Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Yet the war also saw the introduction of the jet engine, which promised even greater speeds and higher service ceilings. Nevertheless, development of the two surviving prototypes continued, and both of these were fitted with a redesigned T-tail instead of the conventional tail on the first prototype that had been destroyed.

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Tail Jet Ceiling Pilot 93

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

m Performance Maximum Speed 357 mph Cruising Speed 220 mph Service Ceiling 31,850 ft Range 2,820 nm World War II The first B-29 combat mission was on June 5, 1944, with the target being the Makkasan railway works in Bangkok, Thailand. To reduce weight, these aircraft had all their guns removed, except for the tail guns.

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Payload Ceiling Tail Jet 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The airship initially recovered, dumping ballast and stabilizing at 700 feet above the sea and returning to its cruising altitude of 1,600 feet, but the ship was sent into another plunge, falling a rate of 14 feet per second tail-down.

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Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 59

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Around this time, the USAAF was also developing its first jet fighters, but knew that all-jet aircraft at this time were short-ranged and burned fuel quicker than propeller-driven aircraft, and so the optimal design was to feature a propeller-driven engine in the front for long range performance and a jet engine in the tail for high speed in combat.

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Thrust Tail Jet Drag 52

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance. Micro vortex generators are also a popular upgrade, optimizing airflow over the wing and tail surfaces to enhance control. It is powered by a 180-hp Lycoming IO-360-L2A engine.

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

The ceiling of my home office looks like an airshow—with no fewer than five airships on display. So imagine how impressed I was by the scratch-built model of the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II hanging from the ceiling of the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The model has 48 ring frames for the bulkheads, from nose to tail.

Lift 52

Lift Ceiling Tail Hangar 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The B-24 bomber incorporated several innovative features, including a pressurized crew compartment and a tail turret. The manufacturers kept a design that met the needs of the war, thus balancing performance and cost. It was powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-1820 radial engines and high aspect ratio Davis wing. meters Length 20.6

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Payload Ceiling Approach Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In order to shorten development time and save costs, the aircraft featured components of two closely related aircraft of the Beech Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas: the wings, ailerons, and landing gear of aBeech Bonanza general aviation aircraft and the tail assemblyof a Beech T-34 Mentor military trainer.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit 94

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It boasts a top speed of 130 mph, a cruising speed of 120 mph, a range of 500 miles, a service ceiling of 20,000 feet, and a maximum take-off weight of 1,440 kg. Streamlined Pod and Boom Fuselage – The pod typically houses the passengers while the boom extends back to support the tail section.

Tail 52

Tail Drag Ceiling Cargo 52

Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

He was in his forties when we flew together in his V-tail Bonanza. Upon reaching our agreed upon, 500-foot ceiling, I put the flaps down and, without touching the power until the runway was made, I glided the aircraft to a (lucky for me) smooth landing. The Power Jockey. I could tell he was a good pilot. I did not touch the flaps.

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Knot Approach Pilot Runway 97

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

All versions come standard with a three-year, 1,000-hour spinner-to-tail warranty that rivals other new piston singles. Service Ceiling: 17,500 ft. For a low-end reference on the evolved series, pricing begins at $634,900 for a base model G7 SR20. Max Zero Fuel Weight: 3,400 lbs. Standard Empty Weight: 2,272 lbs., ISA: 1,169 nm; 11.3

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The B-24 bomber incorporated several innovative features, including a tail turret. [USAF photo] Designing the Consolidated B-24 Liberator The manufacturing of the B-24 Liberator was a combined effort between the Consolidated Aircraft Corp and several production facilities located across San Diego, California and Fort Worth, Texas.

Payload 52

Payload Ceiling Approach Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The B-24 bomber incorporated several innovative features, including a tail turret. [USAF photo] Designing the Consolidated B-24 Liberator The manufacturing of the B-24 Liberator was a combined effort between the Consolidated Aircraft Corp and several production facilities located across San Diego, California and Fort Worth, Texas.

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Payload Ceiling Approach Tail 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Tell them your tail number, where you are, and the IFR flight plan you’d like to open. If the ceiling is 1500 overcast or the visibility is 3 miles in rain, you will leave yourself very little margin for error by scud running while you wait for an answer from ATC.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Transponder 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It was starting to improve and the ceilings at Wichita and around that area were up to 800 feet. I lucked out to El Paso with a slight tail wind that got me down there in nice style. Flying in the sunshine, looking down at the white blanket below, I listened to the various frequencies and picked up the weather I wanted.

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Weather Airplanes Lift Pilot 75

Aerotime

MARCH 13, 2025

It was seen turning again, then the tail light was observed slowly descending before it disappeared from view. The fuselage rolled inverted, striking the ground nose first and sending the aircraft into a nose-over-tail roll. Peterson was expected to make radio contact at around 1 am, but that call was never received.

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Weather Visual Flight Rules Ceiling Pilot 268

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

But the most radical feature of the Pigeon-Fraser was Albree’s all-moving tail design. Albree would consider this design to be his “make or break” aircraft to validate his theory for the Flying Tail design he and Roscoe P. serial numbers 116 and 117, with U.S. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.

Tail 98

Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

mph)) at 6,000 m (19,685 ft), climb to 6,000 m in 5 minutes, 30 seconds, with a maximum ceiling of 11,000 m (36, 089 ft), an armament of two 20mm autocannons and two 7.7mm machine guns, and an armored bulletproof plate at the back of the cockpit.

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Pilot Ceiling Knot Tail 126

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 27, 2025

Powered by two Mikulin AM-3 M-500 turbojet engines, each producing 21,000 pounds of thrust, the Tu-16 could reach speeds of up to 650 mph, with a maximum range of 4,500 miles and a service ceiling of 42,000 feet. The aircraft typically carried a crew of six or seven, depending on the mission.

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Payload Ceiling Thrust Tail 52

Air Facts

MARCH 24, 2025

Its unlikely I would even do a cross-country training flight in a Piper Cherokee with ceilings at that altitude, and now I was doing exactly that but in a glider. Most days clouds were only 2,500 to 3,000 above ground when launch time came. My highest altitude reached was a little over 5,000.

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Pilot Flight Computer Ceiling Tail 97

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Though the fabric on the wings would be recovered in 1952, the structure of the wings, tail, and rudder remained original to 1910. The helicopter was over a wooded area, but with a cloud ceiling of four to five thousand feet and visibility of between four to five miles, the men spotted a clear field one mile downwind from their position.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

Sporting tail numbers 28000 and 29000, the VC-25As have been transporting heads of state for the US since 1987. Modifications were made to the aircraft to install a swing tail for easier loading, and the upper fuselage extended for more cargo capacity. Its service ceiling of 45,100 ft also made it an appealing choice for the mission.

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Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 274

Fear of Landing

JULY 12, 2024

Tail One quick trick could be to look at the tail and see if there is a flag on it. If the tail has a German flag, you can be sure that it is a Eurofighter EF2000. As long as you can find the control stick, you can tell which cockpit you are in. Now, you just have to work out how to start it.

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Cockpit Tail Jet Pilot 96

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

m Performance Maximum Speed 446 mph Service Ceiling 41,500 ft Range 873 nm Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. He still succeeded in chopping off the enemy’s tail with the large propeller of his Corsair. m Length 10.26 m Height 4.50 02170, with test pilot Willard Bartlett Boothby, 24 October 1942.

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Aileron Rudder Ceiling Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

I glanced over my shoulder to see our loadmaster scramble up the cargo bay’s side panels, then cling to the ceiling, barely clear of slashing horns. Load’s” relatively safe haven high in the tail section left him hanging upside down on steel-wire control cables, emulating a tree sloth. I was dragging tail. he screamed.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Your new Spartan cruised at just over 200 mph, climbed at 1,000 fpm, and had a service ceiling of 24,000 feet. The Executive’s futuristic aerodynamic lines, rivaled only by the contemporary 1937 Harlow PJC-2 monoplane, were accentuated by its polished fuselage, wings, and tail. Then there was the Spartan’s ramp appeal.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 80

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 3, 2024

Tail of the Smithsonian’s Folgore, featuring the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy. and was suspended from the ceiling of the World War II in the Air gallery by the time of the opening ceremony on July 1st, 1976. When either the Macchi-built MM.91981 91981 (356-8) or the Breda-built MM.91825

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Tail Torque Cockpit Airplanes 119

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Heres their list and rationalizations: Caylas Picks It might be more common to see Jennies hanging from ceilings than seeing them in the open air, there are still a few out and about. But my recommendation is to find a very early Bonanza for your first V-tail experience. The Cessna 195 is known for its round tail and flashy looks.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It is a single-seat aircraft. Some distinguishing features include oval air intake (O-shaped) under its wings. Here are the statistics of this close air support fighter jet: Speed : 1,190 mph at 40,000 ft Combat Range : 449 mi.

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Jet Thrust Stability Cockpit 52

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The ceiling is 800 ft overcast. The crew requested a straight-in approach to Runway 36, even though the tail wind was estimated between 10–15 kts, and at times exceeded the manufacturer’s limitation. Sleep last night was inadequate, catering never showed up, so you’re hungry and irritable, and just want the flight to be over.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 20, 2023

By the time I crossed into Canada, the landscape ahead was cloaked in darkness with the western horizon at my tail dimly radiating twilight's residual warmth. hours, the 4,000 foot ceiling over the Williamson Sodus Airport was high enough that no instrument procedures were needed that night.

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Runway Airplanes Approach Final Approach 52

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Weather reports from the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field on the island warned of a low cloud ceiling, overcast at 700-800 feet. They saw the tail of the air craft, about a mile west of the airport and 300 feet below. San Clemente Island is the southernmost island in the same island range, about 45 miles from Catalina.

Runway 52

Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Despite those ground clearances, we found that the ceiling above our home airport was high enough to accommodate VFR departures with airborne clearances. Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. Better safe than sorry.

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Clearance Knot Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes 52

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. A young Clarence “Kelly” Johnson with a wind tunnel model of a Lockheed Electra with its original single tail design.

Tail 110

Tail Stability Airlines Airline 110

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. The Mallard—it’s a trike—has a tail stinger because it otherwise falls on its tail when loading.”

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 19, 2024

The TG-3A was once suspended from the ceiling in the American Air Museum at Duxford, but was removed from display a few years ago and has now been restored to fly by the Gliding Heritage Center team. The next display included the Shuttleworth Sopwith Pup and Avro 504.

Crosswind 119

Crosswind Ceiling Pilot Tail 119

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Though the service ceiling for a stock F-86F in combat configuration was 49,600 feet, 52-4608 reached heights of up to 70,840 feet! Currently, the wings and one of the tail stabilizers have been delivered to the museum by Robert’s son Dean, and the fuselage is currently being prepared for the drive by trailer down to the museum.

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Ceiling Pilot Stability Tail 98