Knot Lift Payload 
Flying Magazine
MAY 7, 2025
Operators of airplanes used for commercial transport of people or cargo prefer pound-miles per gallon, but for personal airplanes with randomly varying payloads mpg is a satisfactory yardstick for efficiency. Naval Academy, approached the problem by setting lift-drag ratio, L/D, as his metric of efficiency. mpg drops to 10.5.
Air Facts
AUGUST 1, 2025
I’d served as the legal advisor in targeting cells that put “warheads on foreheads” in Syria during the fight against ISIS—but we were always the “ground customers,” waiting for the right platform to deliver the payload. At 55 knots, I eased back on the stick. The I-GITR lifted off and I was flying solo for the first time.
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Aerotime
JULY 17, 2025
The KC-390 Millennium offers superior payload capacity (26 tons) compared to other medium-sized military transport aircraft. It also flies faster and farther by 470 knots. This makes Portugal the launch customer for the Super Tucano variant designed to meet NATO requirements.
Flying Magazine
JULY 7, 2025
Eventually, though, the 10-ton payload model could be the smallest in the Airlander family. Simultaneously, the firm is developing the even larger Airlander 50—and potentially, an Airlander 200 with a 200-ton payload. Helium contributes only about 60 percent of the lift—the shape of the balloon forms a giant wing, providing the rest.
Aerotime
MAY 16, 2025
Horizon Aircraft More about the Cavorite X7 Capable of carrying out stage lengths of up to 500 miles (800km) while cruising at a speed of up to 250 knots (450 km/h), the Cavorite X7 can carry payloads up to 680kg (1500 lbs) if operating in vertical flight mode. Now we move fully onto developing our full-scale aircraft, so stay tuned!
Professional Pilot
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Electra’s innovative EL9 hybrid-electric propulsion system with blown lift technology enables ultra-short takeoffs and landings in soccer field-size spaces previously limited to helicopters and eVTOLs, but at one-third the cost and with the improved safety and reliability of a fixed-wing aircraft.
Latatuide 33 Aviation
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The average cruising speed of a private jet at a higher altitude is around 500-600 mph — or 434-521 knots — and some can reach speeds of up to 700 mph or, rather, 608 knots. Here are a few reasons why private jets are faster: Reduced payload: Light private aircraft are smaller to accommodate fewer travelers per flight.
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