Professional Pilot
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Conairs TBM 960 birddog duties will build on the TBM aircraft familys proven multi-mission applications, which include military/government transportation and liaison, along with flight test support and aerial cinematography both of which benefit from the ability to install payloads on the aircrafts two underwing hardpoints.
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
Full-fuel payload is a whopping 1,150 pounds, and max landing weight is 7,600. We experimented with varying descents from an emergency descent profile—from coming down at nearly 10,000 fpm to seeing if we could cure being high and fast on an arrival procedure. Once we canceled IFR, we spent some time hand-flying the AX.
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Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
Developments in aircraft design and engine technology have allowed us to fly farther, faster, and carry more payload. Weve recently seen rockets and spacecraft such as SpaceXs Falcon 9 and Starship land themselves tail first using engines to slow the descent and touch down gently. This is, again, Newtons Third Law in action.
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 24, 2025
If you’ve ever dreamed of flying faster, higher, or carrying more payload, this rating is your ticket. Performance planning—charts, weight/balance, fuel, climb/descent profiles. Performance Boost : Twins offer higher speeds, greater range, and the ability to carry more payload.
Air Facts
AUGUST 1, 2025
I’d served as the legal advisor in targeting cells that put “warheads on foreheads” in Syria during the fight against ISIS—but we were always the “ground customers,” waiting for the right platform to deliver the payload. Still, the seed had been planted early—by, of all things, an MS-DOS video game called Aces Over the Pacific.
Pilot's Life Blog
JANUARY 12, 2025
Weight and Load The payload significantly impacts a planes ability to reach an optimal altitude. During ascent and descent, altitudes vary, and cruising altitudes may shift to avoid turbulence or traffic. Pilots only choose lower altitudes when avoiding turbulence, navigating restricted airspace, or preparing for descent.
Flying Magazine
JULY 11, 2025
However, the DC-6 offered airlines increased range, higher cruising speed, and cruising altitudes of up to 25,000 feet (depending upon payload and fuel load) in pressurized comfort for a full 3,000 miles, making it a versatile hauler of both passengers (DC-6B) and cargo (DC-6A). The soundtrack of the engines in cruise was spot on.
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