Cargo Flight Deck Thrust 
Aerotime
MAY 6, 2025
The C-47/R4D differed from the civilian DC-3 in numerous ways, including being fitted with a cargo door, hoistattachment, and reinforcedfloor, along with a shortened tail cone for glider-towing shackles, and an astrodome in the cabin roof. It even operates regular experience flights for the public during the summer months each year.
Fear of Landing
MARCH 7, 2025
TACA flight 110, 24 May 1988 TACA (Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos) was El Salvadors national airline. It had a complicated history, starting in 1930s Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a cargo airline. The First Officer, Dionisio Lpez, was nearly as experienced as Carlos with 12,000 flight hours.
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WayMan
MAY 25, 2025
It houses the cockpit, passenger seats (if applicable), and any cargo space. From an engineering standpoint, its designed to be both strong and aerodynamicbalancing durability and performance in flight. Regardless of placement, the principle remains the same: wings generate the lift that makes flight possible.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 9, 2025
The Logistics Problem By the early 1960s, the Navy faced a serious logistical gap: how to deliver large, heavy cargo to carriers operating far from land. The proposed solution was bold: use the Lockheed KC-130F Hercules, a proven long-range cargo aircraft, to perform the COD role from aircraft carriers. ABH2 John P.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 16, 2025
Powered by a Rolls-Royce Turbomeca F405-RR-401 turbofan engine generating 5,527 pounds of thrust, the Goshawk can reach speeds of up to 625 mph and has a range of 700 nautical miles. A centerline hardpoint can carry a cargo pod for crew baggage. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jay C.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 20, 2024
At every cabin crew station, where crew members sit during take-off, landing, and during bouts of turbulence, interphones are available for cabin crew members to communicate with each other, as well as with the pilots on the flight deck. Of course, they also double up to act as the PA system for announcements to the passengers.
Fly with Eva
MARCH 20, 2018
The flight today is a special training flight, without delivering any cargo. After all preparations are done, we go out to pass security, and a bus takes us to the cargo apron of Hong Kong airport. I peek quickly at the empty belly , as I climb further up to the flight deck. There she is.
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