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Qantas provides first glimpse of A321XLR at final assembly line in Hamburg

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The move marks another step forward for the Qantas Group’s fleet renewal program, and sees the aircraft’s major airframe components, including the forward and rear fuselage, wings and iconic Flying Kangaroo tail, coming together.

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Airbus Helicopters Unveils New Light Twin

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The power drives the same five-blade bearingless main rotor system introduced on the Airbus H145 six years ago and a fenestron tail rotor configuration. The flight deck features the same Helionix avionics suite installed in the H135, H145, H160, and H175 Airbus Helicopters models.

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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

A large portion of the tail section was found on the runway, around 1,680 feet from the threshold, and 235 feet from the main wreckage. The aircraft came to a rest inverted on runway 15L, approximately 1,800 feet beyond the thresholds, and about 75 feet to the right of the runway edge.

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

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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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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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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.

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

Vintage Aviation News

” ) For armament, the Aluminum Overcast was equipped with one remotely operated tail turret with two 20mm M24A1 autocannons. Hes taken measurements of the Soplata B-36 flight deck, and used pictures, books, and data from SAC museum to shape his Peacemaker into what it is today.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Convair F2Y Sea Dart

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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.

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