Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

A large portion of the tail, including most of the vertical stabilizer and the entire horizontal stabilizer, also broke away from the aircraft. However, the pilots could not use the flight deck door, and they were forced to use the escape hatch on the cockpit ceiling which was now positioned towards the ground.

Indicated Airspeed 280

Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer 280

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Although Palen recovered the fabric on the Pigeon, the ORA never installed a new engine or flew the aircraft, and today the Albree Pigeon-Fraser is suspended inverted from the ceiling of one of the Aerodrome’s hangars for static aircraft.

Tail 98

Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

meters Performance Maximum Speed 287 mph Cruising Speed 182 mph Service Ceiling 35,600 feet Range 2,000 miles Top Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Milestones Even before entering U.S. meters Length 22.7 meters Height 5.8 The B-17 survived and brought its crew home without injury. A B-17F formation over Schweinfurt, Germany on 17 August 1943.

Horizontal Stabilizer 105

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Payload Ceiling 105

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know. From the pilot’s seat it cruises near effortlessly and handles nimbly on land or water with a great combination of stability and modest control pressures.

Airplanes 80

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

While the layout for a cabin to accommodate 10 passengers and two pilots was settled upon, the original design of the Electra was to feature a single vertical stabilizer on the tail. Now, the aircraft is presently displayed at the Science Museum in South Kensington, suspended from the ceiling.

Tail 110

Tail Stability Airline Airlines 110

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its service ceiling of 45,100 ft also made it an appealing choice for the mission. Modified from the 747-100, sections of the fuselage were removed and other parts adapted to save weight, giving it a dinky length of just 184 ft 9 in, and a range of 6,650 NM.

Cargo 265

Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 265