Aerotime

MAY 29, 2024

Malaysia Airlines “With the main fuselage sections, wings, and tail adorned with the airline’s iconic wau logo fully attached, the aircraft will undergo installation of the cockpit, engines, landing gear, electrical wiring, avionics, and fuel and hydraulic systems,” Malaysia Airlines wrote on social media on May 29, 2024.

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Airline Airlines Tail Cockpit 265

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 97

Clearance Pilot Cockpit Descent 97

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Cockpit of the Hughes H-1 Racer on display at the National Air and Space Museum (National Air and Space Museum) Among the most valuable reference photos have been those of the H-1’s cockpit. Yet that has produced some challenges during the course of the project.

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Cockpit Firewall Aileron Rudder 116

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed. I had the world ahead of me.

Runway 288

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 288

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

Keeping with the American theme, Wichita, Kansas-produced Garmin G3X Touch instrument packages come standard for the front and rear cockpits. As I climbed into the aft pilots seat, I was immediately impressed by the minimalistic, clean cockpit and the fit. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Large components such as the fuselage, wings, and the distinctive triple tail unit, along with 292 crates of smaller parts, arrived in October 2023. A special highlight of this static restoration is the meticulously recreated 1950s cockpit.

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Rudder Tail Hangar Cockpit 130

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

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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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Since 2020, Brian has been toiling in his garage, building the cockpit of a B-36H. ” ) For armament, the Aluminum Overcast was equipped with one remotely operated tail turret with two 20mm M24A1 autocannons. The cockpit canopy, structure, sides, and base are all complete, or nearly so.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Payload Tail 105

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.

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Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer 280

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Sage’s second design, the Type 2, a small two-seat fighter, where a pilot and rear gunner were kept in an enclosed cockpit, was built and flight tested. Subsequent flight testing showed that the aircraft proved to be overweight and slow, even for a WWI-era trainer.

Weight-Shift-Control 98

Weight-Shift-Control Tail Airplanes Rudder 98

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In that configuration, it didnt depart the airplane but, instead, blocked airflow to the tail, with fatal results. In my glass-cockpit airplane, on an instrument approach, there are a number of things to be set and to look out for. With a do list, if it gets lost in the cockpit or is missing from the airplane, you cant fly.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Aileron 96

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In addition, the chargers were too bulky to bring along in the cockpit. A lifting aid is required to mount and remove the tail dolly which is a bit of a nuisance. Upon landing I can clear the runway and steer the glider right into its parking position before getting out of the cockpit, usually without having to start the engine at all.

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Density Altitude Cockpit Tail Runway 98

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

This force pushes the tail to the right, causing the nose to yaw left. When the pitch attitude changessuch as when the tail of a taildragger rises during takeoffthe force applied to the propeller does not take effect immediately at the point of contact. How do you counter this left turning tendency?

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

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

JANUARY 14, 2025

However, since Convair was also developing the XF-92 delta wing prototype for a future Air Force interceptor, the design team at Convair, led by Ernest Stout, proposed a new delta wing aircraft with retractable hydro-skis for takeoffs and landings, a watertight hull, and a single delta tail.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Flight Deck Drag Stability 98

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The wing tip struck the runway after which the wing and the tail separated and the fuel from the wing caught fire. The wing tip then struck the ground, at which point the wing and the tail section broke. The wing and tail on runway 23 as photographed by Brennan Milroy (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

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Runway Tail Knot Altimeter 59

Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The system is powered by the KUSAT-2000 Tail Mount Broadband Internet Satcom system, featuring minimal beam-to-beam switchover latency, compatibility with both next-generation spot beam and traditional wide-beam satellites, as well as reduced weight and power usage. The system is offered in both tail-mounted and flat panel designs.

Jet 94

Jet Tail Drag Cockpit 94

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Some fuselage work also took place – such as test-fitting the tail wheel, tail cone, and the skin under the horizontal stabilizer. The team also applied a second coat of varnish to various wooden parts, along with the fuselage assembly and cockpit floor.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Rudder Tail 98

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 23, 2024

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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Jet Airplanes Tail Cockpit 117

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

(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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Tail Cargo Stability Rudder 66

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 30, 2024

Plans for the Future Christopher is considering several options for the future of the “Big Time Operator” cockpit, including a mobile exhibit that could travel to airshows, complementing the only two flyable B-29s left in the world. The key, he said, is thorough planning.

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Cockpit Approach Tail 88

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The weapon was guided by the launch aircraft through the manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) method, with the pilot tracking the flight of the missile via two bright flares on the weapon’s tail and making corrections using a small joystick in the cockpit.]

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Pilot Cockpit Knot Stability 105

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 24, 2024

In tribute to him, the starboard side of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI TE311 now wears the fictitious squadron code “L-NG”, with “SQN LDR MARK LONG” annotated under the cockpit along with a Squadron Leader’s pennant. In memory of Sqn.

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Pilot Tail Cockpit 119

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Right after takeoff, you throw a grappling hook at the end of a short rope out of the cockpit. Its connected, along with a safety weak link, to the tail of the airplane. He had recently moved from California to South Florida to begin his commercial flying career , joining a nationwide banner tow company with 50 aircraft.

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Drag Airplanes Pilot Rudder 78

Ask the Pilot

MARCH 13, 2025

I don’t which part irks me more: the boring typeface, the blank bottom, or the tail emblem, which is a neutered version of the one it replaces. Then we have the tail. GRADE: D-minus MINTY FRESH JetBlues livery features a grab bag of different tail patterns. Where do we start? Do we have any idea what this means?

Tail 99

Tail Airline Airlines Runway 99

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. The tail was the most distinctive part of the Connie’s design. Cockpit of the Lockheed Constellation.

Tail 116

Tail Stability Pilot Hangar 116

Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

This standardization is critical for maintaining consistency in aviation communication worldwide, from identifying aircraft tail numbers to conveying vital information between pilots and air traffic controllers. How Pilots Use the Phonetic Alphabet In the cockpit, the phonetic alphabet becomes a pilot’s trusted companion.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Tail Cockpit 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 15, 2024

A few feet behind him, Captain Gerald Dobberfuhl, an experienced reconnaissance officer, settled into the rear cockpit of their camera-equipped RF-4C Phantom fighter. millimeter round blasted a hole through the front-cockpit canopy. Forward visibility from the RF-4C’s rear cockpit was blocked by an instrument panel and electronic gear.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Tail Approach Pilot 98

AV Web

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Synchronizing available information from the Black Hawks flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) is ongoing, as is the effort to transcribe audio from the cockpit voice recorders from both aircraft.

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Air Traffic Control Quick Access Recorder Cockpit Rudder 71

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The cockpit has withstood the test of time, with the gauges and yoke still intact after being prone to wildlife such as birds through the open windows. The components of the cockpit, control surfaces, and wheels were all removed and shipped to Alaska.

Tail 105

Tail Cockpit Cargo 105

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

In this new guise, with its cockpit pushed four feet further aft, N5111N was designated as a Boeing Model 299Z. Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England.

Tail 126

Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

With its unique forward-tail design, retractable landing gear, and classic lines, it began the design philosophy for the over 11,000 Mooneys to follow. The fuselage, a combination of aluminum sheet, steel tubing, and wooden tail cone, featured the now iconic Mooney tail with a vertical leading edge and slanted trailing edge.

Tail 97

Tail Aileron Pilot Airplanes 97

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In March 1939, a new owner, Alhambra resident Warren Knox Layne, added a tailwheel to better operate from paved runways as opposed to the original tail skid. It shows that the aircraft had border stripes following the contours of its tail surfaces and wings, with a single stripe down the length of each side of the fuselage.

Tail 111

Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes 111

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Andrew with the Taylorcraft in the 1980s, before it received the checkerboard tail. We hop out of the cockpit, and Andrew ties the ship to the tarmac for the night. We circle Andrews house and waggle the wings to his family standing in the front yard waving back at us. Ill take you to the old airport where Bill kept the airplane.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 98

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 1, 2024

Note the large yellow decal just below the cockpit. As the bomber fell, he attempted to free the tail gunner trapped in the rear turret of the burning, out-of-control aircraft. The tail gunner miraculously survived the crash and lived to recount the story, but Andrew Mynarski sadly succumbed to his severe burns.

Tail 105

Tail Cockpit Pilot 105

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

The Allegro’s fuselage is built with Kevlar-reinforced composite around a steel-framed cockpit. Its wing and tail are aluminum. Still, the aircraft has sold well with pilots who want an LSA with strong performance for the category and the ability to travel cross-country with reasonable comfort and speed.

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Transponder Airplanes Tail Pilot 107

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. We could practice in a cockpit procedures trainer next to the briefing area.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98