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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

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The pilot flyingpulled back the thrust levers, and as a result, over the following 5seconds, N1 decreased from 64% to approximately 43%, where it remained until touchdown. The engine thrust was steady at approximately 43%N1, the TSB report explained. The air speed began to decrease, the TSB report said.

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How High Do Planes Fly?

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Commercial airliners, private jets, and military aircraft each operate at different altitudes to optimize safety, fuel efficiency, and performance. Safety and Traffic Management : The stratosphere is less crowded than lower altitudes, providing ample space for large passenger jets. How High Can Private Jets Fly?

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know:   Part two   

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Jet (and turboprop) turbine engines work more efficiently, and burn less fuel, at higher altitudes where the air is less dense. The same applies to the selecting of reverse pitch on turboprop aircraft, which translates the thrust produced by the rotating propellor forwards creating a slowing effect.

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Exploring the Antique Aircraft Collection at Pioneer Village

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Hartman, and a tachometer and an ice scale used by Hartman to measure the pounds of thrust generated by the engine before takeoff. One of the rarest aircraft in the museum is an example of the first American jet aircraft, the Bell P-59 Airacomet. They decided to land there approximately four miles from Fort Meade.

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Grounded Dreams: The Ambrosini Sagittario, A Marvel of Italian Aviation

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7, a piston-engine trainer, by modifying its airframe to accommodate a jet engine. The prototype first took to the skies in 1953, marking Italy’s transition into the jet age. kN (840 lbf) thrust, and the aircraft renamed the Sagittario. kN (840 lbf) thrust, and the aircraft renamed the Sagittario. At first, the S.7’s

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated XP-81

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Intended to be a long-range escort fighter, the Consolidated XP-81 also represented a departure from conventional aircraft, but the rapidly evolving nature of both the Second World War and jet engines would see the XP-81 becoming nothing more than a footnote in American aviation history.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-14

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Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing. It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. He compared its glide rate to that of a Cessna 206.

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