Hangar Lift 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 is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Whats Happening Inside the Vortex?
Plane and Pilot
JULY 30, 2025
What if a powerful fighter aircraft could lift off under its own power, defeat enemy attackers, and land back on the tiny spot on the deck? The contra-rotating blades negated the P-factor and produced enough thrust to lift the Pogo vertically. This was the kind of thinking that resulted in the Convair XFY-1 “Pogo.”
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Fear of Landing
JULY 4, 2025
As ground staff at the airport, the pilot had security codes for access and was able to walk straight to the hangar. The hangar held three helicopters. The two larger helicopters blocked the hangar door from closing, so the hangar was left open. At 01:46, the helicopter lifted off of the helipad.
Fear of Landing
APRIL 19, 2024
The operator had a surveillance camera inside the hangar to capture the work and the preflight inspections. Feather the blades to generate lift from the upward flow of air during the descent (instead of pushing the air downwards in powered flight). This accident led the operator to revisit their maintenance protocols.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 11, 2024
Navy had equipped both the USS Akron and Macon airships with a hangar deck and trapezes to carry and launch Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes. This operation was carried out routinely with the little fighters launching from the airship, flying their mission, and then hooking up on a trapeze that lifted them inside the hull.
Professional Pilot
JANUARY 2, 2025
Aircraft on the ground downwind from an eruption, even if hangared, should be cleaned frequently to prevent corrosion. The real danger is that once the ash is lifted into the flight levels, strong winds can spread it thousands of miles downwind. Engines should be dry cranked to ventilate them before startup.
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. As altitude increases, air molecules spread out, resulting in less power and lift. It was rewarding to see the aircraft perform exactly as expected.
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