Aerotime

MAY 29, 2025

The start of the year also saw Vertical Aerospace complete its first piloted thrustborne flight maneuvers and become only the second company in the world, after Joby Aviation, to achieve the step using a full-scale vectored thrust eVTOL aircraft.

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WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

Regardless of placement, the principle remains the same: wings generate the lift that makes flight possible. Cockpit: Where Control Happens Cockpit, also known as the flight deck , is the nerve center of the airplane. This is where the pilot and any co-pilot sit and manage every aspect of flight.

Lift

Professional Pilot

MARCH 14, 2025

At the core of the new PC-12 PRO is its updated Advanced Cockpit Environment ACE, powered by the Garmin G3000 PRIME Integrated Flight Deck. The PT6 engine has already been thoroughly tested in over eleven million flight hours in the PC-12. In short: The Most Advanced Single has landed.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 9, 2025

Reeves and a V-1 Division crew painted a broad white centerline across the flight deck from stern to bow to guide the pilots during landings. The Hercules then backed itself up using reverse thrust, stunning the deck crew used to pushing aircraft by hand or with tractors. ABH2 John P. But the feat remains unmatched.

Flight Deck

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 16, 2025

Powered by a Rolls-Royce Turbomeca F405-RR-401 turbofan engine generating 5,527 pounds of thrust, the Goshawk can reach speeds of up to 625 mph and has a range of 700 nautical miles. T-45A Goshawk trainer aircraft assigned to Training Air Wings (TRAWING) 1 and 2 cover the flight deck of USS Harry S.

Flight Deck

AV Web

JULY 13, 2025

The only other objects in the room were a weird looking set of goggles connected to a laptop which generated a breathtaking 3-D environment of the Global’s flight deck. Of course the switches we’re talking about today are of the steel and plastic variety and they nestle under the thrust levers of a Boeing 787.

Flight Deck

AV Web

AUGUST 19, 2024

Just as the plane touched down, Eagleman lunged toward the flight deck and pushed full throttle on one of the engines. The sudden assymetrical thrust caused a yaw but the pilots were able to regain control and stop on the runway. 15 to interfering with a flight crew. She pleaded guilty on Aug.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

The pilot flyingpulled back the thrust levers, and as a result, over the following 5seconds, N1 decreased from 64% to approximately 43%, where it remained until touchdown. The engine thrust was steady at approximately 43%N1, the TSB report explained. The air speed began to decrease, the TSB report said.

Indicated Airspeed

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At every cabin crew station, where crew members sit during take-off, landing, and during bouts of turbulence, interphones are available for cabin crew members to communicate with each other, as well as with the pilots on the flight deck. Of course, they also double up to act as the PA system for announcements to the passengers.

Cabin Crew

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Equipment Check My airline assigns the first officer (or International Relief Officer on long flights) to inspect flight deck equipment. Boeing 767-300F flight deck Cockpit Setup – Go With the Flow! The post 767 Flight Deck Preflight appeared first on AeroSavvy.

Flight Deck

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Its almost unthinkable in an airliner, and surely tensions were high in the flight deck. While initially successful in restarting both engines, any increase in thrust led to overheating, and it was forced to shut down both engines again or risk a fire. Both engines were out. A double flameout is unthinkable.

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Cranky Flier

APRIL 19, 2024

billion, a figure that includes $162 million in compensation from Boeing from the incident on January 5 when Boeing and Alaska were thrust into the national spotlight despite nine of the aircraft’s 10 doors staying fully attached during flight. per share, ahead of industry guesstimates of $2.12 Alaska’s Q1 revenue was $2.2

Flight Deck

Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

As I walked up the darkened aisle toward the flight deck, I noticed several flight attendants huddled together in the mid-galley talking in hushed tones. Arriving at the flight deck door, I performed the normal cockpit entry procedure but received no response. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

Flight Deck

Latatuide 33 Aviation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Flight Deck Technology One way private air travel agencies are increasing sustainability is by improving the technology on the aircraft. Private air charter companies are implementing flight deck systems that optimize the pilot’s ability to engage various processes and visualize their flight path.

Flight Deck

Fly with Eva

MARCH 20, 2018

I peek quickly at the empty belly , as I climb further up to the flight deck. Cleared for takeoff! ‘Set thrust.’ I remember a moment on the 737: it was an extremely long 4-sector day with lots of delays, issues and returning from our last flight hours too late. Today’s training will be done on an ERF.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. Various aircraft engines are in use throughout the aviation industry, including: Piston engines: Smaller planes use this system for primary flight control.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Fly with Eva

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Ground School The 747 ground school consists of lots of CBT (Computer Based Training), classroom briefings with an engineer, and practicing systems and procedures on an IPT trainer (basically a Boeing 747-8 flight deck made from touch screens). I struggle to fly a nice approach, coordinating my rudder and thrust.

Approach

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Turboprop aircraft also offer greater flexibility regarding airport availability; They can take off and land at airports that may not be accessible to larger jet aircraft (and, sometimes, even small piston engine aircraft) due to their unique reverse thrust capabilities and lighter weight. million to $8.8 million or more.

Airplanes

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A significant amount of thrust generated by the engine comes from the fan rather than the core. Anti-Ice, Rain: flight deck window heat, windshield wipers, probe heat, and anti-ice/de-ice systems that either prevent ice from accumulating on lift generating surfaces and engines, or break the ice off after it’s accumulated.

Pilot

Fear of Landing

MAY 16, 2025

During the take-off run, the Pilot Flying will increase the thrust and then keep their hand on the thrust levers, ready to pull power back in case the take-off needs to be aborted. After V1, the Pilot Flying’s hand should be removed from the thrust levers. He pulled the thrust levers back to idle.

Thrust

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

Runway

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Then 383 passengers boarded for the flight, making for a total of 398 people on board. On the flight deck, an instructor pilot sat in the right seat and was Pilot Flying for the first leg. In the left seat was a captain-in-training who was the Pilot Monitoring. In the jumpseat was a relief captain.

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Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

One was at the controls of an airplane alongside a CFI, and was preceded by flight planning and a preflight inspection. The participants also received a post flight debriefing. Another hour was flying a flight simulator where learning was easier without the flight deck noise and the need to look out for traffic.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Operating the flight was Global Exec Aviation, a charter company based in Long Beach, California. On the flight deck that day were James Bland and Sarah Lemmon. The aircraft was a two-year-old Learjet 60 with only 108 flight hours on the aircraft. Compounding this was an inadvertent retraction of the thrust reversers.

Runway

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

It also led to the birth of cockpit resource management (CRM); a process designed to train crews to utilize all the flight deck’s human resources effectively. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

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