Jet Lift Tail 
Pilot's Life Blog
MARCH 15, 2024
Generate Lift With Airplane Wings One of the most valuable airplane parts that connect to the fuselage is the wings. The wings work with other sections of an aircraft to increase lift and adjust stalling speed. Of all the sections of an aircraft, the tail assembly is perhaps the most important for keeping an airplane in the air safely.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 11, 2024
During the early years of the jet age, between the end of World War II and the swinging ’60s, there were very few new ideas that were not worth a try. To understand the genesis of this little jet-powered hot rod, let’s understand the problem that faced the U.S. Air Force immediately following WWII.
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Vintage Aviation News
JULY 5, 2024
Local forklift hire was kindly arranged by AEM Lifting from Tuxford, Notts. The one-of-a-kind jet is carefully unloaded at its new home. The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type This safety pilot handled engine starting, re-lighting and fuel control.
Fear of Landing
JULY 12, 2024
Or maybe you are in a fighter-jet themed escape room and you have to correctly identify miniature models of warbirds or you will be stuck listening to Danger Zone on repeat forever. In this case, you should wait for the jet to pass you and take a look at the exhausts. If there’s only one, it’s an F-16.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 19, 2024
Photo by Joel Edwards] When A&T commenced the recovery, divers placed inflatable lift bags at strategic points on the two sections to raise them to just below the surface, thus preventing damage during the twelve hours it took to tow the wreckage to the local marina. The same didn’t happen on the port side. The yoke is original.
Ask the Pilot
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Like the trailing-edge flaps along the back of the wing, these devices are deployed in stages to increase lift at low speeds. There’s no way to isolate a specific slat, so keeping the broken one retracted would’ve meant a “no flap landing,” where all of the high-lift devices, both flaps and slats, remain stowed.
Fear of Landing
MARCH 22, 2024
TURBO-AE Code During the 1990s, NASA developed a computer code that generates two-dimensional simulations of potential aeroelastic (AE) problems that can occur in jet engine blades. Jet Engine Combustors During the 1990s and early 2000s, NASA improved the technology associated with jet fuel combustion to help engines burn fuel more cleanly.
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