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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Hainan Airlines Group announced on its WeChat official account on the evening of April 29th that, in accordance with the latest requirements from the Civil Aviation Administration of China ( CAAC ), from May 6th, Hainan Airlines flight attendants will no longer be required to wear masks.

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Lift Airlines Airline 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

The Graf II “My model of the D-LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II was built as a flying model, and it is built to a scale of 1:36 because when I was considering its size, I was advised that the model would need at least 150 cubic feet interior volume for helium to provide lift to deem the model airworthy,” Mellberg said.

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Lift Ceiling Tail Hangar 52

Simple Flying

MAY 23, 2024

Australia's domestic airlines are performing much better and edging closer to the long-term averages for reliability and punctuality.

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Lift Airlines Airline 105

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will start using back-assist exosuits to assist personnel in roles that involve regular, heavy lifting. Airport employees wore three kilogram robotic suits around their waists to help with lifting heavy objects. The suit is battery-powered and a full charge can last for about three hours.

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Lift Cargo Aviation Technology 217

Airline Geeks

JULY 30, 2024

Despite the resolution of the conflict in 2020 and improvements in Libya's aviation infrastructure, Libyan air carriers remain barred from European skies.

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Lift 75

AOPA

JUNE 5, 2024

Launched on June 1, the 2024 You Can Fly Challenge is giving those passionate about flying an opportunity to directly support general aviation. Donations to the AOPA Foundation through the challenge will be matched by the Ray Foundation, and will support major initiatives to promote the future of GA.

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Lift General Aviation 59

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In response to a complaint filed in 2022 by competitor airlines Airlink and Lift, South Africa’s International Air Services Council (IASC) has determined that FlySafair is majority-owned by Ireland-based aviation and logistics group ASL Holdings.

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Lift Airlines Airline 285

Aerotime

JUNE 30, 2024

Video captured by an eyewitness shows the test stage igniting and lifting off. Its performance aims to rival SpaceX ‘s Falcon 9, a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle capable of transporting cargo and crew into Earth orbit. miles (approximately 1.5 kilometers) away, breaking into pieces.

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Simple Flying

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter and is one of the heaviest-lifting helicopters in any Western army. The Army has confirmed it is exploring operations for the next CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift rotorcraft replacement.

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Lift 105

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

All flight restrictions were lifted at 03.30 Another SAS flight arriving from Palma de Mallorca (PMI) was diverted to Gothenburg (GOT) and a TUI Fly aircraft from Alghero (AHO), Italy, was diverted to Turku (TKU) in Finland. local time.

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Lift Airlines Airline 303

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

London-Stansted Airport (STN) is hoping to lift passengers’ spirits as autumn beds in with news that British Airways and Ryanair are both launching new routes over the coming months.

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Lift Airlines Airline 239

Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

The IndiGo jet touched down three seconds after the lift off. Yesterday in Mumbai, an Air India and IndiGo flight experienced a loss of separation when the Air India flight was cleared to depart and the IndiGo flight cleared to land.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Lift Pilot in Command 258

AOPA

JUNE 6, 2024

FREDERICK, Md., June 6, 2024—Launched on June 1, the 2024 You Can Fly Challenge is giving those passionate about flying an opportunity to directly support general aviation. Donations to the AOPA Foundation through the challenge will be matched by the Ray Foundation, and will support major initiatives to promote the future of GA.

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General Aviation Lift 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The EL9 uses blown lift technology to land on runways as short as 150 feet (45 meters), which would even enable it to land in unconventional spots such as football fields and parking lots. It has been an intense week for Virginia-based hybrid-electric aircraft startup Electra.

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Payload Lift Runway Airlines 241

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Aer Lingus has continued to face challenges as the passenger cap at Dublin Airport (DUB) is no closer to being lifted, forcing the Irish airline to adapt its operations and network, including potentially grounding one A330 aircraft.

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Lift Airlines Airline 116

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy-lift military helicopter designed and developed by Sikorsky Aircraft in the 1970s. Produced for the United States Marine Corps, the Ch-53E entered military service in 1981. The US military aims to operate the type well into the 2030s.

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Lift 111

Simple Flying

JULY 8, 2024

Although the science behind flight may seem complex, it boils down to the balance of four fundamental forces: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Have you ever watched a plane take off and wondered how that big metal object full of people actually floats in the air?

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Thrust Drag Lift 116

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has just successfully completed its second successful launch using its new Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift launch vehicle. ULA is one of two major US companies contracted to launch Space Force and spy agency satellites into orbit. Meanwhile, the Space Force has recently added another $1.8

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Lift 105

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Although the rocket successfully lifted off the ground and then executed the recovery maneuver correctly, it ended up crashing right when it was in the final stages of the landing process, after 179 seconds in the air.

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Lift 278

Flight Training Central

MAY 7, 2024

The horizontal component of lift. The vertical component of lift. The four forces acting on an airplane in flight are lift, weight, thrust, and drag. lift, gravity, power, and friction. lift, weight, gravity, and thrust. What force makes an airplane turn? Centrifugal force. increase if the CG is moved forward.

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Gross Weight Longitudinal Axis Airfoil Lift 98

Simple Flying

AUGUST 4, 2024

AH-64 Apaches are the primary attack helicopter of the US Army, the Boeing CH-47 Chinooks are the twin tandem rotor heavy lift helicopters , and the UH-60 Black Hawks are the Army's medium-lift utility workhorse. The damaged helicopters include Apaches, Chinooks, and Black Hawks.

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Lift 111

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

These online sessions lasted for several hours, focusing on the steps required to lift the ban on PIA flights in Europe and the UK,” state the sources. According to the View from the Wing website, airline sources have advised that “multiple technical sessions have been conducted in the past two days between CAA and EU officials.

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Lift Airlines Airline Pilot 265

Simple Flying

MAY 5, 2024

For an aircraft to take flight, it has to have adequate lift over the wings. Lift is achieved by the aircraft moving through the air at high speeds. To do this, an aircraft must accelerate to a specific speed.

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Lift Jet 105

Airline Geeks

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Canadian government has lifted pandemic-era caps on flights between Canada and China, paving the way for an increase in service.

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Lift Airline Airlines 86

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Aurora is designing a demonstrator X-plane using fan-in-wing technology that will provide vertical lift for US airborne logistics without needing a prepared runway ( the project was previously revealed earlier in the year ).

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Runway Lift 122

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Jet engines are designed to produce sufficient power to lift the aircraft off the ground and keep it airborne during flight. To achieve this, they must run at very high speeds. The speed of the engine, in revolutions per minute (RPM), is generally expressed as a percentage of the maximum allowed rotation speed.

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Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As you sit in your window seat and look out the window, have you ever wondered what the different parts of the wings do and why they sometimes lift, bend down, protrude, and retract at various phases of the flight?

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 27, 2024

A separate SpaceX mission successfully lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on September 28, 2024. The crew arrived back around two months later than planned due to issues with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and Hurricane Milton.

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Lift 226

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 10, 2024

For example, the UK is planning on lifting current liquids restrictions in 2025 , coinciding with the full rollout of new security scanners. The good news is that the United States does plan on lifting liquids restrictions when new scanners are rolled out. Unfortunately don’t expect a similar timeline in the United States.

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Lift 115

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In its Airplane Flying Handbook , the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) defines the take-off roll (or ground roll) as "the portion of the take-off procedure during which the airplane is accelerated from a standstill to an airspeed that provides sufficient lift for it to become airborne."

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Lift Airplanes Runway 111

Simple Flying

AUGUST 18, 2024

The impressive sight, paired with the roar of engines, is due to the forces needed to lift the aircrafts weight off the ground. Wherever it is in the world, an airliners departure will typically be an impressive display of power. Despite this, an airliner will rarely use its full capabilities on takeoff as far as thrust is concerned.

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Thrust Lift Airlines Airline 116

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Even so (and even after the EU lifted restrictions in 2023), there are some reasons why passengers should still put their phones on airplane mode. It was determined in 2014 that cell phones could interfere with an aircraft's systems , although things may have changed since.

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Airplanes Lift 105

Simple Flying

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy-lift helicopter designed and developed by Sikorsky Aircraft in the 1970s. It entered service with the US Marine Corps in 1981 and is also operated by the US Navy. The US Military plans to operate the type into the 2030s.

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Lift 105

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 5, 2024

At the highest position of the nose, the aircraft momentarily performs a full-body airbrake before dropping the nose back into normal position and gaining lift. Notably, the aircraft does not lose or gain altitude during the maneuver, making it one of the most cherished aerobics maneuvers.

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Lift 105

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Since most aircraft spend nearly 90% of their operational time in cruise flight, the cruise lift-to-drag ratio determines the cruise performance of the aircraft. Engines play a vital role in ensuring that necessary thrust is provided to counter the drag forces and achieve a level flight.

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Drag Thrust Lift 105

Aerotime

AUGUST 13, 2024

The drones, named Airtruck and Sprayhawk, are both based on the Robinson R44 helicopter airframe, which has been adapted to perform a number of tasks, such as lifting cargos or spraying crops, while remotely operated.

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Lift Cargo Aviation Technology 232