Aerotime

JUNE 3, 2024

A helicopter pilot in Florida was charged for landing on top of a protected birds nest site at Egmont Key State Park. According to flight tracking data company FlightAware, the registered owner of the helicopter tail number N220EC is Bradenton-based landscaping company CC Landscaping Warehouse Plus.

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Pilot Tail 263

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

Many years ago, while working my way through college pumping avgas at the local airport, I discovered that one of our university deans owned a diminutive two-seat, twin-tailed airplanean Ercoupe. Then, a few years ago, I was privileged to hear how an amazing young woman, Jessica Cox , earned her sport pilot certificate.

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Rudder Tail Crosswind Airplanes 105

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

Eventually, the 99th was joined by the 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons to form the 332nd Fighter Group, famously known as the Red Tails. Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, “Tuskegee Airmen,” the elite, all-African American 332nd Fighter Group at Ramitelli, Italy., from left to right, Lt. Morgran, Lt.

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Tail Pilot 105

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

A LATAM jet departing Italy for Brazil suffered a tail strike on takeoff, in what can only be described as a rather strange incident, as reported by The Aviation Herald. However, while rotating, the jet struck its tail on the runway. CCTV shows LATAM Brasil 777-300 tail strike incident while departing Milan Malpensa Airport on Tuesday.

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Tail Runway UTC Clearance 120

AV Web

APRIL 14, 2025

Videos and photos show those parts separated from the helicopter before the cabin and part of the tail boom fell into the water off Jersey City, killing a Spanish family and the pilot. They also recovered the tail rotor system.The evidence will be taken to a secure location for further examination.

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Tail Pilot 96

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 13, 2025

In FBOs and online forums, many prospective airplane owners ask other pilots for aircraft recommendations. A GPS/COM provides some modern navigation capability, and a uAvionix Tail Beacon provides ADS-B out functionality, unlocking access to all airspace. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Tail Airplanes General Aviation Runway 105

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2025

Even professional pilots use this technique! Basically, any wind that blows across the runway or flight path instead of head-on or tailing the aircraft. There might be the occasional difference of a knot or two here or there, but generally, as we pilots say, it is close enough for government work. The wind direction.

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Crosswind Pilot Knot Turbulence 69

Simple Flying

APRIL 20, 2025

His private jet fleet powerfully reflects his dual life, as both Hollywood star and an accomplished pilot. Each aircraft bears Travolta's personal touch and often his initials in the tail number. He currently owns and flies a Dassault Falcon 900 , a Boeing 737-300 , and an Eclipse 500.Each

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Jet Tail Pilot 91

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 2, 2024

I’ve never seen a tail strike quite so… prolonged. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. There are a number of tail strike incidents caused by the take-off weight being logged as lower than it actually was.

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Tail Lift Runway V Speed 98

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to LaFayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350. The pictures of the damage to the CRJ-900 are kind of wild.

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Tail Jet Air Traffic Control Clearance 117

Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The ICON A5 is an amphibious light-sport aircraft (LSA) that inspires recreational pilots, handling water landings with full (30-degree) flaps. With a maximum speed of 95 Knots (109 MPH, 176 km/h), the aircraft features an angle of attack indicator and a T-tail to keep the elevator and rudder in the propeller slipstream.

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Rudder Knot Tail Pilot 104

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Pilots often likened its bulky silhouette and less agile handling to that of a turkey, especially when compared to the sleeker, more maneuverable fighters within the same air groups. Note radar pods in right-side wings, and the distinctive tail insignia. You can visit www.thunderovermichigan.org for more information.

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Tail Pilot 122

Aerotime

JULY 30, 2024

A recording of the conversation between a pilot of the DL1304 and air traffic control was uploaded to YouTube. The DL1304 pilot informed SLC that the headwind was exceeding safe limits for takeoff. We’re just running the number, so stand by,” the Delta 1304 pilot told air traffic control. air traffic control responded. “We

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Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Tail 296

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 4, 2025

With a long, pencil-like fuselage, short anhedral wings capped with large tip tanks, and a T-tail, the Starfighter bore a striking resemblance to the spacecraft being developed at the same time. This aircraft crashed in 1957 following flutter problems which ripped the tail from the fuselage. The pilot, Bill Park, ejected safely.

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Tail Thrust Jet Pilot 111

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 3, 2025

The historic flight took place near Niagara Falls, New York, with company test pilots Edward F. Early helicopters required pilots to manually synchronize engine RPM with both main rotor and tail rotor collective pitchesa complex and demanding task. test pilot Floyd W. Hensley and Gerald Arthur Jay Demming at the controls.

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Payload Stability Tail General Aviation 98

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The new bomber design, which was internally designated as the Model 32, also adapted the Corregidor’s twin tail design, and had twin internal bomb bays compared to the B-17’s one. Bill Wheatley, Consolidated’s Chief Test Pilot, co-pilot George Newman, and flight engineers Jack Kline and Bob Keith.

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Tail Airfoil Drag Ceiling 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The most modern versions incorporate a rear window and swept tail. This example, built in 1960, combines the fastback of earlier models with the swept tail of later ones. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1960 Cessna 172A Skyhawk appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Pilot 96

Airline Geeks

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The January 2024 incident has prompted both Airbus and Air France to change procedures and add more pilot training events.

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Tail Pilot 88

Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

If we look at the flight training segment of the market alone, there is the unescapable fact that the aviation industry will need to train approximately 600,000 pilots over the course of the next two decades. The macro figures indeed sound compelling.

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Aileron Lift Tail General Aviation 311

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

I dont exactly fit the standard pilot profile of Game Aerospaces GB1 GameBird But theres always been something about the GameBird that has piqued my interest. Its first-class team, led by Ian Waghorn, ensures that pilots leave the training program feeling confident, competent, and safe in their new or new-to-them GameBird.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Aerotime

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Vision Jet has opened the doors to a new category of aircraft, enabling a broader range of pilots to transition into jet ownership and elevating the standards for what is possible in personal flight. The design features a unique V-tail, a retractable landing gear, and is constructed 100% from composite material.

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Jet General Aviation Clearance Knot 287

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

An effort to honor a local MIA Red Tail takes-off, again ( …continued from Part Three ) As many legendary combat pilots have once said “ So there I was.” We keep in touch, and message every so often about anything either of us have discovered as we continue to research our Red Tail heroes pasts.

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Tail Pilot 105

Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

This would have to wait until late 2002, when a group of airline pilots came knocking on his door. The pilots pitched him a project to launch a new carrier which would operate between Spain and the United Kingdom using Boeing 727 aircraft and, while Muoz remained unconvinced about some aspects of the project, the idea piqued his curiosity.

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Airline Airlines Pilot Tail 304

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The exterior shows well, with 7/10 paint in subtle colors and a simple scheme that accentuates the forward-swept lines of the unique Mooney tail. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1968 Mooney M20F Executive 21 appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Payload Airplanes Tail Pilot 98

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

NTSB Investigators know that the Black Hawk was visible on radar screens, but the ADS-B is an advanced surveillance technology that provides more accurate details to air traffic control and other aircraft pilots. The NTSB said: The wreckage is expected to be offloaded from the barge tomorrow [Friday] and transferred to a secure location.

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Air Traffic Control Tail Runway Jet 304

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 18, 2025

For a certain segment of pilots looking to travel a certain distance, a fast, personal airplane can serve as a veritable time machine. These include a new nose bowl and dorsal fin/tail root fairings from Lasar Speed Mods. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Airplanes Drag Knot 97

AV Web

MAY 26, 2024

The modified Cessna Super Skywagon, with a 550 horsepower Pratt & Whitney turboprop, was at 14,000 feet over Butler County when a “premature parachute release” fouled the tail and possibly damaged it. Everyone, including the pilot, got out before the plane crashed in a field. ” The NTSB will investigate. .

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Pilot Tail 98

AV Web

MARCH 19, 2025

On climbout from the maneuver, the Boeing passed approximately 200 feet behind the tail of the Challenger after it had crossed the runway and was directed to hold its position by ground control. The pilots testified that, as they turned to taxi on Runway 04L, they were onto Runway 31L before they could center the nosewheel from the turn.

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Runway Clearance Final Approach Approach 79

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 5, 2025

To lead Sage’s aeronautical department, the company hired gliding pioneer and test pilot Eric Gordon England, and designer Clifford Tinson. Sage’s second design, the Type 2, a small two-seat fighter, where a pilot and rear gunner were kept in an enclosed cockpit, was built and flight tested.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Airplanes Rudder 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. Key Takeaways Wingtip vortices, not engine exhaust, create the strongest wake turbulence.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

That year, however, saw the airframe and a set of wings being donated to the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut so it could be transformed into a memorial honoring the pilots who flew Corsairs in combat. This was brainchild of World War II (WWII) Marine Corps Corsair pilot, and then the manager of Bridgeport Municipal Airport, Nick Mainiero.

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Rudder Tail Cockpit Lift 105

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. “Very little,” the gunner reported.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

A large portion of the tail section was found on the runway, around 1,680 feet from the threshold, and 235 feet from the main wreckage. Endeavor Air CRJ-900 debris map So, what do we know about the two pilots? Is it possible that pilot error caused this? The right wing came to a rest around 215 feet beyond the main wreckage.

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 108

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 7, 2025

It was short, stubby, very tall, and had two wings and two tails. To that he added wings and tail, and placed the pilot behind all this. The unique twin tails completed this one-of-a-kind design and became the signature feature of the entire line. The pilot moved from behind the hopper to the top of it.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Gross Weight Pilot 53

AV Web

MAY 19, 2024

Our local flying club was having its yearly “Talk Like a Pilot Day” cookout at their hangar, and I was invited to give the keynote address. I was among a few dozen people who had spent their day talking like a pilot around clueless non-flyers. There is very little difference between pilots and pirates, matey, I said.

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Pilot General Aviation Airplanes Hangar 116

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In August 1943, it was assigned to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as Kittyhawk A29-448though also marked with serial number A29-1050 on the opposite tail. On March 13, 1944, while piloted by F/L Frank Arthur Coker, the aircraft suffered a landing mishap at Nadzab Airfield and was sent to 11 RSU for repairs. It joined No.

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Firewall Tail Pilot 116

CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

They go beyond the basic power-on and power-off stalls required for private or commercial pilots, focusing on scenarios that instructors need to teach students about to enhance stall awareness and safety. Show how this can happen during a rushed go-around or climb if the pilot overreacts. 65 knots in a Cessna 172).

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Aileron Rudder Checkride AGL 96