Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

In 2024 alone, Lilium declared 2 of its subsidiaries insolvent and faced shuttering the business completely until a last-moment promise of investment allowed it to continue work on a factory for its eVTOL electric jet. Yet, improvements in vertical-lift technology are still coming fast. The rear props are strictly for lift.

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Lift Payload Cargo Pilot 68

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

Some of Britain’s greatest aviation feats include the evolution of the jet engine, the first aircraft with an enclosed cabin, the development of Concorde and the de Havilland Comet – the first commercial jet airliner to enter service. Aerospace is undergoing its biggest revolution since the jet engine era.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Jet (and turboprop) turbine engines work more efficiently, and burn less fuel, at higher altitudes where the air is less dense. The same applies to the selecting of reverse pitch on turboprop aircraft, which translates the thrust produced by the rotating propellor forwards creating a slowing effect.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe Now I texted my twin jet crew to get to the airport as soon as possible, then quickly planned the flight, ordered the fuel, and completed the preflight while my fellow crewmates arrived and got their pre-mission tasks accomplished. The yaw from the asymmetrical thrust was now gone, and the rudder needed to be retrimmed.

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Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? He replied, Ive got the jet.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing. In level flight, the aircraft is adjusted so that the wingtips dont add lift. Lift is reduced, and the nose pitches downward. This creates an increase in lift, and the nose pitches up.

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Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 23, 2025

Navy requirement for a jet-powered, carrier-based night fighter equipped with radar. This necessity gave the F3D its distinctive barrel-shaped fuselage and broad, straight Hershey bar wings, which provided the lift needed to keep the radar-equipped airframe airborne.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 11, 2025

They flew a total of 313 missions, collecting invaluable data on pitch stability, lift, drag, and buffeting in transonic and supersonic flight. The jet- and rocket-powered aircraft exceeded expectations, performing better than predicted in high-speed wind tunnel testsparticularly in drag performance above Mach 0.85.

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Northstar VFR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Lift We’ll start with my personal favorite — lift. Weight Now let’s talk about the flip side of lift — weight. To maintain level flight, we would need to have enough air flowing over the wings to match the amount of weight we’re lifting — the plane itself, fuel, passengers, baggage and, of course, that cup of coffee.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing. It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. He compared its glide rate to that of a Cessna 206.

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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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Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

Key Takeaways Air density affects aircraft performance, including lift, engine power, and propeller effectiveness. These include lift, propeller thrust, and engine combustion. This increased density increases airflow over the wings, generating more lift. Fewer air molecules result in less dense air, which means less lift.

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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. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

m, it was designed to improve lift and efficiency during take-off and landings, and t he aircraft was powered by two 15,000-lb thrust JT8D engines, giving it improved performance. Being a short to medium-range aircraft with a compact design allowed it to operate over shorter runways. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

m, it was designed to improve lift and efficiency during take-off and landings, and t he aircraft was powered by two 15,000-lb thrust JT8D engines, giving it improved performance. Being a short to medium range aircraft with a compact design allowed it to operate over shorter runways. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Bennett, who focused on incorporating a rotor-driven lift system with conventional wings and engines for forward thrust. During takeoff and landing, the rotor was powered by compressed air jets at the tips of the blades. However, the rotor blades were not powered during flight; instead, they were auto-rotating.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

It uses a propulsion system comprising propellers or jet engines to navigate at a certain set speed limit. Contrary to popular belief, airplane taxiing does not include the moments right before takeoff where the plane’s speed continues to accelerate until it lifts off the ground or touchdown as the plane slows to a halt after landing.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Horizon Aircraft During the take-off and landing phases of flight, the wing surfaces can transform from a smooth horizontal flying surface into a stabilizer, housing 14 fans that provide the lift for vertical flight – five embedded on either side of the main wing, plus a further two mounted either side within the forward canard wings.

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. As altitude increases, air molecules spread out, resulting in less power and lift. After 50 minutes, we were taxiing to the runway.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

After an emergency landing at YZF (Yellowknife NT, Canada), the pilots found the fan blades were coated with what looked like rough cement, while the nose of the transcontinental business jet had been stripped of most of its paint. They knew then that they had encountered volcanic ash from the ongoing eruption of a volcano in Alaska.

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Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What is a Turbine Airplane There is a misconception among the public that airplanes are divided between prop and jet. These are more pure jets and produce power from just the engine core. A significant amount of thrust generated by the engine comes from the fan rather than the core. This is the common ‘jet’ engine in use today.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 14, 2024

The F-4 Phantom is a supersonic, multi-role fighter jet developed by McDonnell Aircraft in the late 1950s. A significant innovation in the Phantom’s design was the tandem seat layout for its crew, a first in fighter jets. the Phantom II showcased its supersonic capabilities, making it one of the fastest fighter jets of its era.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

Aircraft that transform their wing shape mid-flight might sound like something out of a futuristic sci-fi, but they’re actually as old as the jet age itself. Key Takeaways Variable-sweep wings adjust in flight to balance lift and speed. Modern jets favor simpler, stealthier fixed-wing designs. What Is a Variable-Sweep Wing?

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Aerotime

JULY 3, 2024

The KTLS is an unpowered system, with takeoff thrust provided solely by the aircraft’s jet engine. During the fully autonomous takeoff, the Valkyrie engine throttles up like a conventional jet, accelerating down the runway with the KTLS.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

Why the F15 Fighter Jet Reigns Supreme in Aerial Combat Why is the F15 fighter jet considered a legend in aerial combat? 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.

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Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The F-18 Fighter Jet: A Review The F-18 Fighter Jet has become one of the most iconic military aircraft in history. From its ability to conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground combat missions to its outstanding performance, the F-18 has earned its reputation as an incredibly capable fighter jet. It is a single-seat aircraft.

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Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Workers are subject to overheating, and so is their ground equipment: all of those myriad tugs, tractors, carts and lifts that Airplanes themselves, meanwhile, have a lot of internal machinery, both electronic and mechanical, and much of it runs hot to begin with. Jet engines don’t like this low-density air either, producing less thrust.

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Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This transition of lifting off is called rotation. They took 122,702 litres of Jet-Fuel A-1 at Malpensa. The reference for take-off in the Flight Management System showed: Flaps 5° Thrust 56° V 1 : 145 kt V R : 149 kt V 2 : 156 kt V-speeds are used to define the relative speeds which are important to the operation of the aircraft.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

This means pitchingmoment changes are small, but lift still rises and falls with airspeed. This disabled all flight controls, leaving the crew to maneuver the aircraft with engine thrust only. The pilots used differential thrust to navigate to Sioux City airport. Why is that important? As it descends, it regains speed.

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

A local television channel showed video of the jet taking off over a residential area, and then it disappeared from view and a ball of fire and thick black smoke rose into the sky. Clearly catastrophic loss of lift. Shortly after departing from runway 23, a “Mayday” call came from the jet. Details awaited.

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

It certainly lifts off slowly; however, it was hot and the Boeing would have been heavy with a full load of passengers packed for travel to the UK and fuel for the nine-hour flight. However, the Boeing lifts off and seems to reach a positive rate of climb, despite being heavy on a hot day. However, this theory is more dubious.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The foreplane on the aircraft was mounted ahead and above the main wing in order to provide extra lift at slower speeds and improve its short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. Even considering both the latest American and Soviet jet aircraft of the time, the Saab 37 Viggen was among the most advanced combat aircraft in the world.

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Ask the Pilot

JUNE 14, 2025

That being said, evidence suggests the Boeing 787 suffered either a loss of thrust in both engines, or an inadvertent retraction of the plane’s flaps and slats before reaching sufficient speed. The flight path was stable, but the jet slammed into buildings at over 150 miles-per-hour, exploding into a fireball.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 1, 2025

It was a gray, rainy afternoon, and the caretaker guided us through the darkened house, showing some curious Wright inventions like a shower with dozens of water jets and an articulating book rest for more comfortable reading. And the part I most remember was visiting the Wright brothers mansion (then, not open to the public).

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Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Whisper said multiple eQ250 engines will each provide 80 pounds-force of thrust while achieving coefficients of lift as high as 14, enabling short takeoff and landing (STOL). The company has also released concepts for a regional Whisper Jet and more robust 100-seat model , both based around its ducted fan and eQ engine technology.

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