Aerotime
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
According to the company, on each occasion, the aircraft lifted off and transitioned into a seamless and stable hover. This milestone marked the first time that such a feat has been achieved in a fully conforming, triply-redundant production aircraft without any backup conventional controls in the cockpit.
Aerotime
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
This award strengthens our decades-long relationship with KHI and provides critical capability improvements that will keep the Japan Self-Defense Forces operating heavy-lift aircraft for decades to come, said Heather McBryan, Vice President and Program Manager, Boeing Cargo Programs.
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Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 24, 2025
Soon, the Hellcat weighing over 12,500 lbs began to sink rapidly, and Thomas could not escape the cockpit until the aircraft was underwater, likely when the water pressure holding his canopy shut equalized with the water in the cockpit. We hovered over the plane and could look directly into the open cockpit. ” U.S.
Flying Magazine
JULY 14, 2025
The preliminary investigation into the crash of an Air India flight in June suggests the fuel supply to the engines was shut off shortly after takeoff—an act that surprised both pilots, according to the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). On the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he shut off the fuel.
Cranky Flier
JUNE 5, 2025
You can see that here where the windows would be on the left looking out but also forward thanks to the tapering of the fuselage toward the cockpit. What’s most interesting ,however, is what it’ll look like on the inside. This is likely to be more premium.
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
Lift, drag, and handling correlate well with IAS in the lower atmosphere. This means the inboard wing loses lift first, while the wingtips might still be lifting. The net lift vector moves rearward as Mach increases into the transonic range. This nose-down pitching moment is called Mach tuck.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 31, 2025
While some wreckage was recovered within days, it took nearly two years to retrieve the flight and cockpit voice recorders from the ocean floor. One sunny upstate New York afternoon, he lifted off gracefully for a local flight. During the initial climb, the engine and propeller provide a significant amount of the excess lift required.
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