Simple Flying

MAY 3, 2024

Private jet operator Volato's mission is to elevate the private jet experience. It is an innovative company that offers fractional ownership, jet cards, charter aircraft and aircraft management services.

Tail 111

Tail Jet 111

Simple Flying

MAY 25, 2024

As one the most recognized airlines in the US, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines began operating jet-powered aircraft in 1959. While some aircraft were original Delta jets, others entered the fleet when the carrier merged with other airlines, expanding the fleet.

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Tail Jet Airlines Airline 116

Simple Flying

JUNE 4, 2024

The G500 is one of the most famous private jets made by Gulfstream Aerospace. Planespotters worldwide have most likely all already seen its iconic T-tail design and stylish round windows, which the company claims to be some of the widest available on the market today.

Tail 105

Tail Jet 105

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 23, 2024

For one, the A350 comes with the option of airlines installing a tail camera, so it’s common among A350 operators, while you won’t find that on any 787 operator. For one, the A350 comes with the option of airlines installing a tail camera, so it’s common among A350 operators, while you won’t find that on any 787 operator.

Tail 117

Tail Jet Airlines Airline 117

Aerotime

MAY 8, 2024

The first 50 were part of an order announced at the Dubai Airshow in 2019 and four years later the carrier extended the purchase by 15 jets. While it is the first time a new Emirates Airbus A350 has been seen publicly it is not the first time that A6EXA has been spotted during its manufacturing journey.

Tail 274

Tail Jet Airlines Airline 274

Flyertalk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Delta Air Lines says the incident caused the tail of the smaller regional aircraft to be sheared off after colliding with an Airbus A350 bound for Japan. Collision Happens as Smaller Jet Rolls on Adjacent Taxiway According to the airline, the incident took place around 10:00 a.m. There were no injuries aboard either flight.

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Tail Runway Jet Hangar 98

Aerotime

MAY 29, 2024

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) plans to introduce 12 new aircraft in 2024 comprised of four Airbus A330neos and eight Boeing 737-8 jets. Anticipation for the first arrival of Malaysian Airlines’ new fleet of A330neo aircraft is building with deliveries expected to begin in the third quarter of 2024.

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Airlines Airline Tail Cockpit 274

Simple Flying

JULY 10, 2024

On May 17, 2024, a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle with the tail number #89-0487 (dubbed "Lucky") marked a remarkable milestone. It surpassed 15,000 flight hours while carrying out a combat sortie. Adding to the accomplishment, "Lucky" is the only F-15E in the US Air Force credited with an air-to-air kill.

Tail 111

Tail Jet 111

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

The most significant visual differences were the T-46’s high wing and the “H” tail, with twin vertical stabilizers mounted to the ends of the horizontal stabilizer that strongly resembled those of the company’s previous jet, the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Tail Rudder 126

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

So the pilot of the first Delta jet advised air traffic control they’d need a minute to crunch the numbers on takeoff performance: Delta 1304 pilot: “Right now, for Delta 1304, we got four knots too much on the tailwind. Famous last words, because as it turns out, there wasn’t enough room for the jet to “get in there.”

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Jet 115

Planes.com

AUGUST 7, 2024

In a groundbreaking development, Embraer has launched a cutting-edge automatic takeoff feature for its E2 family of passenger jets. Slated for service by the end of 2025, the E2TS will support minimising pilot actions to achieve a shorter take-off run without compromising the minimum required climb gradient and the need to avoid tail-strike.

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Payload Tail Runway Pilot 52

AV Web

JULY 31, 2024

I worked for Dassault Falcon Jet at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey for a few years, and though my usual commute was by car, there was one time when it made sense to fly my V-tail Bonanza to work. No problem. When handed over to the tower, I explained that I wanted to park at Dassault.

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Runway Tail Approach Jet 52

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.

Jet 79

Jet Tail Pilot Descent 79

One Mile at a Time

JULY 23, 2024

With this update, Virgin Atlantic now has 19 of these jets on order. Virgin Atlantic expects to have all 19 jets in its fleet by 2028. Virgin Atlantic offers a nice passenger experience on this jet, and I’ve reviewed the carrier’s A330-900neo Upper Class (Virgin Atlantic’s name for business class).

Jet 112

Jet Tail Airlines Airline 112

Airline Reporter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It is one thing to smell jet fuel (which we did), but we also enjoyed the smell of burning rubber after each aircraft touched down. The classic tail lineup shot at SEA. A Condor Airbus A330 with Mt. Rainier in the background. I am by no means a professional photographer (I use auto mode, like a noob), but Francis is.

Tail 52

Tail Jet Airlines Airline 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Vital Components of a Plane in the Tail Assembly The primary function of the empennage or tail assembly of an airplane is to keep the aircraft stable despite the rotational energy of relative wind. Of all the sections of an aircraft, the tail assembly is perhaps the most important for keeping an airplane in the air safely.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

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.

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Cockpit Tail Jet Pilot 71

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Muroc was where many of America’s first experimental jet and rocket planes took flight, including the Bell XS-1, the rocket-plane which first broke the speed of sound back in October, 1947. One such project involved North American Aviation’s A-5 Vigilante the U.S. NASA Flight Research Center test pilot William H.

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Pilot Tail Jet Hangar 104

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 13, 2024

This incident was so serious that the plane was flown to Paine Field in Washington after the incident for Boeing to investigate, and the jet hasn’t flown a passenger flight since. Around 40 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft was at 32,000 feet, when it experienced a Dutch roll. Below is a video that explains this in greater detail.

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Rudder Tail Pilot Runway 133

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

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. feet this was the longest Meteor produced.

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Cockpit Rudder Stability Pilot 119

Professional Pilot

MAY 27, 2024

. /22 May 2024 – Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, has confirmed approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the SD Plane Simple Ka-band tail mount terminal for a Gulfstream G650.

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Flight Deck Tail Jet Pilot 40

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

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. We utilized Vought drawings and in some cases where they were non-existent, reverse engineer, a term not unknown to the Restoration community.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Cranky Flier

AUGUST 30, 2024

Frontier Adds 11 Frontier is adding 11 new frontiers as the carrier will add flights for this fall and winter to give customers who prefer their airplanes with an animal on their tail more options. National Jet Express took delivery of its 10th Q400 aircraft despite its name. KLM took delivery of its first A321neo.

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Cabin Crew Tail Airlines Airline 212

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. That meant balancing aerodynamic forces on the flight controls with a large “trim wheel” linked by cables to tabs on the aft edge of our horizontal tail. I was dragging tail.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 24, 2024

Bong , who named it “Marge” It had red propeller spinners, wingtips, and the top and bottom tips of the tail. Tragically, he was killed on August 6, 1945, when a P-80 jet fighter he was testing crashed, the same day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Assigned to pilot Captain Richard I.

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Tail Pilot Jet 128

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 4, 2024

PRESS RELEASE via Royal Navy A retired Sea Harrier jump jet and Lynx helicopter are being transferred to the South Atlantic as islanders create an exhibition dedicated to the men and women who liberated the Falklands from Argentine rule in 1982.

Tail 79

Tail Jet Hangar Pilot 79

Planes.com

JULY 25, 2023

The Boeing was crafted to revel in the popularity of the Disney movie, “Frozen” While the fuselage features snowman Olaf having fun on the beach, the tail features sisters Princess Anna and Queen Elsa. WestJet The Calgary, Canada-based carrier unveiled an exciting custom-painted Boeing, the Next-Generation 737 aircraft.

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Airplanes Tail Jet Airlines 40

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

By Owen Davies Contributing Writer Bombardier is a pioneer in aircraft health monitoring systems for business jets. Compared with jets, helicopters traditionally have had fairly dreadful readiness statistics. AHMS for jets appeared some 20 years ago, when Airbus began delivering its Airman monitoring software.

Tail 40

Tail Jet Pilot Airlines 40

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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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airlines 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

Next was a de Havilland “cavalcade”, one of the most famous British manufacturers, de Havilland built everything from famous training aircraft to jet fighters, the fabulous Mosquito wooden bomber, and passenger airliners including the world’s first commercial jet airliner the Comet.

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Crosswind Jet Weather Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

The tail turret, as recovered from the wreck site, is shown behind the restored Martin 250CE (2×0.50-cal. Cold War Jets line the Lindquist Stewart Gallery with, from right to left, F-100A 52-5777 in Hill AFB flight test colors, F-104A 56-0753, and F-102A 57-0833. machine guns, cylindrical, electrically operated) top turret.

Jet 94

Jet Tail Cargo Pilot 94

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

Here’s a video of a 182 flipping in 30 knot winds at Las Vegas (with jet blast the deciding factor). I could turn tail, but things were not much better back further west. I’ve landed in strong winds enough times that 30 knots can seem routine, as long as it’s reasonably aligned with the runway. What to do?

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Knot Crosswind Rudder Runway 75

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

The experience went even further south when, tailed into the open hangar, she fired up the 172 with a roar and blew everything all over the place. Obviously, somebody hadn’t done their homework, because Hartzell would hardly hang a clock with a McCauley prop advertisement on its repair station hangar wall.

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Airplanes Hangar Pilot Tail 99

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

The first operational F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet landed at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, on June 5, 2024. Tails painted — all dressed up for delivery. Thus, the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard stationed in Portland has become the first operational unit in the US Air Force to field the new aircraft.

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Jet Tail Payload Cockpit 245

Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Worst case would’ve been the slat breaking apart further, or detaching completely, unlikely as that might be, but even this wouldn’t crash the plane, so long as the stabilizers or tail weren’t struck and badly damaged. There may have been a discussion about whether or not to deploy the slats for landing. The B-word is what counts.

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Stability Lift Runway Tail 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. Mine was to keep us at 1,300 feet, hugging the right side of the Hudson River, and listen for our tail number. From this point on, Tommy and I had different jobs.

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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. Mine was to keep us at 1,300 feet, hugging the right side of the Hudson River, and listen for our tail number. From this point on, Tommy and I had different jobs.

Clearance 52

Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52