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The image you are seeing was almost certainly made by an aerial photography plane passing overhead of another plane landing. …

https://skyvector.com/ is kinda a "Google Maps" for airports and routes. This Map shows Virginia City is roughly equidistant between Dayton Valley Airpark, Carson City and Reno/Tahoe International

I don't think of round-out as at an altitude, I think of it as at a horizontal position. If I'm established on the PAPI/VASI vertical guidance, then when the numbers are directly below me, and the To …

The Step-down process is because of the shape of Class B airspace, which has a decreasing series of steps. The airplane follows it by descending to a specific altitude, holding level for a time, then …

Landing is one of the most dangerous and complex phases of flight. This portion of a flight should be about safety, not saving a few dollars. …

One major complication would be the shift in relative wind as you work your way around this curved runway. On approach, the wind would be coming from one direction (ideally straight head), then as yo …

If this plane was landing on a runway, the flight path would be aimed right at the numbers. … No Flare In a typical runway landing you flare out just before touchdown, "float" for a second and drop on to the runway.In a carrier landing, you maintain your glide-path attitude all the way on to the …

Kenmore Lake Union Rosario But I've also observed float planes taking off and landing at sites that are not appropriately marked on the map. …

My GPS tells me the distance. Otherwise, my experience says: 15 miles (and about 3,000 AGL) is where I'm not entirely sure I have the airport picked out. 10 miles is where I can see the airport, b …

An unloaded 737, flown by a top-tier pilot can stop incredibly fast, generally in a shorter distance than a Cessna-172 flown by a student (typically around 900 ft: I've seen planes at Boeing Field, l …

My old instructor relayed a story to me this weekend that explains why you should NOT retract the flaps immediately. A pilot (either student-Commercial or certificated-Commercial, unclear), touched d …

I fly small Cessna aircraft, but frequently fly out of airports with 10,000 ft. runways. (A C-172 typically needs around 1,500 ft). So when its more convenient for me, I can ask the Tower for an "Op …

My advice: On landing, make sure you hold full back elevator. Many students have a tendency to think they've landed the plane, and then let go of the aerodynamic surfaces like the elevator. … Holding the elevator full-back after landing takes a lot of pressure off the nose wheel, which makes steering easier and the plane more stable. …

But even as the plane is landing, the pilot is still trying to coax it back into the air to remove as much energy as possible. … A landing is a series of precise targets you are aiming to hit, each with less energy than the last one (but each one still with enough energy to keep flying and be safe) Each target consists of Position …

I have a picture of Air Force One I took fairly up close several years ago. Unfortunately, I don't remember if that was on arrival or departure. Is there anything visible in the airplane's configu …