Aviation Bussiness News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

With first production engine deliveries expected later in 2025, the GTF Advantage will provide 4-8% more takeoff thrust, enabling higher payload and longer range, unlocking new destinations for airlines. In the high-pressure turbine (HPT), the enhancements include an advanced airfoil design with improved coatings.

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Airfoil Thrust Payload Airline 59

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

Setting the benchmark for modern airliners, the Douglas DC-3 (1935) a classic in commercial aviation brought all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, and more efficient airfoil designs. The Boeing 707 (1957) proved that big passenger planes could be both profitable and efficient, hence launching the modern airline sector.

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Drag Lift Jet Stability 52

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

This is an exploration of how NASA research has influenced modern airliners through research and technology. The resulting “supercritical airfoil” shape, when integrated with the aircraft wing, significantly improves the aircraft’s cruise efficiency. You can click through for a larger version of the image.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

AV Web

JULY 23, 2024

For the experimental market, Hartzell has added its Carbon Blended Airfoil propeller (the company has a re-naming contest for this propeller, with a goodie bag for any AirVenture attendee who comes up with a better name) that maintains the same performance gains as its all-metal prop with a savings of 20 pounds in weight.

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Airfoil Knot Airline Airlines 52

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The wings are designed with an airfoil shape, curved on the top and flatter on the bottom, creating a pressure difference when air flows over them. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Igoris Lobanovas, a Lithuanian airline pilot, captain and instructor, with almost 8000 hours of flying experience on more than 50 aircraft types, spoke with AeroTime about his experience combining commercial flying with sports aerobatics for more than 10 years. Many people dream of flying; some wish to make it an art.

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Pilot Airfoil Pilot in Command Airline 266