For route planning and long-term complex navigation functions the aircraft is equipped with a Flight Management System (FMS) that stores the flight plan and pre-programmed performance values and computes the most economical flight profile. Pilots can change the flight plan or enter values through ei...
it starts screaming like an Airbus A380 accelerating down the runway. That’s because the hardware is telling the system fans to run faster and more often in an attempt to force excess heat out of the laptop.
It is common for commercial airliners to land at speeds between 150 mph (240 km/h) and 165 mph (km/h). In addition to the weight of the plane, the runway surface, and the flap settings of the plane all affect landing speed. Airspeed by Type of Planes Because of how they are buil...
For our purposes, MLAT requires four or more receivers in a region to receive a signal from the same aircraft. We then measure the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA)—or the time it takes the signal from the aircraft to reach the receiver. By comparing how long it takes the signal from ...
Then there are a whole bunch of factors from incorrect configurations, high energy over the threshold, long flares, deep landings, excessive thrust, too much energy, slow deceleration etcetcwhich can lead to unstable approaches, abnormal runway contact and that sort of thing. We have wittily titl...
For that reason, there are strict size and weight limitations on the aircraft using grass runways. Photo: АнИгМа via Wikimedia Commones Grass runways are often found at small, remote airfields, although they can still be quite long. White Waltham Airfield in the UK, for example, ...
runways. For example, large jets such as the Boeing 747 or Airbus A380 need about 10,000 feet (3,300 meters) to take off [source:Bowen and Rodrigue]. Based on this forecasted demand, planners make recommendations about the number and length of runways, as well as the size of airport...
“There are procedural differences [between the US and abroad] and those would need to be looked at, but [these are] policies and procedures that have been in place for a long, long time,” he says. “Visual approaches are very common in the US but have there been accidents attributable...
Comprehensive Reference Section: Runway MarkingsReference Section Slide JF ESSENTIAL App: for iOS a long-term landing reference for every pilot How to land a plane The Jacobson Flare ESSENTIAL App for iOS explains the geometric structure that defines the eye path. This underpins the pilot skills ...
Plane-spotting is not a hobby for those who value their creature comforts, warns Sim. “There will be many occasions when one is the only person at a spotting location, and there is every likelihood that this location is accessible by way of a long trek with no public facilities nearby,”...