Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The newest Emirates member will be powered by a blend of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) when the aircraft makes its ferry flight. And in March 2024, the completed plane was photographed with just its tail painted in the Emirates colors.

Ferry Flight 271

Ferry Flight Airline Airlines Tail 271

Aerotime

MAY 6, 2025

Operated by the Dallas-Fort Worth Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and based in Lancaster in the US state of Texas, the aircraft arrived at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) airfield at Duxford near Cambridge, UK, on Monday, April 28 April 2025, after its approximately 4,800-mile (7,680km) ferry flight from Texas.

Ferry Flight 261

Ferry Flight Flight Deck Cargo Thrust 261

Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

There, it was to be repurposed as a passenger-carrying aircraft for tourist flights and air safaris in Zimbabwe in southern Africa. The tail was completely blown off, the port float was virtually shot away, and the port wing was damaged. Numerous holes had been made in the plane’s hull, so it started to take on water and sink.

Pilot 290

Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Clearance 290

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 27, 2025

After going through a series of conventional and unconventional designs, engineers Clarence “Kelly” Johnson and Hall Hibbard drew up a twin boom tail design, with an Allison V-1710 inline engine on the front of each boom ahead of the singular, cantilever wing, and a fuselage pod in between the two engines and booms.

Tail 63

Tail Ferry Flight Approach 63

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 7, 2025

Root was tasked with ferrying a P-51B-5-NA Mustang, serial number 43-6529, from Niagara Falls, New York to Newark, New Jersey, where it would be shipped to the European theater. After a brief reunion, Lt. Root resumed his mission. At approximately 1500 Eastern War Time, he took off from Rochester Airport.

Pilot 105

Pilot Horizontal Stabilizer Ferry Flight Cockpit 105

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

Sporting tail numbers 28000 and 29000, the VC-25As have been transporting heads of state for the US since 1987. Modifications were made to the aircraft to install a swing tail for easier loading, and the upper fuselage extended for more cargo capacity. The end result was four 747s with three times the cargo volume of a 747-400F.

Cargo 267

Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 267

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 30, 2025

All three of these airliners had two decks for passengers, with seats that could be folded down to be turned into beds for overnight flights, two freight compartments in the nose and the tail, stairways to access the two decks, and a galley to provide inflight meals and refreshments.

Ferry Flight 94

Ferry Flight Airline Airlines Tail 94