Vintage Aviation News

MAY 5, 2025

It featured a Martin-Baker Mark 1 type ejection seat, a yoke-style arresting hook, long-stroke landing gear, attachments for a catapult strop in the wheel wells, provisions for rocket-assisted takeoff gear (RATOG), and lift dumpers. It could climb at a rate of 6,350 feet per minute to a service ceiling of 45,000 feet.

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Universal Weather

JULY 29, 2025

Ceiling conditions—referring to the height of a cloud base above the ground—can significantly impact business aviation operations. Low ceilings may trigger delays, diversions, or missed approaches, particularly in areas with challenging terrain or limited alternate airport options.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 9, 2025

The aircraft carries 94 gallons of fuel, has a range of 850 nm, useful load of 1,350 pounds, and service ceiling of 20,000 feet. The interior was refurbished in 2020, and the exterior was repainted in 2021.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Witness statements and recorded video showed that during the takeoff roll from the 5,500-foot-long asphalt runway, the airplane accelerated slower than normal, used more runway than normal, and lifted off the runway in a nose-high attitude. It climbed about 300 feet above ground level while flying a left traffic pattern back to the runway.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

In the summer months, this lifting action can trigger cumulonimbus clouds. The Difference Between Warm and Cold Fronts Warm fronts generally bring low ceilings, poor visibility, and rain. This type of front moves slowly, typically at about 10-25 miles per hour. Precipitation is light to moderate, accompanied by poor visibility.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 18, 2025

On July 18, 1943, the third prototype, Me 262 V3 (callsign PC+UC), lifted off from an airfield in Leipheim, Bavaria, at 8:40 a.m. These initial flights served primarily as proof-of-concept, allowing engineers to test the airframe’s flight characteristics in a safer and more controllable configuration before committing to jet propulsion.

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Air Facts

JULY 14, 2025

A non-flying story: Just the other day we were using a hydraulic scissor lift to do some work in a hangar near the ceiling. My fellow pilot raised himself to the ceiling, but later couldn’t get the lift to come down. would bring the lift down. Our using the lift was the first time since he had worked on it.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 20, 2025

A recent addition of bubble doors and a glass ceiling provides unbeatable visibility, making this a dream machine for scenic flights or backcountry excursions. FLYING Magazine: Equipment to Purchase When Buying an Airplane FLYING Magazine: Getting Some New Lift for STOL Plane & Pilot: Grandpas KitfoxNot!

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 22, 2025

Although we were expecting the ceilings to lift, we were only able to climb to 1,300 feet agl before running out of proper cloud clearance. Finkbeiner and I had big plans for this flight, but Mother Nature had another idea. This certainly isn’t enough room for stalls,” I said. Yeah, I agree,” he replied.

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AV Web

MAY 15, 2025

Jones My friend, Ron Lowe’s 1946 Ercoupe 415-C waiting for the morning ceiling to lift at Plainview, Texas. Photo By Clayton Eddy SIAI-Marchetti FN-333 Riviera. Single-engine amphibian Photo By Don Bowles Peaceful Alaskan sunset Photo By Gary L. The post Picture Of The Week: May 16, 2025 appeared first on AVweb.

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Air Facts

MARCH 17, 2025

By the time I was in my late teens, I had built a set of floor-to-ceiling shelves and had begun immediately to fill them with aviation books and magazines at a rate throttled solely by my wallet. One of the several rows of shelves holding the collections approximately 10,000 volumes.

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 18, 2024

We do things differently; we first assemble the ceiling of the hangar on the ground,” he said. In Teruel, for example, each of the modules we’ve used to build the ceiling measures five by 95 meters. And then we lift it.” This is laid out in modules, which are like the ribs of the structure.

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AV Web

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Video shows passengers being lifted in their seats to the limits of their belts and service items hitting the ceiling. A few unbelted people were also reportedly launched skyward but there were no serious injuries.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While most of it tends to be hidden away either in the cabin ceiling space or under the cabin floor panels, some of it – particularly the air conditioning riser ducts – is fitted in the cabin walls at certain intervals, making the inclusion of a window at that position impossible.

Cabin Crew

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

The ceiling of my home office looks like an airshow—with no fewer than five airships on display. So imagine how impressed I was by the scratch-built model of the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II hanging from the ceiling of the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They range from the Graf Zeppelin to the Zeppelin NT , and are kitbuilt.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Its journey continued when the aircraft was flown via helicopter lift from NAS Pensacola to Smyrna, Texas, in May 1980. 92013 was relocated to the Washington Navy Yard, where it was suspended from the ceiling and displayed prominently as 17649, nicknamed “Big Hog.” There, it underwent an extensive rebuild by Stones River Air Service.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 27, 2024

One of the standout features is its unique wing design with a high aspect ratio, which allows for improved lift and reduced drag, ensuring smoother and more efficient flights. Whether it’s the wider seats, high ceilings, or ambient lighting, every aspect of the A350’s cabin is designed to enhance comfort and relaxation during flights.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

As I passed Atlanta, the skies went from sunny to cloudy, which was as advertised, but as I neared the South Carolina state line, the weather wasn’t lifting. But Anderson was reporting 300-foot overcast ceilings and everywhere else was just about as bad.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

Witness statements and recorded video showed that during the takeoff roll from the 5,500-foot-long asphalt runway, the airplane accelerated slower than normal, used more runway than normal, and lifted off the runway in a nose-high attitude. It climbed about 300 feet above ground level while flying a left traffic pattern back to the runway.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

AV Web

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A Bonanza was in front of me, to the rear were a Baron, a Saratoga, Cessna 185 on floats, and another Baron, each piled almost to the ceiling with aid supplies. A long line of general aviation birds waited their turn to unload. Winging toward the disaster zone, I’d kept thinking of how things might play out.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. We had been lifted above our assigned altitude.” Think of the Great Basin High as a set of bellows pointed at southeastern Wyoming. I flew into that and the venturi effect that day. Airspeed was approaching VMO.

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Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 18, 2024

3 miles flight visibility; 500' below, 1,000' above and 2,000' horizontally from clouds 1 mile flight visibility and clear of clouds 1 mile flight visibility and a 1,000-foot ceiling Correct! warm air being lifted rapidly aloft in the vicinity of mountainous terrain. terrestrial radiation on a clear, relatively still night.

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Air Facts

JANUARY 6, 2025

The flight had been unremarkable for a wintery Midwest afternoon, typical with low ceilings and IFR conditions. We broke out around minimums, welcomed by the warm glow of the approach lights and drove the Saab right onto the pavement with no attempt to flare, not knowing if the wings had any margin of lift left before stall.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Approaching the Green Mountains of Vermont, the ceiling began to close back up. This meant that there would be no getting into Sodus unless the ceiling lifted.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. It was capable of flying up to 172 mph (277 km/h, 149 knots) and reach a service ceiling of 18,000 ft (5,500 m). A Fairchild flight data analyzer camera records the Bell X-14A simulating a landing on the lunar surface.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It boasts a top speed of 130 mph, a cruising speed of 120 mph, a range of 500 miles, a service ceiling of 20,000 feet, and a maximum take-off weight of 1,440 kg. It was designed to carry up to 5 passengers or light cargo up to 450 kilograms. This allowed for more stability and control, especially in hover.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

So lifting off Van Sants, in eastern Pennsylvania, and just heading west is a great relief and flying is flying again. It would lift during the day and lift into scattered stratocumulous. It was starting to improve and the ceilings at Wichita and around that area were up to 800 feet. The tops wouldn’t be high.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 13, 2024

Photos of the hotel interior The lobby area The reception area Lift lobby The room corridor I booked the Deluxe King Room and was lucky to have my room upgraded with a city view instead of a pool view. There is also a ceiling fan which I didn't use as the air-con is enough. Only shower is available in this room type.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 2, 2024

It wasn’t long until the massive aircraft was roaring down Runway 24 and lifting off into the evening sky above the Lehigh Valley. Low ceilings and rain would push the morning flights well into the afternoon, but much like on Friday there was still a steady line for ground tours.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cloud ceilings below 1,500 feet or cumulonimbus clouds can trigger a SPECI. This information is vital for determining cloud ceilings, especially during landing approaches. Low cloud ceilings, especially below 1,500 feet, lower visibility in VFR. When these happen, they’ll usually call for an instrument approach.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. Usually that limitation is lifted as the learner gains more experience as a pilot. These flights work best if they are limited to an airport 10 to 15 miles away. It’s just a few minutes, right? What could go wrong? Then the CFI slowly brings the weather down.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

You can override the system to manual by lifting a sliding door, but it was honestly completely forgotten within the first half hour of our flight demo. Service Ceiling: 17,500 ft. It’s very similar to that found in many single-engine turboprops as well. Max Zero Fuel Weight: 3,400 lbs. Standard Empty Weight: 2,272 lbs.,

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I remember doing exactly this during my instrument training at a very remote airport: the nearest pay phone was about a mile away from the airport ramp, so it was quite the accomplishment to lift off before my timer expired. Today there’s a better way. First, ubiquitous cell phones make it much easier to call for that clearance.

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Photographic Logbook

APRIL 2, 2024

As described by Virgil in the Aeneid , "His fillets soaked with saliva and black venom, at the same time he lifted to heaven horrendous cries." In the art world, the Sistine Chapel is best known for its magnificent ceiling frescoes painted by Michelangelo depicting, among many other scenes, the Creation of Adam.

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ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

From my preparation I knew that this airport had customs & immigration and avgas and was closer to us than Reykjavik, so I checked the weather at Egilsstadir via my InReach: it was CAVOK (ceiling and visibility OK) ! The FBO gave us a parking spot on the busy airport and a lift to the hotel: what a great first day !

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Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Aircraft have to be in continuous forward motion to create lift and thus possess potentially destructive kinetic energy while in motion. Any passenger can press this guarded switch on the cabin ceiling, then the aircraft will calculate where the next suitable runway is, and will land there automatically.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 20, 2024

Personally I don't like the "spikes" attached to the ceiling. We lifted off in slightly bumpy conditions. This is the arrival hall The departure hall. One of the airline's check-in area. Domestic Departure I find the design bizzare with those "spikes" above you. I felt uneasy as I had a fear of one of those things dropping.

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