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 264

Ferry Flight Flight Deck Cargo Thrust 264

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 25, 2025

Sun 'n' Fun 2006 marked the airshow debut of the F-22 Raptor with its jaw-dropping vectored thrust capabilities. A trivial ferry flight to Langley Air Force Base on April 24, 2025 ended with a jammed control surface that extinguished the light cast by the most storied aerobatic pilot of our generation. Rob was 50 years old.

Thrust 52

Thrust Ferry Flight Rudder Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Power is turned into thrust by three-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering propellers. For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. By the time the B-17 was in serial production, power had increased substantially from the Model 299 prototype.

Airplanes 105

Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 105

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

On July 25, 1944, Darbois took this Bf 109G-6 (Werknummer 160756 ‘Yellow 4’ of Jagdgeschwader 4) on a formation ferry flight over northern Italy.

Hangar 116

Hangar Torque Ferry Flight Thrust 116