Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? At least he didnt light the afterburners!

AGL

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Why do jet pilots talk about speed in terms of Mach number? Jet aircraft often fly at speeds close to the speed of sound. Early jet pilots found this out while exploring high-speed jet flight. Typically, jets climb at a constant IAS until around flight level 280, then transition to constant Mach. Here’s why.

True Airspeed

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.

Rudder

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

Instead, the focus is on mastering the skills and procedures that are unique to multi-engine aircraft—things like managing asymmetrical thrust, understanding the concept of VMC (minimum control speed), and responding to engine-out scenarios. It’s also a requirement for most turbine or jet type ratings.

Checkride

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.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 25, 2025

Welch in the cockpit of YF-100A 52-5754 at Los Angeles International Airport. Image Credit USAF) Powered by a Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A afterburning turbojet engine producing 10,200 pounds of thrust, the F-100 could reach speeds up to Mach 1.4 (924 North American Aviation Chief Test Pilot George S.

Ceiling

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. It houses the cockpit, passenger seats (if applicable), and any cargo space.

Lift

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?

Tail

Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2025

Unlike today, when a new jet fighter may take a decade or more to develop, in the 1950s new and unique ideas were designed, constructed, and tested in a matter of months. This golden age birthed the fabled Century Series jet fighters, the X-planes that set and reset speed and altitude records, and the incredible U-2 and SR-71 spy planes.

Jet

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.

Aileron

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.

Thrust

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The C-5 Galaxy has a unique high-wing design, with four engines capable of delivering an enormous amount of thrust. This strategic airlift jet aircraft is a proud product of the Antonov Design Bureau in Ukraine, known for its mammoth designs. Its built to carry large, heavy cargo over intercontinental distances.

Airplanes

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.

Airplanes

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.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

At Leopard Aviation , we integrate sim sessions to build your IFR skills efficiently before you transition to the cockpit—saving you time and money. Using simulators can lower the cost, as simulated time is cheaper per hour than actual flight time. Commercial Pilot License (CPL) This is your next step if you want to fly commercially.

Pilot

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.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

Whether you fly charters, train future pilots, or aim for corporate jets, this add-on shifts your skill set into high gear. Corporate Aviators: Businesses with twin-engine company jets prefer pilots who already hold this rating—no additional training delays. Thinking about a commercial multi-engine rating ?

Checkride

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.

Runway

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.

Drag

Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

On paper, the fastest fighter jet of 2025 is the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-25, which sets a pace of Mach 2.83. In terms of widely-used, theater-ready fighter jets, the F-15 Eagle takes the crown. However, in their day-to-day operations, the jets tend to fly significantly slower. It is followed by its sistership, the MiG-31.

Jet

Plane and Pilot

JULY 30, 2025

Long before the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Hawker Siddeley Harrier , or the more recent Lockheed Martin F-35B jump jets, the concept of a fighter that could launch from a ship’s deck, fight off the enemy, and return was high on the priority list for the U.S. Problem solved.

Lift

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.

Weight-Shift-Control

Air Facts

JULY 30, 2025

They kept a record of when our jets had last been through, and when one was due, your crew chief would, as you were conducting your preflight, ask: “Sir, could you go through the birdbath after you land?” The underside of the jets and open gear wells were directly rinsed down, while arcs of water cascaded over the upper surfaces.

Runway

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

The pilot flyingpulled back the thrust levers, and as a result, over the following 5seconds, N1 decreased from 64% to approximately 43%, where it remained until touchdown. The engine thrust was steady at approximately 43%N1, the TSB report explained. The air speed began to decrease, the TSB report said.

Indicated Airspeed

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.

Thrust

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2025

Switching the fuel control switch from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” immediately stops the fuel from flowing to the engine, causing the engine to immediately shut down, and lose thrust. However, it’s probably somewhat telling that no emergency safety directives have been issued about the jet, and the possibility of this happening.

Cockpit

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.

Thrust

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.

Cargo

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.

Horizontal Stabilizer

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?

Airplanes

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.

Gross Weight

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.

Horizontal Stabilizer

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.

Payload

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.

Clearance

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.

Knot

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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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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