Our training for the instrument ticket focused on flying by reference to instruments, how to shoot approaches, holds, etc. By that point pilots were presumed to have mastered the art of landing, so ...

Pilots should configure for approaches at the aircraft's best rate of climb speed to reduce pitch changes and stall risk during a potential missed approach, enhancing safety and reducing workload.

French investigators have determined that an Embraer ERJ-145 conducted an unstable approach to Paris Orly before the aircraft landed fast and long, in a tailwind, and aquaplaned on the wet runway. It ...