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Video captures Garuda Indonesia B747 engine catching fire after takeoff

Aerotime

Video clips shared by airline crash data evaluation company JACDEC on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) show that one of the aircraft’s four engines started emitting flames as the plane lifted from the runway.

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Today in Aviation History – September 18, 1963: First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20

Vintage Aviation News

The series 20 was explicitly designed in response to Scandinavian Airlines who requested for an aircraft that could operate in harsh, cold climates and shorter runways. Thus, designed to handle shorter runways and higher performance needs. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44 meters Wingspan 28.44 meters Height 8.38

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Aviation Anniversary – September 18, 1968: First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20

Vintage Aviation News

Source: Wikipedia The series 20 was explicitly designed in response to Scandinavian Airlines who requested for an aircraft that could operate in harsh, cold climates and shorter runways. Thus, designed to handle shorter runways and higher performance needs. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44 meters Wingspan 28.44

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Feeling the Heat

Ask the Pilot

Workers are subject to overheating, and so is their ground equipment: all of those myriad tugs, tractors, carts and lifts that Airplanes themselves, meanwhile, have a lot of internal machinery, both electronic and mechanical, and much of it runs hot to begin with. How much so will vary with the temperature and runway length.

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Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan

Fear of Landing

The CCTV surveillance footage captured the aircraft attempting to take off from runway 35L. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. Eventually, the video shows the Boeing gain enough airspeed to lift off and climb away. The aircraft was grounded.

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Beta Makes First Crewed eVTOL Transition Flight

Flying Magazine

The company on Tuesday said it completed a crewed, full transition flight of its Alia-250 (A250) eVTOL, shifting from vertical lift to forward cruise on fixed wings during the same flight. The transition took place a few feet above the runway, with the aircraft relying solely on its fixed wings for cruise.

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Memorial Day

Ask the Pilot

American Airlines flight 191, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with 271 people on board, roared down runway 32L at O’Hare International Airport, headed for Los Angeles. Just as the plane lifted off, its left engine broke loose. The slats then retracted, causing the left wing to stall.

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