Flying Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2025

Subscribe Now Boeing took the nose, cockpit, and much of the forward fuselage right off the 707 to make assembly and commonality a main feature. In fact, today’s brand-new 737s still have the nose, cockpit windows, cockpit shape and size of the original 707 from the ’50s. It lacks any reverse thrust sound.

Cockpit

Fear of Landing

MAY 16, 2025

On the 28th of June 2024 a Boeing 777-236, registered in the UK as G-VIIT, rejected a take-off after reaching V 1 during the take-off roll on 26L at London Gatwick Airport. In order to understand what happened that day, we need to understand V-speeds: relative speeds which need to be calculated for every flight.

Thrust

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

. […] There are many checks and balances which should catch a slip like this, as the wrong weight has serious consequences: not just that the airspeed is too high or low for rotation, but that all of the V-speeds are off, which affects go/no-go decisions. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight.

Tail