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UK bids farewell to Boeing 757 passenger flights after 42 years of service

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The aircrafts two Rolls Royce RB511 engines allowed the plane to operate from shorter runways, while it also met increasingly stringent ICAO Stage 3 noise regulations making it attractive to airlines and passengers alike. There are, however, still around 270 that continue to operate cargo-only flights.

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The Douglas DC-3 Cargo Workhorses Of DesertAir Alaska

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The weather on that day, September 12, 2024, was rather miserable, but not atypical for Alaska with fall a few days away45 degrees F, ceiling less than 500 feet, and a cold, steady rain. In 2001, the company began year-round charter air freight cargo service to rural villages across Alaska. “We haul everything.

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Embraer releases multiple updates at FIA, includes plans for auto-takeoff system

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The system will reduce the takeoff distance and increase the takeoff weight, allowing aircraft to fly further, particularly from airports with short runways such as London-City Airport (LCY). The E-Freighter marks EmbraerĀ“s first step into the cargo market. Improvements to the E2 family aircraft include the E195-E2 becoming 12.5%

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DHL 737 crashes short of Vilnius runway

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The 31-year-old cargo aircraft, registered in Spain as EC-MFE, was operated by Swiftair on behalf of the German logistics group DHL for a routine cargo flight from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius, Lithuania. The airport has a single north-south asphalt runway (01/19) of 2,515 metres (8,250 feet). Descend to altitude 4,000 feet.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

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” As part of VP-13, DeLorenzos next two years were a mix of patrol missions and frequent long-range cargo and VIP passenger flights no other Navy aircraft could match the combination of its 2,370-mile range, 140mph cruising speed (15mph faster than the PBY Catalina) and passenger comfort. The planes did see combat, however.

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The anatomy of a commercial flight ā€“ all you ever wanted to know:Ā Ā  Part twoĀ Ā Ā 

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This will generally convey information about the flight time remaining, the weather at the destination, and the flight crew thanking you for choosing their airline and wishing you a safe onward journey once on the ground. On a Boeing aircraft, this sound will be three short warning horns.

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Feeling the Heat

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On the most basic level, hot weather affects air travel the way it affects most things: it makes people uncomfortable and wears them down. Aerodynamically, warmer air is less dense than cooler air, meaning that in hot weather a wing produces less lift. How much so will vary with the temperature and runway length.

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