Aerotime

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Our members perform high quality and flight critical work for the airplanes we build and deserve a return on their labor investment that provides for the quality-of-life worthy of that labor,” Jon Holden, President of IAM District 751 and Brandon Bryant, President of IAM District W24, said in a joint statement.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing.

Tail

Aerotime

JUNE 3, 2025

“We are receiving airplanes from both Boeing and Airbus, but deliveries have been delayed, some by three months, some six months, some more, Bekele told Reuters. Ethiopian Airlines currently has a range of aircraft on order from both Boeing and Airbus.

Airlines

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Today we will explain airplane holding patterns in detail, answer some common questions, and even teach you a few ‘hacks’ to make flying a hold a real breeze. A holding procedure is when an airplane flies in a pattern to maintain its geographic location using its onboard navigational instruments. Here’s why airplanes take up the hold.

Airplanes

Aerotime

JANUARY 20, 2025

However, unwilling to confine the aircraft to the scrapper, LSSG vowed to continue its good work in restoring the airplane to a high static-only condition. While the passenger cabin retains much of its 1950s bygone-era charm, some more modern conveniences have been added to give the airplane an updated feel.

Rudder

Aerotime

MAY 14, 2025

Under the current regulatory frameworks of the FAA, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the transportation of organs through security checkpoints and on airplanes is permitted.

NOTAMs

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

One of the fundamental aerodynamic concepts in aviation isleft-turning tendenciesthe natural forces that cause an airplane to yaw or roll left, particularly in a single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft. Heres the deal An aircraft doesnt always fly in a perfectly straight line, especially during takeoff and climb. How do you correct this?

Airplanes

Aerotime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Udvar-Hzy was also critical of Boeings decision not to pursue a New Midsize Airplane (NMA). And, you know, they invested a lot of money in the 777X which, in retrospect, will turn out to be an expensive judgment error. We couldnt conclude our conversation without also mentioning the third major commercial jet maker, Embraer.

Airplanes

Aerotime

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A bad end to a bad year for Boeing This latest turn of legal events comes as a further setback for Boeing, which has been trying to regain control of its commercial airplane business after what has clearly been a terrible year for the firm.

Airplanes

Aerotime

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Whittaker said: “The thing that I was most struck by was we’re four weeks post-strike and they’re still not producing airplanes, because they’re focused on their workforce, the training, making sure they have the supply chain sorted out.”

Jet

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Six further 787s will join the fleet in the first quarter of 2025, bringing the total fleet to 90 airplanes, while looking further ahead, another 41 new aircraft are scheduled for delivery to the carrier from 2026. The carrier also operates a fleet of nine 777-200F freighters as part of its cargo division, EVA Air Cargo.

Cargo

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

The airplane wasnt uncontrollable at this point, and was flying fairly stable at altitude, so the decision was made to continue on their route, burn more fuel, and divert to LAX. That nut was never intended to support the loads generated by the airplane, and so grew weaker and weaker as the flight went on.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I have always loved airplanes. I think living under the flight path of DFW and growing up there didn’t help much, but I just always loved airplanes. He’d been flying flight simulators throughout his teen years, but this first flight in a real airplane set the hook for life. Imagine that. Professional pilot.

Airplanes

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

” A full investigation is now underway as to how the woman involved evaded all of the security measures at JFK Airport and boarded the Delta Air Lines flight to Paris without a valid boarding card.

Airplanes

Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

Emergency responders met the airplane upon landing and transported injured people to a nearby clinic. During these fluctuations, meal service was taking place in the cabin, leading to some passenger injuries. The flight crew decided to turn back and returned to LOS Airport, where the aircraft landed safely.

Final Approach

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The airplane can fly easily to the full [breadth] of the US and get us well into Latin America,” Cooper added. HMBSoFL Photography / Shutterstock The A220 would provide Bahamasair with opportunities to do things that we’re not doing presently.

Airplanes

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We congratulate Safran for this key achievement, which is paving the way for electrification of aviation, for small airplanes and beyond. EASA is fully committed to support the development and certification of propulsion technologies aimed at decarbonizing aviation.

Airplanes

Cranky Flier

JULY 14, 2025

Let’s look at the airplanes as well. The number of seats per departure dropped as more efficient, smaller airplanes (read: B757s) were used. There were very few seats on this airplane, so the number of seats per departure dipped noticeably. Alaska is, well, it’s there still. And Spirit is trying to skim off the top.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

Knot

Flight Training Central

MARCH 3, 2025

A wing will always stall at the same angle of attack; however, weight, and bank angle, power setting and load factor may change the speed or the pitch attitude at which the airplane stalls. Also, the weight in the airplane must be properly distributed and balanced. The test standards divide stalls into power off and power on.

Rudder

Aerotime

MARCH 31, 2025

BOC Aviations latest investment in the 737-8 demonstrates the confidence lessors have in this airplane to meet continued air travel demand and improve fuel efficiency, said Brad McMullen, Boeing senior vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 13, 2025

In FBOs and online forums, many prospective airplane owners ask other pilots for aircraft recommendations. For a rugged, do-anything airplane, an original, straight-tail 182 is about as good as it gets. And having recently been discounted a full 30%, this example likely wont last long.

Tail

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Key Takeaways Category is the broadest grouping based on aircraft use, like airplane, glider, or rotorcraft. Heres a quick summary: Category: The broadest classification of aircraft based on their intended use and operating environment, such as airplane, glider, or helicopter (rotorcraft). Bear with me; Ill make it easy.

Weight-Shift-Control

Cranky Flier

MARCH 6, 2025

Truenoord decided that it wanted more money from Silver to keep the three airplanes it had flying with the airline. Silver balked and parked the airplanes. Silver also had not come to an agreement with Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), so it had to send those airplanes back as well. Lessors want their planes back.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In the post-pandemic era, buyers of all aircraft types are united in one viewpoint—airplanes are darn expensive. The days of sub-$30,000 Cessna 172s and Piper Cubs are well behind us, and bargain hunters are forced to sharpen those pencils, do research, and seek out underappreciated types to get the most airplane for their money.

Airplanes

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The strategy has helped the Norwegian carrier balance the seasonal cycle and provide robust year-round income, as well as keeping its airplanes and crews in the air for 12 months of the year. Norse According to ch-aviation, Norse’s current fleet of seven Boeing 787-9s has an average age of 6.5

Threshold

Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As the A320neo passes to the rear of the A319, its right (starboard) wingtip impacts with the tail section of the second airplane, causing both aircraft to jolt. Conditions at the airport appear to be wet with heavy rain and overcast skies over the airfield. The A320neo slows as a result, while the A319 remains on its stand.

Tail

Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

Exemplar bannis latch (left) with three links and accident airplane R1 bannis latch (right) with one link – NTSB Examination of the left door found that, although its bannis latch conformed to required modifications, the deployment strap was incorrectly routed, which prevented the door from opening, the NTSB said.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The story of this unique airplane begins in the early 1930s with Fred Weick, an engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aviation (NACA). Once the war ended, Weick and ERCO believed they were in the right place at the right time with the right airplane for the thousands of pilots returning home. Thus was born the Mooney Cadet.

Rudder

Aerotime

MAY 30, 2025

Addressing the legacy of quality failings on the MAX production lines of the past, Ortberg commented that production defects on the 737 MAX program are down by 30%, adding that, “virtually every one of our customers is reporting a higher quality of airplane at delivery.”

Stability

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Invariably, any older, early model airplane comes with some ownership and maintenance concerns, and the early 210s, first produced in 1957, are no exception. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator.

Payload

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

Hybrid-electric propulsion enables us to achieve what jet fuel alone cant do; weve created a fixed-wing airplane that delivers the access of a helicopter with 100 times less noise, 70 percent lower cost, improved safety, and dramatically reduced emissions.

Payload

Aerotime

JANUARY 17, 2025

For instance, Qantas uses the Airplane Health Management (AHM) system to take predictive maintenance actions that enhance efficiency and lower operating costs. The system also facilitates fleet optimization by enabling airlines to compare individual aircraft performance against fleet-wide benchmarks.

Weather

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2025

In training airplanes such as the Cessna 172, you will find a notation of the “demonstrated crosswind” with the caveat “not a limitation.” ” To get this information the aircraft manufacturers put their airplanes into crosswind conditions to see that it can handle them.

Crosswind

AV Web

JULY 23, 2025

The single biggest change is the increase in the maximum stall speed for airplanes a Sport Pilot can operate. A Sport Pilot can now get logbook endorsements to operate aircraft with retractable landing gear and airplanes with manually controllable-pitch propellers. airplane) as their training.

Weight-Shift-Control

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2025

Following this flight, all four 777X test airplanes are now concurrently active, a milestone not achieved since 2021. The aircraft had been stored to prioritize earlier testing phases on the other three test airplanes. The aircraft took off from Paine Field (KPAE) in Everett, Washington, on Wednesday. In recent months, Boeing shared.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.

Pitot Tube