Simple Flying

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Space Shuttle Carriers are easily recognizable from the extra stabilizers placed on the tail of the 747s as well as the struts on top (where the orbiters were attached). Perhaps the most striking converted 747s are the Boeing Dreamlifters (747-400 Large Cargo Freighter) built from the Boeing 747-400 airliner.

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Stability Tail Cargo Jet 111

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

A large portion of the tail section was found on the runway, around 1,680 feet from the threshold, and 235 feet from the main wreckage. Obviously it was gusty, but if youre not able to stabilize an approach, thats when a go around would ordinarily be performed. The right wing came to a rest around 215 feet beyond the main wreckage.

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 101

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. The tail was the most distinctive part of the Connie’s design. Overhead view of Lockheed XC-69 Constellation 43-10309.

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Tail Stability Pilot Hangar 116

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

An unbuilt concept, the Douglas DC-8 Skybus aimed to position two V-12 piston engines in the forward fuselage and link them with two contra-rotating propellers in the tail. A ventral stabilizer doubled as propeller protection in the event of over-rotation or tail strikes.

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Drag Thrust Stability Tail 133

Learn to Fly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter features vertical tail feathers and horizontal stabilators made from carbon fiber-reinforced bismaleimide composite. The F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter features vertical tail feathers and horizontal stabilators made from carbon fiber-reinforced bismaleimide composite.

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Stability Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Cargo 73

Air

MARCH 10, 2025

It’s triggered by a disruption , like a gust of wind, impacting the aircraft’s stability. Aircraft with higher roll stability are more prone to experiencing Dutch roll. Static vs. Dynamic Stability Static stability describes an aircraft’s initial tendency to return to its original position after being disturbed.

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Longitudinal Axis Stability Lift Pilot 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane. Vital Components of a Plane in the Tail Assembly The primary function of the empennage or tail assembly of an airplane is to keep the aircraft stable despite the rotational energy of relative wind. What are the basic parts of this section?

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Managing these elements requires continuous adjustments by the pilot to maintain stability and control. The elevator, situated on the horizontal tail surface, adjusts pitch, raising or lowering the nose for ascent or descent. The rudder, attached to the vertical tail fin, manages yaw, enabling the nose to move left or right.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Adam Estes) Inside the museum one can find a former United Airlines Boeing 727-100 (registration number N7017U) hanging from the second story balcony. In 1991, N7017U was retired from United Airlines operational fleet, but instead of being scavenged for parts and scrapped, N7017U was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry.

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Cockpit Pilot Ceiling Rudder 54

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

This is an exploration of how NASA research has influenced modern airliners through research and technology. Gradually used to replace metals on parts of aircraft tails, wings, engines, cowlings, and parts of the fuselage, composites reduce overall aircraft weight and improve operational efficiency.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

February 26, 2024 SO, LAST WEEK, a passenger videoed a damaged wing slat on a United Airlines flight headed from Denver to Boston. One small hazard might’ve been broken material striking the rear stabilizers. As I’ve talked about in prior articles, major airline disasters are far, far more uncommon today than they used to be.

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Stability Lift Runway Tail 52

Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to issue airworthiness directives (ADs) to US airlines concerning the engine nacelles on older generation Boeing 737 airplanes. As a result of the engine failure, fan blades and other components exited the engine nacelle and punctured the aircraft’s fuselage.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Airplanes 250

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

From simple mechanical linkages in small aircraft to high-tech fly-by-wire systems in airliners, ailerons have evolved with aviation itself. What Is Aircraft Stability? Stability is the aircrafts tendency to maintain its attitude or orientation. Lateral stability depends on the aircrafts design.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 288

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The white light is located on the aircrafts tail and sometimes additionally on the wingtips, facing backward (aft). Logo Lights Logo lights are lights mounted on the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and point upward toward the vertical stabilizer, illuminating the airlines logo.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Runway Pilot 111

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

RELATED Pure power: The worlds largest aircraft engine manufacturers General Electric uses a Boeing 747-400 registered N747GF, a 30-year-old airframe originally delivered to Japan Airlines in 1994. N747GE was acquired by the company in 1992, taking it directly from the fleet of iconic airline Pan Am.

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Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 259

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

(Nigel Hitchman) The story of the Breguet Deux-Ponts begins even before WWII, when Breguet Aviation began design work on the concept for a large four engine transport with two decks for passengers called the Breguet 760, which was based on the wings and tail assembly of the Breguet 730 flying boat.

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Tail Cargo Stability Rudder 60

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The demand for air travel has never been higher than it is today, and consequently, the need has never been greater for airlines to equip their fleets, meet that demand and capitalize on it. The cyclical nature of the MRO industry The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the global airline industry. percent annually until 2034.

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Cargo Jet Airline Airlines 271

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 88

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 86

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability. The aircraft’s design influences its dynamic stability. To understand the aircraft’s response to a disturbance, you need to understand aerodynamic stability. There are two main types of stability: Static and Dynamic stability.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, airline travel was coming of age with the arrival of the fast, safe, and comfortable Douglas DC-3. This early design, also called the “Standard Seven,” featured a vestigial vertical stabilizer, ground adjustable propeller, and tight cowling that featured fairings for each rocker arm.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 80

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Developed as an all-metal light airliner, the Model 10 Electra was widely used around the world in various civil and military purposes carrying everything from freight to high profile civilian and military officials. On this day in aviation history, February 23, 1934, the Lockheed Model 10 Electra made its first flight.

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Tail Stability Airline Airlines 100

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, there can be little doubt that, over the course of the year, airline safety has continued to reach new levels, with fewer accidents, fewer aircraft being written off, and fewer fatalities. This list is not exhaustive, however.

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Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer 255

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. Airlines of all flags have shared woes recently. Business aircraft operate like quasi-airlines, blazing creative trails to folly. The pilot observed the wire wrapped around the helicopter. Thats FA tenacity. Other than that, what?

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52