Aerotime

MAY 29, 2025

As we approach the midpoint of 2025 it seemed a good opportunity to look over the progress that Vertical and Joby (UK vs US) have made so far this year and see who is leading the pack. However, it was Verticals announcement earlier in May 2025 that really stood out against all other news developments affecting the company.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

Whether you’re aiming for airline work or just want the thrill of flying more capable aircraft, the multi-engine rating is a smart move. If you’ve ever dreamed of flying faster, higher, or carrying more payload, this rating is your ticket. Normal and emergency operations—takeoffs, landings, stalls, instrument approaches.

Checkride

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 5, 2025

However, due to strong wind shear plus the short runway, that ultimately didnt end up being the case, at least without a major payload restriction. Easter Island is the worlds most remote airport Which airlines fly to Saint Helena? Thats why the airport is only served by smaller aircraft. Flights to Saint Helena arent cheap!

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Part 121 governs airlines with the highest safety standards. A part 121 or 135 crew cannot legally initiate an approach if the weather is below minimums. Part 135 only applies to aircraft with 30 or fewer seats or a maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds, including commercial helicopter operations (other than external loading (i.e.,

Federal Aviation Regulations

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

It was to be a medium-range airliner that could comfortably seat over 100 passengers on two decks inside the fuselage. Their ability to fly over 100 passengers made it one of the largest French airliners of the 1950s and 1960s, and it served as a valuable tool in Air France’s freight-carrying capabilities.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 24, 2025

Army request for a tactical airlifter capable of transporting troops and cargo into unprepared, rugged terrain—ideally with a payload comparable to that of the CH-47 Chinook. At least 22 aircraft were leased to the CIA’s covert airline, Air America, for missions involving diplomats, VIPs, doctors, and downed airmen.

Center of Gravity

Flying Magazine

JULY 11, 2025

I was inspired by Ernest Gantt’s seminal work, Fate Is the Hunter , which chronicles his adventures of flying the line when round-engined DC-2s, -3s, -4s, -6s, Boeing 307s, and Lockheed Constellations were the primary people movers during the golden age of airliners. Gantt would not have been impressed.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

JULY 18, 2024

In little more than six years and under Korfiatis’ watch, the Saudi airline has grown from zero to nearly 10 million passengers per year and a fleet of 35 aircraft, with plans to grow this number to 110 in the near future. So, in the late 1990s I joined an airline in Australia called Ansett and I’ve been in aviation ever since.”

Airlines

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

These include American Airlines, ASL Aviation Holdings, KLM, Jekta and ecojet. AeroTime Only this month the Scottish National Investment Bank joined recent financial backers (American Airlines, IAG and ITOCHU Corporation) by investing £20 million in ZeroAvia during a financing round that leveraged a total of $150 million.

Payload

Aerotime

MAY 16, 2025

This incredible achievement validates our unique and robust approach to the transition phase of flight, added Brian Robinson, chief engineer and co-founder. Just some panels sliding closed – working similarly to modern flaps and slats on every commercial airliner. No complex rotating nacelles/motors. No huge tilting wings.

Gross Weight

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

Some of Britain’s greatest aviation feats include the evolution of the jet engine, the first aircraft with an enclosed cabin, the development of Concorde and the de Havilland Comet – the first commercial jet airliner to enter service.

Lift

World Airline News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nolinor Aviation , Canada’s largest commercial charter airline, announced the purchase of multiple aircraft production slots from Natilus , a U.S. The airline operates across Canada, the United States, and various international destinations. Learn more at natilus.co.

Cargo

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If you’ve never seen an ag sprayer service a field, you’ve missed out on an aerial ballet of low and fast flight coupled with attack angles approaching the best aerobatic pilots in the world while the pilot dodges power lines, cell phone towers, and other obstructions. In fact, ag pilots are basically professional applicators.

Pilot

Aviation Bussiness News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In a bold move that could reshape regional air cargo, Canadian charter airline Nolinor Aviation has secured production slots for multiple Kona aircraft, a cutting-edge blended-wing-body freighter developed by Natilus, a San Diego-based aerospace innovator. Powered by an advanced turboprop configuration, the Kona boasts a 3.8-metric-tonne

Cargo

Aerotime

DECEMBER 26, 2024

ton payload aircraft Kona, the 60-ton payload aircraft Alisio and Nordes, a 100-ton payload aircraft. With commitments for aircraft in place, Natilus is confident its transformative approach to commercial aviation will increase capacity, cost efficiency, sustainability, and operational flexibility for its customers.

Cargo

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Cherokee Six instrument panel Like my airline job, I fly nearly paperless using an iPad Mini and the ForeFlight app for navigation charts. Although not a problem for airliners, flying at high altitude airports presents challenges for pilots of small piston aircraft. Santa Fe is located 6,349 feet above sea level.

Density Altitude

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

RELATED Pure power: The worlds largest aircraft engine manufacturers General Electric uses a Boeing 747-400 registered N747GF, a 30-year-old airframe originally delivered to Japan Airlines in 1994. N747GE was acquired by the company in 1992, taking it directly from the fleet of iconic airline Pan Am.

Cargo

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

As commercial air travel after World War II reached a peak, airlines needed an aircraft that provided a greater range, passenger capacity, and cargo capabilities. Apart from structural enhancements, airlines also needed an efficient and cost-saving design that provided a lower seat-per-mile operating cost than existing models.

Payload

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Alliance – An arrangement between a group of airlines agreeing to cooperate on a substantial level. Codeshare – a marketing arrangement in which an airline places its designator code on a flight operated by another airline , and sells tickets for that flight. AFFF – Aqueous Film-Forming Foam.

Runway

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Having occupied various executive positions within the airline industry in Europe, Rodrigue Trano is now currently based in Vietnam where he officiates as regional sales manager for Asia Pacific at BAA Training Vietnam. But what about Chinese-designed and built airliners? So, what’s COMAC?

Jet

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 22, 2025

Specifically, the airline will fly from Doha, Qatar (DOH), to Bogota, Colombia (BOG). Then on the return, the airline will fly via Caracas, Venezuela (CCS), with pick-up and drop-off rights there. The airline will operate twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Sundays in both directions, using the Boeing 777-200LR.

Payload