Cockpit Payload Tail 
Aerotime
MARCH 10, 2025
The R88 will become the largest aircraft Robinson has designed to date, with a capacity for eight main cabin seats, two cockpit seats, and a payload capacity of up to 1,800 lbs (816kg) with full fuel. In the cockpit, the R88 will feature a Garmin avionics suite, including large G500H TXi displays touchscreen controls.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? They prove that with the right aerodynamic tricks, you dont need a tail to fly. A tailless aircraft may still have a fuselage and a vertical tail (fin and rudder). How does the tail do this? Ever wondered how it stays balanced?
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Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Since 2020, Brian has been toiling in his garage, building the cockpit of a B-36H. The Peacemaker was the only American aircraft with the range and payload to carry atomic bombs from American soil to the USSR. The cockpit canopy, structure, sides, and base are all complete, or nearly so.
Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 30, 2025
A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Note the radome above the cockpit.
Air Facts
AUGUST 1, 2025
I sat in the cockpit of the old Tecnam P92-JS Echo, tail number I-GITR. The plane was one of the earliest of its model built by Tecnam, and the tail number was an homage to former Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti. Tail number I-GITR. I replied, “I hear you loud and clear, Giorgio—can you hear me?”
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Now, you might be wondering about its payload. This aircraft is all about carrying massive payloads. Its unique nose and tail open to allow cargo to be loaded and unloaded from both ends, a unique feature that helps to speed up the process. Instead of traditional cargo doors, it has a swing-tail design. Its key role?
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 21, 2024
In August of that year, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM; German Air Ministry) had revised a 1934 requirement for a new multirole aircraft to become a Schnellbomber, a high-speed bomber that would carry a crew of three, a payload of 8001,000 kg (1,8002,200 lbs.), and have no defensive turrets, relying on its speed to avoid interception.
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