Aerotime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

You know, if you make four or five [aircraft] a month, it’s not going to move the needle when we are talking about [a market of] more than 1500 jets a year. In any case, Udvar-Hzy did not sound too upbeat about the prospects of the production constraints being lifted anytime soon. It’s a big step to get certification.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

MAY 23, 2025

Coast Guard HU-25 Guardian, a fixed-wing jet that will soon be delivered to the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon. The jet was used for search and rescue, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and migrant and drug interdiction. It takes an aircraft to deliver an aircraft, at least in the case of the U.S.

Jet

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. Its important because the lift is always produced perpendicular to the relative wind. Why is this important?

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

To fly an aircraft that weighs more than 12,500 pounds or a jet (regardless of weight), pilots require a type rating. Glider This category includes aircraft that are designed to fly without an engine and rely on natural air currents for lift through the reaction between the air and the wing. What Is an Aircraft Category?

Weight-Shift-Control

AV Web

JULY 14, 2025

Bell Helicopter has been asked to build a flying prototype of a jet-powered VTOL that can hit speeds of up to 450 knots by DARPA as part of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The new aircraft has tilting wings with engines and large propellers at the tips that allow for vertical takeoffs and landings.

Gross Weight

AV Web

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The aircraft has the individually powered fans integrated into forward and rear lifting surfaces. However, while there is no guarantee for success in insolvency proceedings, we hope that the Lilium Jet will get a chance for a fresh start after the self-administration process is completed.”

Lift

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Boeing X-32 was Boeing's concept demonstrator built to compete in the Joint Strike Fighter competition , although it lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator. One requirement of the fighter was that it be capable of Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) so that it could replace the F-16 and F/A-18 and the AV-8B Harrier II.

Lift

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

NetJets provides a range of aviation services, including private jet leases and charters, security, acquisition services, and financing of whole and shared aircraft. The gains were partially offset by higher costs for flight crews, maintenance, and fuel, as well as depreciation. It owns the largest private aircraft fleet in the world.

Lift

Aerotime

JUNE 25, 2025

When the jet was being built, Boeing personnel opened the door plug to allow access so that rivet rework could be performed. It has been known for some time that the door plug separated from the aircraft because four bolts that would secure the panel from moving upward vertically had not been in place.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Notable is the surge in passenger volume in Asia, where pandemic restrictions were last to lift and carriers have been slow to reinstate capacity. Global travel data company OAG has released its analysis of the busiest international flight routes of 2024, and there have been some changes.

Airline

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Many explanations on websites, videos, and even some textbooks oversimplify or misrepresent the true mechanics of lift. In reality, lift generation involves both Bernoullis principle and Newtons third law working together. Read on to understand Bernoullis principle and how it relates to lift the right way.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Why do jet pilots talk about speed in terms of Mach number? Jet aircraft often fly at speeds close to the speed of sound. Lift, drag, and handling correlate well with IAS in the lower atmosphere. This means the inboard wing loses lift first, while the wingtips might still be lifting. Here’s why.

True Airspeed

Simple Flying

JUNE 11, 2025

Even though Concorde was profitable (contrary to popular opinion), only two airlines were ever interested in the jet, and both quickly retired the model. However, there is a supersonic passenger jet in development by Boom Supersonic, one which could soon enter service with multiple different United States-based carriers.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 15, 2025

The milestone flight lifted off at 2:14 p.m. San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives) The 367-80, known as the “Dash 80,” was conceived and built by Boeing to showcase the advantages of jet propulsion in passenger aircraft. from Renton Field near Seattle, Washington, with Boeing test pilots Alvin M. Boeing 367-80 N70700.

Ceiling

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2025

When deployed, they increase the wings lift and drag, allowing the airplane to fly safely at slower speeds. When flaps extend, they increase the camber (curvature) of the wing, which boosts the amount of lift the wing generates. On takeoff , flaps help the airplane become airborne sooner by increasing lift. How Do Flaps Work?

Camber

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

To maintain our global leadership in aerospace innovation, we must modernize air travel by lifting the outdated ban on civil supersonic flight. The XB-1 is the first American-made civilian jet to travel faster than the speed of sound. The race for supersonic dominance between the U.S.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

From the first days of flying to the evolution of supersonic jets, historic aircraft offer a road map for comprehending the ideas guiding aeronautical engineering. Often touted as the first successful powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer (1903) clearly shows lift, propulsion, and control.

Drag

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing. In level flight, the aircraft is adjusted so that the wingtips dont add lift. Lift is reduced, and the nose pitches downward. This creates an increase in lift, and the nose pitches up.

Tail

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

We need more electric aircraft, Cotton mused as a conventional jet accelerated into a thunderous takeoff behind him. In 1970, a Boeing 747 completed historys first transatlantic jumbo jet flight from JFK to Londons Heathrow Airport (EGLL). Alias New York debut is just the latest example.

Air Traffic Control

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 16, 2025

The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. Its radical design and high price, comparable to small jets, deterred buyers.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

Control and Performance Years ago, the debate raged between the control/performance instrument flying methodology used primarily by the military and airline jets and the primary and supporting methodology favored by the GA crowd at the time. One sunny upstate New York afternoon, he lifted off gracefully for a local flight.

Airplanes

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 8, 2025

A delay of just under 90 minutes might not sound that bad, except for on one major issue Berlin Airport has a strict midnight curfew, and no planes can land after that time, until its lifted at 5AM. Honestly, Im surprised the Ryanair jet made it as close to Berlin as it did. So it was a race against the clock.

Final Approach

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 3, 2025

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Arizona Museum has announced the anticipated arrival of an AV-8B Harrier jump jet, a major new addition to its collection. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Falcon Field on June 10, 2025, weather and logistics permitting.

Jet

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Throttle Mismanagement: A T-38 Lesson That Stuck Air Facts Journal An Air Force instructor teaches a powerful lesson on throttle finessein a jet that doesnt forgive overcorrections Have you ever been in a car or plane where the person driving or piloting is constantly adjusting the throttle? He replied, Ive got the jet.

AGL

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

Gama Aviation SHJ (Sharjah, UAE) Private jet travel between the US and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has experienced notable fluctuations over the past 2 years. Well also highlight premier FBOs and onboard amenities and services most valued by private jet travelers.

Jet

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 11, 2025

They flew a total of 313 missions, collecting invaluable data on pitch stability, lift, drag, and buffeting in transonic and supersonic flight. The jet- and rocket-powered aircraft exceeded expectations, performing better than predicted in high-speed wind tunnel testsparticularly in drag performance above Mach 0.85.

Drag

Flying Magazine

JULY 14, 2025

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had just lifted off from Ahmedabad airport (VAAH) bound for London when video shows the airline barely climbing, then it began a slow descent into a building off the end of the runway. The jet collided with trees and a chimney and began to fragment as it continued into several buildings.

Cockpit

One Mile at a Time

JULY 22, 2025

Well, here’s an interesting version of curfew enforcement, whereby a jet approached a German airport a little too early, and it resulted in a lot more noise than if it had just landed. This is especially common in Germany, where Ryanair has frequently lashed out at regulators for enforcing curfews.

Approach

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The faster an aircraft goes, the more lift it generates. Lift is the upward force that keeps you in the air. If airspeed is too slow, the aircraft could lose lift and stall. Meanwhile, lower altitudes demand that you be extra careful with airspeed to maintain lift and prevent stalls. miles per hour. Dangerous mistake.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Langewiesche provides one of the clearest expositions of aerodynamics and flight control, breaking down concepts like angle of attack, lift, stability, and stalls. This well-illustrated guidebook takes readers on a journey of aerospace progress from early hot-air balloons and gliders to modern jets and spacecraft.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe Now I texted my twin jet crew to get to the airport as soon as possible, then quickly planned the flight, ordered the fuel, and completed the preflight while my fellow crewmates arrived and got their pre-mission tasks accomplished. Full flaps are mostly about drag, not lift. I saved the final flap position for this scenario.

Knot

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lift is the force that aircraft use to counter gravity. Newton’s Third Law is one of the key laws of physics that explains lift. Lets see what Newtons Third Law is, and why we need it to understand lift. This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly.

Torque

Fear of Landing

JULY 11, 2025

The wing flex actually works in your favor on landing, because the wing tips are up off the ground as long as they’re producing lift. It’s been used as a joke in a few movies where you see a passenger jet take off, and then an underside shot of the very distinctive B-52 gear retracting.

Crosswind

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5 minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 I hand-flew the first 13.3 On arrival I hand-flew the last 8.8

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

The FG-1D Corsair is lifted into position back in 1971. Photo by Jerry O’Neill She was lifted off the pole in July 2008 and brought to the CASCs restoration shop. Shortly after arriving, she was delivered to El Salvador, where she received Salvadorian Air Force markings and given the identity, FAS 217. CASC Photo.

Rudder

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. With nothing left to lift it, the core has nowhere else to go but down. When you fly into a microburst on approach or departure, youll first encounter a strong headwind, which will give you a brief lift.

Wind Shear