Hangar Knot Thrust 
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. That makes it harder for the aircraft to fit into hangars and airport gates. Can Wingtip Vortices Be Useful?
Fear of Landing
APRIL 19, 2024
The helicopter turned left to return to the airport, travelling at about 85 knots. The indicated airspeed had fallen below 65 knots and was still decreasing. The helicopter was at treetop height with an indicated airspeed of zero knots when the right yaw ceased. The pilot reported two miles out.
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Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
.” In August the Starfighter was gently loaded onto a flatbed and trucked to Browning’s hangar in Idaho Falls where the J79 was installed. Even with 1,100 gallons of fuel the 18,000 pound thrust J79-GE-10 engine gave the Red Baron a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than 1:1, better than any fighter of the day including the F-15 Eagle.
Jetwhine
JANUARY 17, 2024
Down low, maximum speeds can easily exceed 425 knots. The L–39’s Fowler flaps are clearly visible during the preflight inside Gauntlet Warbird’s hangar at Aurora Municipal Airport (left). ” The 3,800-pound-thrust Ukrainian-built AI25-TL engine needs an air-assisted start provided by the onboard Sapphire APU.
AeroSavvy
AUGUST 20, 2021
More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. I configured the airplane the same way as noted on the Piper Climb chart: 105 mph (91 knots), flaps 10 ° , full throttle.
Air Facts
JULY 22, 2024
Each day, 12 students spent two hours in a fabrication hangar where they cut/folded/riveted a sheet of aluminum into a wing component. The Four Forces of Flight (Lift, Thrust, Drag & Gravity) obey Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. five hours at 150 knots vs. five weeks at 5 knots). Two hours were allocated to flying.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do. Early on a speed restriction of 130 knots was applied as a flutter issue. This was resolved on the kit version and led to cruising at 50% power and 120 knots, which proved to be the Gweduck’s sweet spot.
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