Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

Despite its small size, it was equipped with two cockpits and had maximum takeoff weights of 5,700 to 7,000 pounds, depending on whether it was expected to transition to forward flight outside or within ground effect. The VZ-9 takes flightwhile remaining safely tethered to the ground.

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Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

On the 29th of December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 operated by a low-cost South Korean airline crashed after an emergency landing and overshooting the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea. The 737 does not use Weight on Wheels (WoW) to enable the thrust reversers. So the 737 T/R uses radio altimeter to enable the reversers.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

They already have orders for up to 1,000 aircraft, with customers including American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and AirAsia. Once stable in ground effect, the pilot shut down EPU1 (left-side outboard) to simulate the performance in the case of an engine failure. G-EVTL lifted off with all EPUs operating.

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All Plane

MARCH 16, 2024

Southwest Airlines is joining Regent’s Hawaii Seaglider Initiative, which is looking at the requirements and conditions to use ground-effect vehicles in inter-island coastal operations. United Airlines SAF VC fund keeps growing with the addition of new partners. Advanced Air Mobility How sustainable is the eVTOL sector?

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Regent Viceroy The Coast Guard has approved crewed testing of the wing-in-ground-effect Regent Viceroy seaglider and the company is anticipating a speedy trip to certification. The Russians have been dabbling in ground-effect aircraft (or boats) for decades and have made some huge examples.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It will serve almost exclusively coastal regions and use existing dock infrastructure, flying 20 to 30 feet above the water using ground effect. Already, it says it has secured more than 600 aircraft orders, including one from Mesa Airlines —which works closely with United Airlines—for 200 aircraft.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

An incomplete summary description of FASF is whether the airplane made it out of ground effect. I could see that the spot on the ground in the windshield that was not moving was short of the runway. That phenomenon is best named Failure to Achieve Sustained Flight (FASF).

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