Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming Air Facts Journal Second Lieutenant Arnold Reiner Marine Corps recruitment brochures in the early ’60s described three pilot training pipelines: jets, transports and helicopters. Dropping like an inverted dart tail first, Morris, from his aft cockpit perch exclaimed,“Wheeeee!”

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

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

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As we pushed back, the colors popped on the various tails parked down the row of gates, and we sat in line for takeoff with the low sun angle perfectly lighting a yellow Spirit Airbus against an ominous dark sky, save for the rainbow that arched high across the vista. Now they were talking about a sizable chunk of change.

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Runway Approach Knot Jet 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. It was capable of flying up to 172 mph (277 km/h, 149 knots) and reach a service ceiling of 18,000 ft (5,500 m). A Fairchild flight data analyzer camera records the Bell X-14A simulating a landing on the lunar surface.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit 59

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We departed early on a Tuesday morning from the Capital Jet Center FBO in Charleston, West Virginia (KCRW), filing direct to KLDJ at 7,000 feet. A 10-knot tailwind was also in our favor as the Cessna tracked around 150 knots over the ground. It was a beautiful morning without the typical fog that resides at KCRW in the summer.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We departed early on a Tuesday morning from the Capital Jet Center FBO in Charleston, West Virginia (KCRW), filing direct to KLDJ at 7,000 feet. A 10-knot tailwind was also in our favor as the Cessna tracked around 150 knots over the ground. It was a beautiful morning without the typical fog that resides at KCRW in the summer.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

After we decided this, we heard a Challenger jet announce “Taxiing to 26 for takeoff”. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call. This near miss was avoided only by the jet taking off immediately in front of him. He tried again, with no reply.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Several weeks ago, we saw a bizarre incident in Atlanta, whereby one aircraft collided with another, and sliced off its tail. It involves two jets operating on behalf of Delta, which had a serious incident at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). ATC: “You know, I just noticed that the tail on the RJ is missing.

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Tail Jet Clearance Runway 121

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Once Shmulik was in the pattern the key thing that possibly could have helped him (besides a greater altitude) is a very high airspeed to get out of the sink and safeguard against the sudden tail wind. That does very little when you’re in 10-20 knot sink. Absolutely! If you notice something, say something!

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Wind Shear AGL Lift Runway 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Increasing The Aircraft Speed Small, light, and low-powered aircraft such as the Cessna 172 have a relatively narrow operational speed range ranging from 40 knots up to about 160 knots. Commercial airliners fly at speeds above 300 knots but also need to be controllable at speeds below 150 knots.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 87

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

There are a number of tail strike incidents caused by the take-off weight being logged as lower than it actually was. The description of the event clearly represents what was understood at the time: During the takeoff from RWY35L, the aircraft suffered a tail strike after the rotation. The Boeing 777 became airborne at 180 knots.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 74

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. Horizontal wind speeds near the surface can be as fast as 45 knots, resulting in a 90-knot wind shear from headwind to tailwind across the microburst. A massive explosion followed, and the tail section skidded backward.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 59

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

Load’s” relatively safe haven high in the tail section left him hanging upside down on steel-wire control cables, emulating a tree sloth. Landing on a short field required full flaps and the slowest possible safe airspeed, a couple of knots above stall. That was about 89 knots, as I recall. I was dragging tail.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

THE RED AND WHITE JET WENT BY WITHOUT A SOUND. The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. Well, I was indicating 210 knots when I ejected and on my way out I was counting the rivets on the canopy bow. IMPOSSIBLE.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Thrust 124

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. We flew at 7,000 feet with as much as a 30 knot tailwind. Two jets and one piston aircraft were queued up to depart from the same runway when we arrived. Better safe than sorry.

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Clearance Knot Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. ” Ed Storos and His Bulldog.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Payload 246