Cargo Cockpit Tail 
Aerotime
MARCH 10, 2025
The R88 will become the largest aircraft Robinson has designed to date, with a capacity for eight main cabin seats, two cockpit seats, and a payload capacity of up to 1,800 lbs (816kg) with full fuel. In the cockpit, the R88 will feature a Garmin avionics suite, including large G500H TXi displays touchscreen controls.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 16, 2025
This section was the roughest part of the aircraft, as the large cargo door here made it structurally weak. It wasnt just a cargo plane, which is a common misconception. Blume elaborated, She was equipped with two Boulton Paul turretsa Type A on top and a Type E in the tail. This airplane did have a bomb bay.
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Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 30, 2025
A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Note the radome above the cockpit.
Flying Magazine
APRIL 29, 2025
military is looking to take the pilot out of the cockpit of one of its workhorse helicopters. The Army already has the trained personnel and full logistical tail to support them. Other projects include an autonomous, hybrid-electric, fixed-wing cargo drone prototype. Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters alongside Honeywell.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 20, 2025
Image courtesy of Lucas Ryan Cockpit and Nose Section Progress One of the primary areas of focus since the last update has been the aircrafts nose section. Meanwhile, inside the cockpit, Mike and Chris have been working to reinstall control pulleys that route cables for the aircrafts control surfaces and engine systems.
WayMan
MAY 25, 2025
These include: Fuselage Wings Cockpit Engine Propeller (in some aircraft) Tail Assembly (Empennage) Landing Gear Understanding how these parts interact is essential to grasping the basics of aerodynamicsand its one of the first steps in becoming a safe and informed pilot.
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The weapon was guided by the launch aircraft through the manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) method, with the pilot tracking the flight of the missile via two bright flares on the weapon’s tail and making corrections using a small joystick in the cockpit.]
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