RNAV 10 missed approach point is 2 miles from the runway at 700 agl (3deg). Visibility minimum is also 2 miles. Gotta see the runway or its lights at the MAP and thereafter to continue. You think these guys had the runway in sight at 2 miles? They were misaligned to the right on short final but...
I agree with you on how to keep this from happening. I experience the same issue sometimes when arriving at GAD from the east and I'm ready to tell them we'll do 1 turn in the holding pattern to descend if necessary. In fact, since we are not being vectored, haven't been cleared for the...
Incredibly reckless. It will be much more than a chat. That person can kiss his pilots license goodbye. I would guess that alcohol was involved. Why would a sober pilot risk everything?
I saw it in a short-lived thread about the collision at VAF. I don't remember who posted it originally. The photo still exists in a newer VAF thread about formation safety.
I've seen a pilot that was new in type press down and forward on the trim switch without realizing what he was doing. In a few seconds, we had full nose down trim at cruise speed. As you can imagine, the force required on the yolk was very high. His initial reaction was "what the h___ is wrong...
Maintain VFR while IFR: Happened to me yesterday departing Lakeland, FL. I received the IFR clearance before taxiing and a takeoff clearance from the tower with instructions to fly straight out for 2 miles before turing on course. That seemed a bit odd for an IFR departure. About a mile out, the...
The founder of Team Aerodynamix is also a moderator at VAF so it's no surprise that any discussion of the incident except his statement is being suppressed.
Yesterday, KLGA tower was issuing the following advisory to arriving aircraft:
"Be advised, we have a snowbank on radar that may trigger an automatic go-around alert so be prepared for that."
Is anyone familiar with the operational details of the automatic go-around alerting system?
17, they did jam you a bit since you would normally be at 3300 about 7 miles from the FAF. The GS altitude at 4 miles from the FAF is 3500+ so you were below it. If they are vectoring me to the final, I want to intercept the final approach course at least 1 mile out for every 300 feet above the...