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 do you capture the localizer in an A320?
I understand that pushing 'Approach' should do it (when in range), but it doesn't. There must be another step that I'm missing (the computer has been set up so it's not that).
What is the step-by-step ...
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When riding in the flight deck of a large airplane, why does it appear that the airplane moves slowly?
I recently rode in the jumpseat of an A330, and on approach, the visual impression of speed is very different from that of a small airplane or flight simulator.
Specifically, it appears that the ...
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LFLL LSE VOR 35L Visual Approach
Was wondering whether someone could help me understand how to perform a visual approach (not using the VOR) specifically if I look at RWY 35L at LFLL. Airport elevation is 821 ft.
It's a 3° GS ...
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With the loss of a carrier, would American Navy aircraft consider landing on allied carriers in a major conflict? [closed]
Imagine a third world war or a major war involving significant use of carriers, something akin to a modern day variant of the battle of Midway involving carrier battles.
It isn't unthinkable that ...
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Identifying the behavior of these two planes
I have no aviation knowledge/experience but I observed something on a flight tracking app I was curious about:
Early morning (7 AM) I watched two small planes (one of them was a piper archer) ...
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Why would a pilot request that ATC dim the runway lights?
In this clip, the pilot requests dimmed runway lights.
Tower, you able to reduce the runway lights, please?
[Tower dims runway lights]
Thank you much
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Why do the spoilers on the 737 only deploy to the flight detent after a flaps up landing?
Following an all flaps up (no flap) landing, the SPEED BRAKE
lever will not move beyond the FLIGHT DETENT and the spoilers
will not fully deploy (for reference this is stated in the Fcom 9.20.14 rev ...
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Why would attempting to land using only instruments 'almost certainly' lead to a crash, and why can computers do it safely?
I have no real experience in aviation but I was on the site just out of curiosity. On This question, the top answer states that attempting to land with only the instruments would almost certainly lead ...
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What did Chuck do wrong in this Chicken Wings comic?
What did Chuck do wrong, other than being in an airplane?
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How can I land without any propulsion? Was the Microsoft simulator right?
Many years ago I played with Microsoft Flight Simulator, turning off my engines and trying to land the plane. Coming down too steeply would crash, as would coming down too slowly. So I figured out ...
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What exactly is a 'hard landing'?
In my shareholder agreement, there is a very reasonable line that states:
Any hard landings to be reported immediately to [head instructor] or [club name]
The thing is, I'm not exactly sure where ...
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Why the windshield wipers move at deferent speed on captain and first officer? [closed]
There is that feature linked to the pilot in command at the moment ?
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500, 400, 300, 200, 100 numbers said by planes computer
When landing what do the numbers said by the plane's computer mean? They are sometimes followed by retard, retard. Is this the altitude or is this the feet away from the landing point on the runway? ...
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Can an individual land a personal helicopter used for personal use in their son's yard within a subdivision for pleasure? [duplicate]
Can a pilot legally land a private helicopter in a private subdivision?
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Is it legal to own a F-18 Tailhook?
Sooo. Say I know someone who came into ownership of a decommissioned F18 Tailhook from an ex navy pilot that was left on a property during a land sale. I’ve seen similar ones in better condition for ...
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Autorotation Index: The more gravity, the better?
I have been working on helicopter design and autorotation for a while. An Index used for this is the so-called "Autorotation Index" Evan A. Fradenborugh derives it in this work https://doi....
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What does 'category' mean in the NEW NAVAID menu of the Airbus FMS?
I tried to create a NEW NAVAID in the Flight Management System because I was simulating a flight to an airport that is not in the database of the FMS.
What Category is Airbus referring to in the MCDU ...
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How is half of the wing strut (high wing) [or half the aileron (low wing)] a good reference to estimate gliding distance? [closed]
Through training and still to this day, I keep on using these reference points to judge if I am at the right distance from the runway or the field I aim to land at (forced landing).
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Can you take off from a country road in a ultralight aircraft?
Can I take off from a country road in a ultralight aircraft (In the USA). I have seen resources online saying yes and no. Does it vary from state to state?
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Why did flight AC8823 not land in Washington and why fly to Toronto?
My family and I were in Washington D. C. Reagan airport waiting for the Air Canda 8823 on 14 March 2023 (the aircraft that was supposed to fly us back home to Montreal).
I was following the flight on ...
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landing glider with chronic right drift or float
I just completed 30 glider flights with my instructor. Over the 2 weeks of training everything improved except for this tendency for the glider to move, drift or float to the right and always ...
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Short Take Off and Landing, and Range
Can a plane have good range with a short take-off and landing (STOL) capability? If not, why. I have noticed STOL planes with lack the better good seat miles per gallon of planes that need longer ...
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Are airliners designed to land safely with no undercarriage deployed?
Complete undercarriage failure ("belly landing") is very rare in large passenger aircraft, but not unprecedented.
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I would imagine it would be fairly easy to predict which part of ...
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How to calculate take-off and landing distances for a light plane?
I cannot find a generic takeoff chart for the 850 lbs BD-5B Micro-plane. How can I find, generate, or calculate the takeoff and landing distances needed? I did find this chart below and included the ...
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Exactly when do the ARMED Speed Brakes extend after landing a B737-800?
When do the armed speed brakes of a B737-800 extend after landing?
Is it when the main gear makes contact with the ground, or must the nose gear also be on the ground?
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When should the throttle be closed on a C172 while landing?
during landing training in a cessna 172, would you rather cut the power to idle at beginning of runway threshold, or idle when you're close to ground? I keep having problems where I flare too high or ...
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Botching crosswind landings
I'm having a terrible time nailing my crosswind landings. I'm a student pilot and have about 30 hours in a Cherokee 180 and working on my solo CC's.
I start out doing a side slip method on short final ...
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How can you move the thrust reverser to another part of the airplane? [closed]
So this is what we need to research simply: Is there a way we can remove the thrust reverser from the airplane and have something else take care of it?
My initial thought was maybe we could put ...
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On the A320, is it wrong to retard at 50ft or earlier?
The A320 FCTM explains that the flight crew can rapidly retard all thrust levers to IDLE either earlier or later than the 20 ft.
Is it wrong to retard at 50ft or earlier?
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How to calculate the altitude my aircraft normally loses in two minutes of gliding descent?
As this may be a rookie question, I just can't wrap my head around if it is an approximate or established number.
Doesn't it always depend on different conditions, such as wind(affecting AGL immensely)...
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who can do an overhaul of landing gear?
A manufacturer requires the landing gear of an aircraft to be overhauled at a 10 year interval.
Can any maintenance facility perform this work or does it need to be an approved facility.
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Why do F-35B jets hover with their weapons bay doors partially open?
This is an interesting phenomenon noted for F-35B aircraft during vertical flight and vertical landing. They will do so with their weapons bay doors partially opened.
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A C130 lands on a carrier. How much energy must be dissipated and where does it all go?
Assumptions must be described and answers must be math justified. Extra credit for plausible obscurity.
c130 carrier landing
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From the video the landing roll was 270ft at 85klb and 460ft at ...
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How much momentum is lost through the wheels when landing?
I am idly curious whether any significant proportion of a landing plane's momentum is lost through wheel braking vs. everything else like thrust reversers, aero drag, etc?
If I have to pick a plane, ...
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Is a plane stalled during landing rollout?
IMAGE SOURCE: https://pilotinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Parts-of-a-Wing.jpg
As the lift dumpers are extended on landing they cause the air to move away from the wing. Also as the flaps are ...
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How should I act after landing in big airport
So I have a PPL, in the time of my education I did some touch and goes in international airports, but never parked there.
I am planning now to fly to Dresden Airport from Prague, and I am a bit ...
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Does Headwind on Landing affect Ground Effect?
I am currently training for my commercial Pilot check ride and I am trying to execute the short field spot landing. Under FAA ACS standards you have to hit your spot within -0 to + 100 feet. I live ...
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A very loud, short- lived howl
Within the last eighteen months, I'd say - commercial aircraft descending into Heathrow have started to emit a terrifying, short-lived but very loud whining howl when they pass over my house. They are ...
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Why does ADS-B altitude from multiple landed planes vary so much from one plane to another?
When viewing ADS-B data from sites like FlightAware and Flightradar24 (and also from a personal antenna), the landed altitudes vary greatly from one aircraft to another. What accounts for this ...
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Is it appropriate to determine approximate flight altitudes based on ADS-B landed altitude compared to runway elevation?
For small aircraft flying below 2,500 ft. AGL, is it appropriate to compare the landed ADS-B altitude (pressure calibrated AMSL) to the elevation of the runway in order to compute a reference offset ...
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How are the landing lights of the legacy F-18 Hornet seen before landing on the carrier?
The LSO will be able to see the nose gear landing lights to make sure that the aircraft's angle of attack is at $8.1^\circ$ if the aircraft is "on speed". Are these lights (all 3 of them) ...
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Why do pilots move the propeller lever full forward before landing?
Is it because aircraft can get more "instant" power for go-around, with throttle full-forward?
Or is it for protecting the aircraft's engine from high RPM, low PROP stress in case of go-...
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Why is rare to see landings from East to West at the AJU airport?
Every day at the Aracaju - SE, Brazil Airport (IATA: AJU, ICAO: SBAR) planes take off from West to East and lands from East to West. But in rare occasions they will land from West to East. I think it ...
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What happened to this plane during landing? Failed first time? [closed]
Hi I was checking flights at Heathrow on flightradar24.com the other day and found this plane a bit strange. It looked like the first landing wasn't successful. The plane may have touched down but ...
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Any aircraft that can takeoff or land on 150 m / 500 ft runway?
Just spotted on Google Maps:
What could be the purpose for building a 150 m / 500 ft runway?
I understand that no regular aircraft can takeoff or land on such distance, so certainly the reason isn't ...
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Delays between "50", "40", "30", "20", and "10" cockpit announcements
When a large airplane is about to land, the following announcements are heard in the cockpit:
"Fifty!"
(delay)
"Forty!"
(delay)
"Thirty!"
(delay)
"Twenty!"
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What should I look for if I am safely in the air with no means of braking at all [closed]
So I just saw this answer, and there was a ravine at the end of the runway. I have decided to open the throttle again and go for the ravine. I dropped about a 100 ft in to the ravine, but managed to ...
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Can an airliner with no brakes be slowed down after landing by steering it into the grass?
If pilots have no control over brakes / air brakes / reversers, can they slow down the plane after landing by carefully steering it off the runway into the grass? Would it be better to put only one ...
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What happens if the autopilot fails to initiate a flare?
What are the chances of autopilot failing to do a flare in an otherwise stable autopilot controlled approach and landing? Has it happened before and how was it dealt with?
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Airliner failing to execute flare during landing [duplicate]
If an airplane such as Boeing-777 doesn't do a flare and instead continues "50, 40, 30, 20, 10..." at a steady rate, how hard will it hit the ground?
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