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Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

Flying Magazine

My airline uses it both internally and as a pilot-facing app on our iPad EFBs. Participating airlines equip their aircraft with quick access recorders to harvest and regularly uplink detailed flight data. I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 carriers over the last several decades.

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This 1994 Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza Is a High-Flying ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick for Serious Travelers

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The six-seaters combination of comfort, speed, and efficiency make it easy to outperform commercial carriers on certain trips, especially when your destination is far from the hubs and spokes of airline territory. Use our airplane loan calculator to calculate your estimated monthly payments.

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

Its maximum takeoff weight of 9,300 pounds and large cabin space made it suitable for cargo, passengers, or specialized equipment. After the war, many surplus aircraft were repurposed for civilian use in business aviation, regional airlines, and bush operations. Such it was in those days.

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Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

On the 9th of July 2024, flight LA8073, operated by the Chilean airline LATAM, departed from Milano Malpensa for a passenger flight to São Paulo, Brazil. There are a number of tail strike incidents caused by the take-off weight being logged as lower than it actually was. I still can’t watch the video without wincing.

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From the Archive: Different Worlds

Air Facts

Way Back When The first time we rode on an airliner, in 1943, they didn’t go very fast, nor were they air-conditioned or pressurized. Riding the airlines then wasn’t so very different from rolling your own. Even the best flights stopped quite often. That’s what our last few trips had involved.

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Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Boeing Model 80A-1 “Pioneer Pullman of the Air”

Vintage Aviation News

This installment of Randys Warbird Profiles takes a look at the Museum of Flight s Boeing Model 80A-1 airliner. gross weight. Boeing Model 80A-1 NC224M on display at the Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington. Suspended above the Boeing 80 is the museum’s Douglas DC-3, NC91008. Boeing Model 80A-1 NC224M in flight.