Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The additional thrust required to reach full power for our old-school but beefed up V-bomber Olympus engines is available instantly. Immediately, the steward from the front galley burst into the cockpit – shaking with shock. A child uses the same cerebral function when mastering Chopsticks on the piano. It doesn’t take long.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 104

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 30, 2025

Los Angeles Public Library) The DC-8 was Douglas Aircrafts response to the growing demand for jet-powered commercial aircraft in the 1950s. Air Force with a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker. Douglas Aircraft Company) The DC-8 was a narrow-body, long-range jet airliner that helped usher in the jet age for commercial aviation.

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Cargo Thrust Jet Cockpit 90

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 14, 2024

The first officer also noticed the red airspeed tape, and pulled back on the thrust levers. When you push forward the control column and reduce thrust, there’s only one direction the plane is going, and that’s down. The plane descended all the way down to 400 feet(!!!!) above the Pacific Ocean.

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Thrust Pilot Weather Runway 122

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Or perhaps you’re designing a fully-fledged cockpit that rivals real-world flight training rigs. Throttles/Thrust Levers According to Navigraph’s 2023 survey, throttle quadrants are the number one add-on peripheral. For jets, change one of the levers to a flap or speed brake control. It all depends on your goals.

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Rudder Crosswind Pilot Air Traffic Control 96

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing. It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. He compared its glide rate to that of a Cessna 206.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Aileron 94

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Intended to be a long-range escort fighter, the Consolidated XP-81 also represented a departure from conventional aircraft, but the rapidly evolving nature of both the Second World War and jet engines would see the XP-81 becoming nothing more than a footnote in American aviation history.

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Thrust Tail Jet Drag 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 18, 2025

One of the standout aircraft in Drydens research history is the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a legendary Navy fighter jet that played a key role in two major research programs at the center. The aircraft also participated in studies involving low-altitude flight with asymmetric engine thrust.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Tail Airfoil 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Key Takeaways Gliders / Ultralights: $5,000 – $100,000 General Aviation Airplanes: $100,000 – $1,000,000 (New), $20,000 – $200,000 (Used) Small Private Jets / Single-Engine Turboprops: $2.2 Large Private Jets / Regional Jets: $10 million – $80 million Commercial Airliners: $80 million – over $400 million How Much Do Airplanes Cost?

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Airplanes Jet General Aviation Hangar 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

THE RED AND WHITE JET WENT BY WITHOUT A SOUND. The cockpit side panels came from the first production F-104A that crashed in 1956. Even with 1,100 gallons of fuel the 18,000 pound thrust J79-GE-10 engine gave the Red Baron a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than 1:1, better than any fighter of the day including the F-15 Eagle.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Thrust 124

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The engines were also coupled with the General Electric D-23 turbosupercharger to utilize the engine exhaust as additional thrust. Speaking of its positive qualities, they felt the cockpit layout was descent, its ground handling was good, the controls were light, the roll rate was adequate, and control and stability was generally effective.

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Gross Weight Cockpit Pilot Descent 98

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 15, 2025

I shared the video because it provided a useful explanation of the concept of lift vs. thrust on a wide body jet. I would imagine both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder will be very revealing. However, as I mentioned at the time, I think he was drawing too many conclusions with the scenarios he shared.

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Inflight Pilot Training

APRIL 28, 2025

However, before stepping into the cockpit, its important to understand the full financial commitment required. Training focuses on multi-engine operations, asymmetric thrust management, engine-out procedures, and system redundancies. With the aviation industry seeing record demand for pilots, 2025 is a prime time to start training.

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Pilot Airlines Airline Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

Like in a conventional aircraft, youll still have a yoke or stick in the cockpit to control pitch and roll. As a result, it creates induced thrust at the wingtips rather than induced drag. This is a jet-powered tailless aircraft with low aerodynamic drag. But how do elevons help you do this?

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Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

It uses a propulsion system comprising propellers or jet engines to navigate at a certain set speed limit. Holding Positions and Their Meanings Another thing to be aware of from the cockpit is the holding positions. The pilot maneuvers the plane with a 7% thrust paving the way for a 30-knot speed.

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Clearance Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Relying on attritable drones to keep pilots and their pricey machines away from the action is central to the upcoming 6th generation of fighter jets. ” The Model 437 Vanguard, which evolved from the initial Model 401 design, is propelled by a single Pratt & Whitney 535 engine, delivering around 3,400 pounds of thrust.

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Payload Thrust Cockpit Pilot 271

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Because I want to fly jets, sir!” I’ve been flying jets for years as a corporate pilot, but not real jets to some … like fighter jets. My goal in these Gauntlet jet-training sessions? But good jet flying is still demanding. built fighter jet—including the narrow and mildly pressurized (4 psi) cockpit.

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Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Each had conventional straight wings and tails, with power coming from an Allison J35-A-11 turbojet engine producing some 5,000lbs of thrust. However, the jet-powered Skystreak could fly for sustained periods at transonic speeds, increasing the amount of data a single flight could yield.

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Pilot Thrust Hangar Tail 52

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

In 2024 alone, Lilium declared 2 of its subsidiaries insolvent and faced shuttering the business completely until a last-moment promise of investment allowed it to continue work on a factory for its eVTOL electric jet. The Hill Digital Cockpit is a thing of simplicity and beauty. They make for uncommon maneuverability.

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Lift Payload Cargo Pilot 68

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

After an emergency landing at YZF (Yellowknife NT, Canada), the pilots found the fan blades were coated with what looked like rough cement, while the nose of the transcontinental business jet had been stripped of most of its paint. They knew then that they had encountered volcanic ash from the ongoing eruption of a volcano in Alaska.

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Pitot Tube Weather Pilot NOTAMs 40

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. All flight controls are actuated electronically, and theres no physical link between the control sidesticks in the cockpit and the flight surfaces. This type of design is common in delta-winged aircraft such as fighter jets.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Flying Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

Boom boasts that XB-1 is the first privately developed jet to break the sound barrier. The test program had been without surprisesthere is excellent in-cockpit video of some flights on YouTube, by the wayand the test pilot reported that the airplanes flying qualities above Mach 1 were actually nicer than at subsonic speed.

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Drag Airplanes Knot Indicated Airspeed 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Hartman, and a tachometer and an ice scale used by Hartman to measure the pounds of thrust generated by the engine before takeoff. One of the rarest aircraft in the museum is an example of the first American jet aircraft, the Bell P-59 Airacomet.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

Why the F15 Fighter Jet Reigns Supreme in Aerial Combat Why is the F15 fighter jet considered a legend in aerial combat? The F-15’s vertical takeoff capabilities, achieved through its impressive thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced flight control systems, allow rapid ascents and extreme maneuverability, vital in combat situations.

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Jet Thrust Pilot Cockpit 52

Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The F-18 Fighter Jet: A Review The F-18 Fighter Jet has become one of the most iconic military aircraft in history. From its ability to conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground combat missions to its outstanding performance, the F-18 has earned its reputation as an incredibly capable fighter jet. It is a single-seat aircraft.

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Jet Thrust Stability Cockpit 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

Aircraft that transform their wing shape mid-flight might sound like something out of a futuristic sci-fi, but they’re actually as old as the jet age itself. Modern jets favor simpler, stealthier fixed-wing designs. This aircraft was an experimental jet fighter with wings that could be adjusted to different sweep angles on the ground.

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Weight-Shift-Control Drag Lift Payload 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As the Boeing 707 made its way down the runway, though, FBI agents and police officers shot out the tires, forcing the jet to stop and leaving the father and son team to face jail time. However, that all changed when, around 20 minutes into the flight, three men stormed the aircraft cockpit shouting that they had a bomb.

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Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

They took 122,702 litres of Jet-Fuel A-1 at Malpensa. The reference for take-off in the Flight Management System showed: Flaps 5° Thrust 56° V 1 : 145 kt V R : 149 kt V 2 : 156 kt V-speeds are used to define the relative speeds which are important to the operation of the aircraft. But now we get to look at the load sheet.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 97

Airspeed Junkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These engines are arranged in four pods beneath the wings, a design that not only provides the necessary thrust but also helps delay stall onset, contributing to the aircraft’s stability and performance. The wings are another marvel of engineering. Air Force’s strategic planning.

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Payload Weight-Shift-Control Thrust Aileron 98

Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

This has happened before, and we just recently looked at an action slip by the pilot flying , who accidentally reduced thrust on take-off. However, this theory is more dubious. More likely is a bird strike, as the airport is in the Sabarmati river basin, where bird activity peaks during the monsoon season (June to September).

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Runway Lift UTC Crosswind 121

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

If you were the pilot in the cockpit, what would you do? Glide control and approach management are life-saving without engine thrust. When your aircraft loses thrust, youll have to glide it safely to the ground using only aerodynamic control. When the engine is running, the propeller is in motion, actively generating thrust.

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Pilot Descent Approach Thrust 59

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

With ECM pods beeping and squeaking, our semi-spread formation of four jets created an indistinct blob of noise on enemy radars. All cockpit gauges confirmed critical systems were humming and happy. We rendezvoused with a KC-135 tanker and took turns topping off our fuel tanks, before crossing into North Vietnam. What the….?

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Drag Thrust Pilot Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Originally used as a trainer in World War II, the Stearman features a tandem, open cockpit with forgiving, yet challenging flight characteristics. Top that off with modern avionics, a roomy, comfortable cockpit, and its overall charm, Carbon Cubs are built for comfort and adventure. Well, like a lot of the early jets, its fast.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

One notable shootdown accredited to Yeager was one of historys very first air-to-air victories against a jet-powered fighter aircraft. Following D-Day, as the war began to tail off, Yeager returned to fly combat missions, as Eisenhower yielded to Yaeger’s demands.

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Pilot Drag Airplanes Thrust 240

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

If the co-pilot was lucky, the captain might let them work the radios and help with a few navigational duties, but the phrase “Gear up and Shut up” was considered a normal cockpit environment. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 105

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 14, 2025

We do have video footage of the plane’s takeoff from a couple of angles, and it shows the heavy jet struggling to gain altitude just seconds after takeoff. No thrust, no power, and/or no lift? When an experienced captain says that a plane has no thrust and is losing power, what can we really conclude from that? What happened?

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Thrust Lift Air Traffic Control Pilot 113

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A significant investment in heavy, water-jet cut steel tooling means repeatedly accurate wings come off the Composite Creations table. After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit. So what would I fix?

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79