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Robinson Helicopters launches new R88, company’s first new aircraft in 15 years

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The R88 will become the largest aircraft Robinson has designed to date, with a capacity for eight main cabin seats, two cockpit seats, and a payload capacity of up to 1,800 lbs (816kg) with full fuel. In the cockpit, the R88 will feature a Garmin avionics suite, including large G500H TXi displays touchscreen controls.

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Building The Last B-36 ‘Peacemaker’…in a Garage

Vintage Aviation News

Since 2020, Brian has been toiling in his garage, building the cockpit of a B-36H. The Peacemaker was the only American aircraft with the range and payload to carry atomic bombs from American soil to the USSR. The cockpit canopy, structure, sides, and base are all complete, or nearly so.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Note the radome above the cockpit.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Breguet Deux-Ponts

Vintage Aviation News

(Nigel Hitchman) The story of the Breguet Deux-Ponts begins even before WWII, when Breguet Aviation began design work on the concept for a large four engine transport with two decks for passengers called the Breguet 760, which was based on the wings and tail assembly of the Breguet 730 flying boat.

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My 6 Favorite Commercial Airplanes, From Regional Jets To Jumbo Jets

One Mile at a Time

Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 But it’s not just the outside that’s a treat — the inside is awesome as well, especially if you can sit in the nose , where you’re literally seated under the cockpit. Not only is the A350 a sleek plane from the outside (I love the cockpit windows, the winglets, etc.),

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Innovations in the vertical-lift world

Professional Pilot

The Hill Digital Cockpit is a thing of simplicity and beauty. For VIP and executive transport, parapublic, EMS, SAR, and energy services, it will carry 9 pax, up to 6000-lb payload, 1000 nm at 270 kt cruise. It can carry up to 882 lb of payload. It has 4 lift propellers on booms connecting the gull wing with a wide V-tail.

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Oregon Air National Guard receives first operational F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet

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” As the latest iteration of the F-15 Eagle air superiority aircraft, the F-15EX features an increased payload capacity, fly-by-wire controls, a digital cockpit, modernized sensors and radars, and electronic warfare capabilities. Tails painted — all dressed up for delivery.

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