Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

Among the wreckage pulled up from the depths was a cockpit video recorder. It was the tail separating from the fuselage. Extreme aerodynamic stresses of the out-of-control descent eventually caused the tail to separate. NTSB review of cockpit video showed the MFD wasnt working on the last four flights.

Clearance 73

Clearance Pilot Cockpit Descent 73

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Originally used as a trainer in World War II, the Stearman features a tandem, open cockpit with forgiving, yet challenging flight characteristics. Top that off with modern avionics, a roomy, comfortable cockpit, and its overall charm, Carbon Cubs are built for comfort and adventure. Well, like a lot of the early jets, its fast.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

Using Vought drawings, some of the tail wheel struts were manufactured in-house in our machine shop, for the funding was not available to purchase the exceedingly difficult-to-find components. We utilized Vought drawings and in some cases where they were non-existent, reverse engineer, a term not unknown to the Restoration community.

Tail 119

Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Convair designed several concepts for water-based jet aircraft, including a swept wing concept known as Projct Skate, but apart from a few scale models, these never left the drawing board. Charles Richbourg in the cockpit of the Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart.

Cockpit 96

Cockpit Flight Deck Drag Stability 96

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. This long, metal tube connects all the main components of an airplane.

Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

The plane kept wanting to roll right, so I hard to start the jet and get it up to 100% on that side to keep it from rolling over. He went to the back of the aircraft, and as I was about ready to give the signal to jump, he wandered back to the cockpit looking for his tack vest. It was my co-pilot back in the cockpit again.

Cargo 116

Cargo Airplanes Cockpit Pilot 116

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The production model P-67 was also intended to be fitted with a pressurized cockpit, a novel concept for WWII fighters, and with an armament of six 37mm M4 cannons installed in the wings inboard of the engines, but these were not installed on the prototype. US Air Force photo) On 23 March 1944, flight trials resumed at Lambert Field in St.

Gross Weight 98

Gross Weight Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 98

Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

In the cockpit were three flight crew: two pilots and a flight engineer. But the tail and the left wing were found even further away, four to six miles from the main wreckage. When the first responders opened the cockpit, they found the fatally injured flight crew still in their seats with smashed smoke masks.

Cabin Crew 97

Cabin Crew Weather Descent Clearance 97

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Though it’s not as overtly revolutionary as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) or Safe Return enabled by Garmin Autoland on Cirrus’ SF50 Vision Jet, the reimagined flight deck in the new SR G7 and other improvements make a more immediate impact—because pilots benefit from them on every flight, from the moment you press the start button.

Pilot 111

Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

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. One of the rarest aircraft in the museum is an example of the first American jet aircraft, the Bell P-59 Airacomet.

Airplanes 105

Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Flying in clouds of cold and warm fronts can lead to very small supercooled water droplets which build up as rime ice on the parts of the aircraft exposed to the wind: probes, antennas, and the leading edges of the wings and tail. During the conversation with the controller, there was the sound of a single chime on the cockpit voice recorder.

Knot 91

Knot Approach Descent Weather 91

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

TURBO-AE Code During the 1990s, NASA developed a computer code that generates two-dimensional simulations of potential aeroelastic (AE) problems that can occur in jet engine blades. Glass cockpits are in use on commercial, military, and general aviation aircraft, and on NASA’s space shuttle fleet.

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

It was in the process of turning, but the 200-foot long machine’s floodlit tail, now swung out across the runway, had not even reached its centreline, and this aircraft moved with caution in the darkness of the airfield’s remote west. Immediately, the steward from the front galley burst into the cockpit – shaking with shock.

Runway 89

Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 89

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

THE RED AND WHITE JET WENT BY WITHOUT A SOUND. The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The cockpit side panels came from the first production F-104A that crashed in 1956. It could not be made official because of a failed FAI camera. IMPOSSIBLE.

Horizontal Stabilizer 124

Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Stability 124

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 12, 2025

The tail came up as it gathered speed, throwing up a cataract of red-brown mud. “They seemed to rise from the sea and hang outside my cockpit window, near enough to touch, until hours later they slipped away into the dawn.” The Wasp engine roared as mud sloshed under the wheels of the crimson red Vega.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Tail Pilot Cockpit 52

Ask the Pilot

JANUARY 9, 2024

There they were, leisurely mulling the finer points of their merger with Hawaiian, wondering which visage to paint on the tail, when the 737 MAX-9 stole the show. Pop went a fuselage plug on flight 1282, decompressing the jet and scaring the daylights out of everyone on board. January 8, 2024 POOR ALASKA Airlines.

Descent 52

Descent Air Traffic Control Tail Pilot 52

Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Worst case would’ve been the slat breaking apart further, or detaching completely, unlikely as that might be, but even this wouldn’t crash the plane, so long as the stabilizers or tail weren’t struck and badly damaged. For more about slats, flaps, and the other doodads than help a plane fly, see chapter one of Cockpit Confidential.

Stability 52

Stability Lift Runway Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Each had conventional straight wings and tails, with power coming from an Allison J35-A-11 turbojet engine producing some 5,000lbs of thrust. However, the jet-powered Skystreak could fly for sustained periods at transonic speeds, increasing the amount of data a single flight could yield.

Pilot 52

Pilot Thrust Tail Hangar 52

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 26, 2024

I guess it’s no surprise that the airline is starting to phase out these jets. Kuwait Airways map feature A330 Kuwait Airways map feature A330 While there’s also a nose camera, that’s not nearly as exciting as a tail camera, especially when it’s not high definition. It was totally standard and not particularly spacious.

Approach 104

Approach Descent Airlines Airline 104

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Several weeks ago, we saw a bizarre incident in Atlanta, whereby one aircraft collided with another, and sliced off its tail. It involves two jets operating on behalf of Delta, which had a serious incident at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). ATC: “You know, I just noticed that the tail on the RJ is missing.

Tail 110

Tail Jet Clearance Runway 110

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

With ECM pods beeping and squeaking, our semi-spread formation of four jets created an indistinct blob of noise on enemy radars. MiGs on your tail! All cockpit gauges confirmed critical systems were humming and happy. Four o’clock!” Break right! Break left! What the….? Had we been hit?

Drag 52

Drag Thrust Pilot Rudder 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

After we decided this, we heard a Challenger jet announce “Taxiing to 26 for takeoff”. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call. This near miss was avoided only by the jet taking off immediately in front of him. He tried again, with no reply.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As reported by Vintage Aviation News earlier this year, Folland Gnat XR987 — now with the New Zealand civil registration ZK-RAJ, for “Red Arrows Jet” — is being returned to airworthiness at the workshops of Aero Restoration (Aero R) south of Auckland in the North Island for owner Matt Wilcock. to put it mildly!”

Jet 105

Jet Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes 105

Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace’s offerings include Jet ConneX, SwiftBroadband (SBB), Viasat Ka-band, Viasat Ku – Advanced, Iridium Certus, LuxStream, and SwiftJet. Jet ConneX delivers highly robust inflight connectivity tailored for business aviation with global coverage – excluding the polar regions.

Jet 94

Jet Tail Drag Cockpit 94

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 24, 2024

One method is to look at the cockpit windows. The 737 has six cockpit windows (which is standard), and the window at the far end on each side “slopes up” at the bottom, so the window doesn’t go as far down as on other jets. The 787 is the only wide body jet to have four cockpit windows, rather than six.

Airplanes 117

Airplanes Cockpit Jet Tail 117

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

The first operational F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet landed at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, on June 5, 2024. Tails painted — all dressed up for delivery. Thus, the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard stationed in Portland has become the first operational unit in the US Air Force to field the new aircraft.

Jet 212

Jet Tail Payload Cockpit 212

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

There are a number of tail strike incidents caused by the take-off weight being logged as lower than it actually was. The description of the event clearly represents what was understood at the time: During the takeoff from RWY35L, the aircraft suffered a tail strike after the rotation. This transition of lifting off is called rotation.

Tail 75

Tail V Speed Knot Runway 75

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Japan Airlines A350 first class is unreal Look at that beautiful tail camera! For years Ive been wanting to fly Boliviana de Aviacion, which operates a pair of former Virgin Australia jets to Miami and Madrid. While its mostly a budget hotel with simple rooms, the hotel has one special suite, which is the 737 cockpit suite.

Cockpit 94

Cockpit Airlines Airline Tail 94

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 14, 2024

Over the years, the plane became a local legend, with kids getting to play inside the cockpit, and many local teenagers made their first paychecks filling gas under the wings of the old bomber. However, the work on the cockpit section was halted due to a lack of funds, and in 2000, Art Lacey passed away.

Airplanes 119

Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Runway 119

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 6, 2024

Photo: Nigel Hitchman The Vought Heritage Foundation (VHF) has restored several Vought aircraft, including an RF-8 Crusader, the last surviving F6U Pirate, the company’s first jet aircraft, and the unique V-173 “Flying Pancake”. The tandem cockpit arrangement of the O3U featured dual controls for the pilot and the observer.

Horizontal Stabilizer 98

Horizontal Stabilizer Cockpit Stability Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

The one-of-a-kind jet is carefully unloaded at its new home. The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type This safety pilot handled engine starting, re-lighting and fuel control. feet this was the longest Meteor produced.

Cockpit 119

Cockpit Rudder Stability Pilot 119

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Modifications to the cockpit included rocket motor selectors and switches that were installed just forward of the standard throttle box while the rocket gained its own throttle just aft of the standard throttle for the General Electric J47 turbofan.

Ceiling 98

Ceiling Stability Pilot Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

We strapped into the cockpit, completed routine checks and procedures, started the engines, and taxied to the end of the runway. 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.

Weight-Shift-Control 52

Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

AeroSavvy

MARCH 26, 2022

Most of the popular Boeing and Airbus passenger jets, like the 767, 747, A330, and A350, have cargo counterparts. As an example, the Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft is nearly identical to the 767-300ER passenger jet. The Jumbo has plenty of room for extra seats on the upper deck behind the cockpit. Look for passenger windows.

Flight Deck 52

Flight Deck Cargo Weight-Shift-Control Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Using the new Bonanza as a basis for this design, there was some talk of adding the Bonanza’s V-tail on the aircraft before that was abandoned in favor of a more conventional vertical and horizontal stabilizer design. One of the first of these was the Model 73 Jet Mentor. The Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor in flight.

Horizontal Stabilizer 98

Horizontal Stabilizer Jet Pilot Stability 98

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Using the new Bonanza as a basis for this design, there was some talk of adding the Bonanza’s V-tail on the aircraft before that was abandoned in favor of a more conventional vertical and horizontal stabilizer design. One of the first of these was the Model 73 Jet Mentor. The Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor in flight.

Horizontal Stabilizer 98

Horizontal Stabilizer Jet Pilot Stability 98

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.”

Airplanes 59

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 59