine plane (also, allowing for tundra tires than what is not available for current water skids) to land on rough grass and water?
The wheels ...
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Are manned balloons allowed to land anywhere?
From time to time, quite spectacular videos turn up from hot air balloons landing in unusual or even quite tight spots, such as a soccer field in Vlijmen, a road in Nijkerk, or even a small playground ...
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Shouldn't the instructor in this scenario try to avoid a deadstick landing? [closed]
In the Netflix drama "The Crown" (season 1, episode 4) Prince Philip has flight lessons with Group Captain Townsend (below is an image of that scene, I was unable to identify the plane).
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How does the location of the undercarriage affect 'Nosing Over'?
"The location of the undercarriage and the height from the ground of the aircraft’s centre of gravity have a very important
role in the design of aircraft. In the case of a “tricycle ...
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Are crosswind landings easier with larger airplanes?
I don't spot an answer to this question, so thought to re-post it here. Larger airplanes are heavier and would ostensibly be pushed less by the wind compared to a small airplane? Do larger airplanes ...
