Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 26, 2024

This innovative aircraft was designed as a heavy-lift helicopter, powered by two turboshaft engines that drove a single, five-bladed rotor. Origins and Design Westland Aircraft embarked on the Westminster project as part of its efforts to develop a gas-turbine-powered heavy-lift helicopter, a groundbreaking concept for the era.

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Gross Weight Lift Cargo Approach 92

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Legend has it that Custer observed how roofs were lifted off barns during windstorms and decided that he could recreate this effect. Thus, the propeller draws air through the channel, reducing pressure and producing lift. Fast-forward to 1929 and Custer was granted a patent for the channel wing concept.

Gross Weight 98

Gross Weight Lift Pilot Tail 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Max Gross Weight: 2,200 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 1,300 lbs. Before rolling out on the runway, I confirmed my plan with Waghorn based on our ground school session earlier in the day. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

With 10 passengers and luggage on board the airplane, it was well under gross weight, but it soon became apparent we could not out climb the ice buildup. The Twin Otter is very powerful, but its fixed landing gear, wing struts and various hinges, plus the thick high lift wing gave lots of places for the ice to accumulate.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Flight Training Central

MARCH 11, 2024

An aircraft is loaded 120 pounds over maximum certificated gross weight. If fuel (avgas) is drained to bring the aircraft weight within limits, how much fuel should be drained? One undesirable condition that may occur if an aircraft is loaded beyond the forward CG limit is the inability to lift-off during the takeoff run.

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Airplanes Gross Weight Lift Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

gross weight is reduced. 2: A stall occurs when the smooth airflow over the unmanned airplane’s wing is disrupted and the lift degenerates rapidly. the maximum allowable operating weight. CG is shifted rearward to the aft CG limit. airplane is subjected to maneuvers other than straight-and-level flight.

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Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Aeronautical Decision-Making Density Altitude 116

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A smaller bank angle will result in more lift, while an increased bank angle will reduce the lift. As an aircraft banks, lift is divided into horizontal and vertical components. The horizontal component of lift causes the aircraft to turn. Combining both components of lift, the total lift required increases.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Lift : The aerodynamic force generated due to airflow over the wings. Weight : The force gravity exerts on the aircraft. The aircraft’s deceleration reduces the airflow over the wings, which reduces lift. When the lift force is less than the force of gravity, the aircraft descends. Why does this happen?

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Lift Rudder Drag Checkride 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights. Smaller aircraft may only have short field landing distances for maximum gross weight. Reducing lift puts more weight on the wheels.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Horizon Aircraft During the take-off and landing phases of flight, the wing surfaces can transform from a smooth horizontal flying surface into a stabilizer, housing 14 fans that provide the lift for vertical flight – five embedded on either side of the main wing, plus a further two mounted either side within the forward canard wings.

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Lift Thrust Weather Payload 277

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This transition of lifting off is called rotation. The flight data recorder shows the following: Directly before take-off, the gross weight was 328.2 The Pilot Flying gently applies back pressure on the control column, pitching the aircraft nose up to transition from rolling on the ground to flying in the air.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 97

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Its shortcoming was a meager useful load for its 1,800-pound gross weight. and focused on improving the Husky, including upping the gross weight. It retained the classic, high-lift Clark Y airfoil, but the span of its four-position semi-Fowler flap span was extended. Sales grew. In 2005, a new wing became standard.

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Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Rudder 82

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

On July 30, 1939, it achieved a significant milestone by lifting a 31,205 lbs payload to an altitude of 8,200 feet. These record-setting flights demonstrated the bomber’s capabilities despite its underpowered engines, highlighting the value of its large airframe for heavy-lift missions.

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Payload Gross Weight Lift Cargo 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Meaningful weight conservation comes from the elimination of a spar overlap a two-piece wing would require plus the one-piece design is easier to build accurately. The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. Baron told us to lift the nose at 50 knots, which proved correct for a takeoff about 900 feet down the runway. All of Tecnam’s production is built-to-fill orders. Tecnam P-Mentor Price, Fully Equipped: $385,000 Wingspan: 29.5 Wing Area: 128.1 Length: 22.1

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Knot Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 96