Northstar VFR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thrust Thrust is our forward motion. In a commercial airliner, the jet engines are creating the thrust required for the heavy plane to move forward. In your car, the engine under the hood is creating thrust for you to move forward, but you stay on the ground because you don’t have wings! Drag opposes lift.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

On June 15, 1985, during the second stop off in Beirut, a 23-year-old US Navy diver called Robert Stethem was dragged to the plane’s open door and executed with a gunshot to the head. The report concluded that the cause of the accident was “unlawful interference by the hijackers which resulted in loss of engine thrust due to fuel exhaustion”.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Those struts and wires create a lot of parasite drag, an anathema for aircraft whose design and mission is speed. Short field landings can be shorter because the drag robbing ground effect is lessened by the greater distance between the wing and ground. The bi-wing design has one serious flaw.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This specific design reduced drag alongside providing exceptional lift and stability, two very crucial factors for high-altitude bombing. Vulcan engines had a high thrust-to-weight ratio, allowing it to reach higher altitudes much faster than the other bombers in its category. Another aspect of Vulcan’s popularity is its versatility.

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Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

The Four Forces of Flight (Lift, Thrust, Drag & Gravity) obey Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. STEM was the main course. Like Moses and the Ten Commandments, aviation is limited by 10 laws of physics and chemistry. The oldest is Archimedes’ Law.

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WayMan

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This range, also known as the stratosphere, is ideal for several reasons: Fuel Efficiency : The thinner air at high altitudes reduces drag, helping aircraft consume less fuel. These limits are influenced by: Air Density : As altitude increases, the air becomes thinner, reducing the engine’s ability to generate thrust.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Thrust, produced by the engine, propels the plane forward, overcoming drag, which is the resistance caused by air.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Thrust, produced by the engines, moves the plane forward, while drag, or air resistance, slows it down.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Thrust : The force generated by the engine that propels the aircraft forward. Drag : The aerodynamic force opposing the aircraft’s forward motion. This increases lift but comes at the cost of increased induced drag. Pilots must counteract the additional drag with more thrust to maintain altitude.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 27, 2024

One of the standout features is its unique wing design with a high aspect ratio, which allows for improved lift and reduced drag, ensuring smoother and more efficient flights. Additionally, the A350 features advanced wing designs and sharklets that maximize lift and minimize drag, further enhancing fuel efficiency.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Below are other critical pieces of the wings that help give the plane additional lift, reduce drag, or achieve lower speeds in preparation for landing: Ailerons: A French word meaning “fin” or “little wing,” the aileron helps control the airplane’s roll. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

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Latatuide 33 Aviation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Challenger 350 has innovative cantlet wings that minimize drag alongside powerful engines that deliver immense thrust. At Latitude 33, we recently implemented a Bombardier customer aircraft that includes various sustainability features and design choices.

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Flight Deck Drag Thrust Jet 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

It felt like we were dragging an 18-wheeler truck! Functioning exactly as designed, those flat-plate boards sticking into the airstream were creating beaucoup drag, battling against the J-79s’ thrust. All cockpit gauges confirmed critical systems were humming and happy. What’s wrong, old girl? Firing missiles!”

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Learn to Fly

JULY 11, 2024

An airplane’s energy state uses the balance between airspeed, altitude, drag, and thrust to represent how efficiently the airfoil is operating. Additionally, these devices can give a visual rendering of the energy management state of the airplane. Will you be attending EAA AirVenture this year?

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Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Youll learn how the four forces of flightlift, drag, thrust, and weightinteract to keep an aircraft in the air. Lets break down what you can expect from these topics.

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Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The pilot controls the throttle to create thrust. When an airplane starts a turn, there is more lift, and therefore, more drag created in the raised wing. Because of the increased drag, the nose of the plane wants to yaw in the direction of the lifted wing. As the propeller spins, it creates a slipstream that strikes the rudder.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Bennett, who focused on incorporating a rotor-driven lift system with conventional wings and engines for forward thrust. This design reduced drag and increased efficiency during forward flight. However, the rotor blades were not powered during flight; instead, they were auto-rotating.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

When the aircraft is in a high-drag configuration, a stall at a low altitude can be quite dangerous. Landing flaps add a lot of drag; removing this notch will help the aircraft accelerate quickly. It’s mainly due to the effects of thrust and the high-energy slipstream from the propeller preventing boundary separation.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

This configuration provides the necessary power for both climb and cruise, while also offering valuable training for managing asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine-out situation. The operative engine will create asymmetric thrust, so adjusting the aircrafts heading and maintaining coordinated flight is essential.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Additionally, the straight-wing design of the XP-59 caused drag issues, which limited its performance and speed. Additionally, the engine limitations, such as overheating, reliability issues, and insufficient thrust compared to other jets, contributed heavily to the decision not to carry the XP-59 production forward as a front-line fighter.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We learn all about aerodynamics, thrust, drag, lift, and gravity, study flight manuals, emergency procedures, and FARs, take oral exams and check rides, and constantly review everything we can find about flying. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

A big four-cylinder Lycoming swings a fat-blade Hartzell composite prop, making all sorts of thrust at near-zero airspeedthink of a mild, civilian version of a carrier launch. Plus, the NX can actually do a few things the conventional-gear XCub cant, mainly because it can attain a high angle of attack before the tailskid drags.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Stalling with a high-power setting takes more effort since there is thrust and a high-energy slipstream from the propeller, which prevents boundary layer separation. While takeoff flaps improve performance, they also add unwanted drag. Furthermore, you must immediately remove one notch of the flaps to reduce the wing’s drag.

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AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When an aircraft exceeds M MO , a shock wave forms over the wing causing increased drag, buffeting, and possible loss of control. The autopilot/autothrottle system will use pitch and/or thrust to maintain the speed commanded by the Command Bug. Critical Mach on a 767 is around 0.91

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

During training, you’ll learn about Newton’s laws of motion, Bernoulli’s principle, and aerodynamic forces, including lift, thrust, and drag. The physics you’ll encounter is straightforward. A Private Pilot License usually costs between $16,000 and $21,000.

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Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

” The 3,800-pound-thrust Ukrainian-built AI25-TL engine needs an air-assisted start provided by the onboard Sapphire APU. “I constantly get thrown around in the backseat while we’re on the ground as folks get used to it.” ” He joked, “That’s one reason I wear the helmet.”

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Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

The UK has a rich and deep history in engineering, invention, and innovation, and in the 18 th century it was the epicenter of the Industrial Revolution which dragged the world into the new age of industrialization.

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Lift Aviation Technology Cargo Jet 277

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

The F-15’s vertical takeoff capabilities, achieved through its impressive thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced flight control systems, allow rapid ascents and extreme maneuverability, vital in combat situations. This immense thrust capacity is a key factor in the F-15’s speed, vertical takeoff capabilities, and overall combat effectiveness.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Winging It Aside from the aforementioned desire for a greater aspect ratio for reduced drag, the one-piece Gweduck wing was developed for minimal weight, ease of construction and benign handling. Keeping drag corralled was emphasized as the Gweduck mission is foremost long-distance cruising. Maintenance room is generally very good.

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Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Because the Tu-144 lacked any reverse thrust capabilities, it was also forced to rely on a drag chute to help slow it down during landings. Early versions of the Tu-144 were powered by the Kuznetsov NK-144, but productions went into service with the Soviet state airline Aeroflot with the Kolesov RD-36.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

at sea level and reach high speeds even with full armament, which does not cause additional drag due to being stored in internal weapons bays. With twin General Electric F110-GE-129 engines developing 29,500 pounds of thrust each in full afterburner, the airframe and powerplants are more than capable of Mach 2.5

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