Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. They will also communicate with air traffic control about any flight safety alerts should an issue arise with the electronic flight instrument displays.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

Standing on the port side of the deck adjacent to the arresting wires was the Landing Signal Officer (LSO), who carefully observed Johnson’s approach. 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.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

AeroSavvy

MARCH 26, 2022

Most dedicated cargo aircraft are military transports, e.g., C-17 Globemaster, C-130 Hurcules, Antonov’s heavy-lift family. pic.twitter.com/2O3nxWjF1P — UPS Airlines (@UPSAirlines) July 29, 2021 UPS 747 nose cargo door interior A small fleet of 747s have a tail that swings open. Photo by RuthAS – CC BY 3.0

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Flight Deck Cargo Weight-Shift-Control Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 12, 2024

The C-47 also had an astrodome positioned in the cabin roof, strengthened floor components, a double cargo door and a shortened tail-cone for glider-towing shackles, all of which the C-49 did not have. WildKat lifted off for the jump, while the DZST monitored the winds on the DZ. Winds were within limits on those days, but just barely.

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Cargo Hangar Ferry Flight Weather 116

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.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Aerotime

AUGUST 9, 2024

The aircraft configuration sees a monocoque fuselage with a raised flight deck above the nose-to-tail cargo compartment below. The tail is attached to the rear of the empennage and is of a twin-tail design, with a vertical stabilizer attached at each end of the single horizontal stabilizer. All hail the whale!

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Airplanes Cargo Payload Horizontal Stabilizer 315