Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III based out of South Carolinas Joint Base Charleston lost part of its tail. Luckily for all involved, the tail cone also known as the aft radome landed in a parking lot without causing harm.

Tail 120

Tail 120

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

During its 50-year history, the United Kingdom national flag carrier British Airways has had three liveries: Negus, Landor, Utopia, and World Tails and World Image tailfins.

Tail 102

Tail 102

Aerotime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As part of the collaboration, one of AirAsia X’s A330 aircraft, with tail number 9M-XXU, has been adorned with designs featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and Amy Rose. Another aircraft, AirAsia’s Airbus A320 with tail number 9M-AFF, has been decorated with Persona 5 characters Joker and Morgana.

Tail 297

Tail Airline Airlines 297

Aerotime

JULY 11, 2024

Having taken off from Milan’s runway 35L at 13:26 local time, the aircraft’s tail made contact with the runway surface as the aircraft rotated. Images posted on social media show the aircraft climbing out leaving a large cloud of dust behind it where the underside of the tail struck the runway surface.

Tail 317

Tail Runway UTC Airline 317

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On October 21, a China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9 , flight CZ3534 from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), encountered a tail strike incident upon landing.

Tail 107

Tail Airlines Airline 107

Simple Flying

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whenever you see aircraft being built, you might have noticed that their tails are fully painted in the future owners’ livery. Why is this the case?

Tail 98

Tail 98

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The major American ultra-low fare airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has made waves in the aviation industry with its distinctive and eye-catching airplane tail designs. 2024 marks the 30th year anniversary of Frontier Airlines and its iconic animal-themed era.

Tail 104

Tail Airline Airlines Airplanes 104

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 1, 2024

An avianca Ecuador A320 suffered a tail strike while landing in Bogotá last week and would go on to perform three more flights before damage to the plane's water drain mast was discovered the next day.

Tail 104

Tail 104

Simple Flying

MAY 18, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on a United Airlines tail strike in January. The accident occurred after a Boeing 737, which has yet to return to service more than four months on, made multiple touchdowns during a hard landing in Houston.

Tail 109

Tail Airline Airlines 109

Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The wingtip of one of the carrier’s A320neos was damaged in the incident while the other aircraft, an Airbus A319, saw impact damage to its tail cone structure. The collision reportedly occurred when the wingtip of the Airbus A320neo struck the tail of the A319 as the aircraft taxied past.

Tail 294

Tail Air Traffic Control Airplanes Airline 294

Simple Flying

JULY 12, 2024

A LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER suffered a significant tail strike incident in Milan, Italy, with a video of the incident showing the aircraft scraping the tail against the surface of the runway as it attempted to climb out of its departure airport.

Tail 90

Tail Runway Airline Airlines 90

Aerotime

JANUARY 13, 2025

One of the findings said that seizure of the tail rotor duplex bearing initiated a sequence of failures in the tail rotor pitch control mechanism, which culminated in the unrecoverable loss of control of the tail rotor blade pitch angle and the blades moving to their physical limit of travel.

Tail 208

Tail Pilot Jet 208

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

RELATED J-35, stealth drones and Sci-Fi fighters: China prepares for Zhuhai 2022 Chinas new heavy stealth fighter First to break cover was the larger warplane, with images appearing to show three engines and a diamond-shaped wing with no vertical tails. Three it is.

Jet 269

Jet Tail Cockpit 269

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each. Last week’s tragedy in Tennessee drew particularly wide interest for two reasons.

Tail 89

Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 89

Simple Flying

JUNE 8, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 suffered a tail strike after landing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). According to the regulator, none of the 108 occupants of the aircraft were injured during the incident.

Tail 84

Tail Airline Airlines 84

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

On Tuesday, October 29, an arriving Airbus A300-600F operating from Ontario to Louisville encountered a tail strike as it touched down on runway 17R. The aircraft was able to roll on without further incident and has remained grounded since.

Tail 79

Tail Runway 79

Aerotime

JANUARY 10, 2025

The aircrafts tail was painted with the Eiffel Tower and I love Paris was emblazoned on the nose. The PIA Boeing 777-200ER, registered AP-BGK, left Pakistan on January 10, 2025, just after midday and is due to arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) 16:23, local time.

Lift 276

Lift Tail Airline Airlines 276

Aerotime

JANUARY 8, 2025

The design features retro branding by Dutch designer Thijs Postma, creator of the green color design and large black T on the new aircrafts body and tail. While at the same time looking ahead to a quieter future thanks to our fleet renewal. The new Transavias branding style will be featured on the new Airbus A321neo.

Tail 265

Tail Airline Airlines 265

Simple Flying

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster is a large military transport aircraft designed and developed by McDonnell Douglas in the 1980s. The aircraft was specifically developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) to carry out strategic military transport missions.

Tail 109

Tail 109

Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

BREAKING: Crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea caught on video pic.twitter.com/r49Wz6OMfh — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 29, 2024 Immediate responders concentrated on extinguishing aircraft fire, while others managed to pull two survivors from the tail of the planea passenger and a cabin crew.

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Cabin Crew Runway Tail Approach 286

Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

The national forensic team, firefighting agency, and police concluded their final search around the tail section of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 on January 4, 2025, late in the evening. The aircraft exploded after colliding with an embankment. 179 of the 181 people on board lost their lives.

Runway 256

Runway Tail 256

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The lightning strike damaged the aircraft's windshield, frame, and tail, and it remains on the ground in Cleveland following Thursday's accident. A United Airlines flight attendant was injured after lightning struck one of the airline's Boeing 737s near Cleveland, Ohio.

Tail 80

Tail Airline Airlines 80

Aerotime

JUNE 25, 2024

PH-AXA) inside the Airbus facility, which showed the KLM emblem on the tail. These images were also shared on social media. El primer Airbus A321NEO de la compañía KLM ha sido filtrado en esta foto desde el interior de la FAL de Hamburgo.

Tail 300

Tail Airline Airlines 300

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

AviationWG / X Photos posted on X show the three aircraft with wings, tails, and horizontal stabilizers removed with cranes being used to lift the carcasses of the aircraft onto the trailers for their ignominious final journeys.

Horizontal Stabilizer 317

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Lift Tail 317

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 was taxiing out of the gate at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) when its wing struck a CRJ-900 regional jet aircraft. The smaller plane, owned by regional subcontractor Endeavor Air, was operating a Delta Connection flight when the incident occurred.

Tail 112

Tail Jet 112

Aerotime

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The aircraft’s tail number (#N933AK) is also an homage to Seattle’s 93.3 The airline is an official sponsor of the Seattle Kraken ice hockey team, and the latest livery on the B737 MAX9 features the team logo and coordinates of Climate Pledge Arena. KJR FM, the city’s local sports leader radio station and the home of the Kraken.

Tail 271

Tail Airline Airlines 271

Aerotime

MAY 8, 2024

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 268

Tail Jet Airline Airlines 268

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And in March 2024, the completed plane was photographed with just its tail painted in the Emirates colors. The new Emirates Airbus A350-900 was seen publicly for the first time emblazoned with full fuselage colors in April 2024, and in January 2024, the fuselage of the same aircraft was spotted in parts during the production process.

Ferry Flight 265

Ferry Flight Airline Airlines Tail 265

Simple Flying

JUNE 29, 2024

What happens when aerospace engineers think outside the box? Odd-looking aircraft designs that seek to shift performance paradigms often appear. The Jetcruzer 450 is such an aircrafta design from the past with a chance to be new again. This single-engine pusher aircraft, originally developed by Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc.

Tail 117

Tail 117

Aerotime

MAY 29, 2024

Malaysia Airlines “With the main fuselage sections, wings, and tail adorned with the airline’s iconic wau logo fully attached, the aircraft will undergo installation of the cockpit, engines, landing gear, electrical wiring, avionics, and fuel and hydraulic systems,” Malaysia Airlines wrote on social media on May 29, 2024.

Airline 268

Airline Airlines Tail Cockpit 268

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The move marks another step forward for the Qantas Group’s fleet renewal program, and sees the aircraft’s major airframe components, including the forward and rear fuselage, wings and iconic Flying Kangaroo tail, coming together.

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Flight Deck Tail Pilot Airline 263

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Tail strikes can cause significant damage to aircraft and, sometimes, can even be catastrophic. According to Boeing , there are two major ways to prevent tail strikes.

Tail 108

Tail Airline Airlines 108

Aerotime

JULY 30, 2024

While starting a right turn to Hotel 12 for takeoff, the aircraft’s wing collided with the A320’s tail in front. “We can get in there,” the Delta 2046 pilot said. The B737 did not have enough space to turn behind the A320. After the collision, both aircraft returned to the terminal.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Tail 286

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

Runway 294

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 294

Simple Flying

JANUARY 5, 2025

The 717s have played a vital role in Australian aviation for over twenty years, but sadly the day has come when this reliable little T-tail will no longer grace Australias skies.

Tail 128

Tail Airline Airlines 128

Aerotime

JUNE 3, 2024

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. Based on records from the Florida Division of Corporations, Cordero is listed as the owner for the company.

Pilot 251

Pilot Tail 251

Aerotime

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The design features a unique V-tail, a retractable landing gear, and is constructed 100% from composite material. Aerospace Trek / Shutterstock The Vision Jet (formerly known as the Cirus SF50) is a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a single Williams FJ33 turbofan mounted on the upper rear fuselage.

Jet 274

Jet General Aviation Clearance Knot 274