Alaska Air
JULY 21, 2025
Pacific Time We’re working to get our operations back on track today at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air after a significant IT outage Sunday night resulted in a system-wide ground stop of flights, which was lifted at 11 p.m.
Flying Magazine
JULY 7, 2025
Helium contributes only about 60 percent of the lift—the shape of the balloon forms a giant wing, providing the rest. READ MORE: Airlines and Pilots Don’t See Eye to Eye on Autonomous Flights Aerodynamic lift and vectored thrust come from two pairs of ducted propellers running on kerosene-powered engines, mounted outside the main hull.
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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Planespotting at the Domestic Terminal Observation Deck (Landside) To access to this observation deck, take the escalator or lift up to level 4. The view of the tarmac is absolutely breathtaking and you have full view of both the landing and departure of the aircraft.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 2, 2025
Standing on the tarmac that day, Wing Leader Chris Volpe made a promise: Ready 4 Duty would return the following year to honor the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. On Monday, June 16, Ready 4 Duty lifted off once more, this time bound for the U.K. to continue its European journey.
Aerotime
OCTOBER 18, 2024
This facility, which was built for French maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) firm Tarmac Aerosave, boasts 34-meter-high walls and a 95-meter span, and was built with a modular constructive technology, referred to as ‘Construction 2.0.’ And then we lift it.” by Spantech. “We have a philosophy that we call ‘Construction 2.0.’
Simple Flying
MAY 20, 2025
That is the distance that the aircraft must travel to reach its lift-off speed and take off from the tarmac. Usually, the Boeing 737-900ER needs a takeoff roll of about 2000 meters, or 6560 feet. The necessary takeoff distance may be significantly greater under maximum takeoff weight or hot weather, and at high elevation fields.
Ask the Pilot
MAY 28, 2024
Just as the plane lifted off, its left engine broke loose. As the engine ripped away, it severed hydraulic lines, releasing the hydraulic pressure that held the wing’s leading edge slats, deployed to provide critical lift during takeoff, in place. The slats then retracted, causing the left wing to stall.
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