One Mile at a Time

JULY 9, 2025

The data available to investigators reportedly doesn’t indicate that there was a design issue with the jet as such, or the engines. Based on the available data so far, investigators can’t rule in or our improper, inadvertent, or intentional actions, leading to the lack of thrust. Fortunately he we stopped.

Thrust

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. The yaw from the asymmetrical thrust was now gone, and the rudder needed to be retrimmed.

Knot

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

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

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

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 5, 2025

The Attacker was a single-engine jet fighter developed for the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm (FAA), and it holds the distinction of being the first jet aircraft to enter FAA service. kN thrust). Powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet engine producing 5,000 pounds of thrust, the Attacker F.1 1s first flight on May 5, 1950.

Thrust

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. Wings: The Source of Lift The wings are what make fixed-wing flight possible.

Lift

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

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

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

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 23, 2025

Navy requirement for a jet-powered, carrier-based night fighter equipped with radar. This necessity gave the F3D its distinctive barrel-shaped fuselage and broad, straight Hershey bar wings, which provided the lift needed to keep the radar-equipped airframe airborne.

Thrust

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 18, 2025

On this day in aviation history, 83 years ago (July 18, 1942), the Messerschmitt Me 262 prototype took to the skies for the first time under jet power. On July 18, 1943, the third prototype, Me 262 V3 (callsign PC+UC), lifted off from an airfield in Leipheim, Bavaria, at 8:40 a.m.

Ceiling

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

This means pitchingmoment changes are small, but lift still rises and falls with airspeed. This disabled all flight controls, leaving the crew to maneuver the aircraft with engine thrust only. The pilots used differential thrust to navigate to Sioux City airport. Why is that important? As it descends, it regains speed.

Stability

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The foreplane on the aircraft was mounted ahead and above the main wing in order to provide extra lift at slower speeds and improve its short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. Even considering both the latest American and Soviet jet aircraft of the time, the Saab 37 Viggen was among the most advanced combat aircraft in the world.

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Aerotime

MAY 8, 2025

Aerial maneuverability has come a long way in recent years, and some of the most agile fighter jets in the world are now capable of performing stunts that seem almost impossible. While fighter jets across the board have become more agile with every iteration of aircraft and engine, some breakthrough technologies are raising the bar.

Jet

Plane and Pilot

JULY 30, 2025

Long before the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Hawker Siddeley Harrier , or the more recent Lockheed Martin F-35B jump jets, the concept of a fighter that could launch from a ship’s deck, fight off the enemy, and return was high on the priority list for the U.S. This was the kind of thinking that resulted in the Convair XFY-1 “Pogo.”

Lift

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

Aircraft that transform their wing shape mid-flight might sound like something out of a futuristic sci-fi, but they’re actually as old as the jet age itself. Key Takeaways Variable-sweep wings adjust in flight to balance lift and speed. Modern jets favor simpler, stealthier fixed-wing designs. What Is a Variable-Sweep Wing?

Weight-Shift-Control

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 The copilot selected the thrust reversers.

Runway

Simple Flying

AUGUST 18, 2024

The impressive sight, paired with the roar of engines, is due to the forces needed to lift the aircrafts weight off the ground. Despite this, an airliner will rarely use its full capabilities on takeoff as far as thrust is concerned. Wherever it is in the world, an airliners departure will typically be an impressive display of power.

Thrust

Simple Flying

MAY 2, 2024

Jet engines are powerful machines that are designed to generate sufficient power to lift hundreds of thousands of pounds of an aircraft off the ground and keep it airborne.

Jet

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

In 2024 alone, Lilium declared 2 of its subsidiaries insolvent and faced shuttering the business completely until a last-moment promise of investment allowed it to continue work on a factory for its eVTOL electric jet. Yet, improvements in vertical-lift technology are still coming fast. The rear props are strictly for lift.

Lift

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Jet (and turboprop) turbine engines work more efficiently, and burn less fuel, at higher altitudes where the air is less dense. The same applies to the selecting of reverse pitch on turboprop aircraft, which translates the thrust produced by the rotating propellor forwards creating a slowing effect.

Cabin Crew

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

Some of Britain’s greatest aviation feats include the evolution of the jet engine, the first aircraft with an enclosed cabin, the development of Concorde and the de Havilland Comet – the first commercial jet airliner to enter service. Aerospace is undergoing its biggest revolution since the jet engine era.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing. It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. He compared its glide rate to that of a Cessna 206.

Thrust

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Lift We’ll start with my personal favorite — lift. Weight Now let’s talk about the flip side of lift — weight. To maintain level flight, we would need to have enough air flowing over the wings to match the amount of weight we’re lifting — the plane itself, fuel, passengers, baggage and, of course, that cup of coffee.

Drag

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2025

Switching the fuel control switch from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” immediately stops the fuel from flowing to the engine, causing the engine to immediately shut down, and lose thrust. A metal stop lock mechanism also requires the crew to lift each switch past the stop in order to move it.

Cockpit

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

During the early years of the jet age, between the end of World War II and the swinging ’60s, there were very few new ideas that were not worth a try. To understand the genesis of this little jet-powered hot rod, let’s understand the problem that faced the U.S. Air Force immediately following WWII.

Jet

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

Key Takeaways Air density affects aircraft performance, including lift, engine power, and propeller effectiveness. These include lift, propeller thrust, and engine combustion. This increased density increases airflow over the wings, generating more lift. Fewer air molecules result in less dense air, which means less lift.

Density Altitude

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Generate Lift With Airplane Wings One of the most valuable airplane parts that connect to the fuselage is the wings. The wings work with other sections of an aircraft to increase lift and adjust stalling speed. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

m, it was designed to improve lift and efficiency during take-off and landings, and t he aircraft was powered by two 15,000-lb thrust JT8D engines, giving it improved performance. Being a short to medium-range aircraft with a compact design allowed it to operate over shorter runways. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

m, it was designed to improve lift and efficiency during take-off and landings, and t he aircraft was powered by two 15,000-lb thrust JT8D engines, giving it improved performance. Being a short to medium range aircraft with a compact design allowed it to operate over shorter runways. With a modified wing having a span of 28.44

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Bennett, who focused on incorporating a rotor-driven lift system with conventional wings and engines for forward thrust. During takeoff and landing, the rotor was powered by compressed air jets at the tips of the blades. However, the rotor blades were not powered during flight; instead, they were auto-rotating.

Runway

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

It uses a propulsion system comprising propellers or jet engines to navigate at a certain set speed limit. Contrary to popular belief, airplane taxiing does not include the moments right before takeoff where the plane’s speed continues to accelerate until it lifts off the ground or touchdown as the plane slows to a halt after landing.

Clearance

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.

Lift

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. After 50 minutes, we were taxiing to the runway.

Density Altitude

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

After an emergency landing at YZF (Yellowknife NT, Canada), the pilots found the fan blades were coated with what looked like rough cement, while the nose of the transcontinental business jet had been stripped of most of its paint. They knew then that they had encountered volcanic ash from the ongoing eruption of a volcano in Alaska.

Pitot Tube

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What is a Turbine Airplane There is a misconception among the public that airplanes are divided between prop and jet. These are more pure jets and produce power from just the engine core. A significant amount of thrust generated by the engine comes from the fan rather than the core. This is the common ‘jet’ engine in use today.

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