Vintage Aviation News

MAY 28, 2025

This air is then mixed with fuel and ignited in the combustion chamber, generating hot, high-energy gases that expand through a turbinepowering the compressorand then exit the rear of the engine as thrust. This air is mixed with fuel and ignited, and the resulting hot gases are expelled through a nozzle to produce thrust.

Thrust

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

As a result, it creates induced thrust at the wingtips rather than induced drag. Lesser weight only contributes to better performance, like increased payload capacity and improved fuel efficiency. One method is through a bell-shaped lift distribution across the wingspan. The absence of tail structures also makes for a lighter airframe.

Tail

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly. Developments in aircraft design and engine technology have allowed us to fly farther, faster, and carry more payload. Thrust (how it moves forward). That force is called thrust. Thats exactly what engine controls do.

Torque

Aerotime

MAY 29, 2025

The start of the year also saw Vertical Aerospace complete its first piloted thrustborne flight maneuvers and become only the second company in the world, after Joby Aviation, to achieve the step using a full-scale vectored thrust eVTOL aircraft.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Now, you might be wondering about its payload. The C-5 Galaxy has a unique high-wing design, with four engines capable of delivering an enormous amount of thrust. This aircraft is all about carrying massive payloads. The Stratolaunch can carry a staggering 550,000 pounds and has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,300,000 pounds.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

Full-fuel payload is a whopping 1,150 pounds, and max landing weight is 7,600. Taxiing requires forays into Beta as there is so much thrust at idle that the Epic will rapidly accelerate beyond taxi speed. The Epic E1000 AX’s clean design is augmented by the most power ever on a production turboprop single—1,200 hp.

Rudder

Aerotime

MAY 8, 2025

Most notable is thrust vectoring, which has been around since the 1950s but has only really been perfected for supermaneuverable fighters since the turn of the millennium. Two Russian aircraft, the Su-57 and Su-35, use three-dimensional (3D) thrust vectoring, giving the pilot unrivalled control in any direction. G-limits +9.0 / -3.0

Jet

Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

However, it was not intended to work as a dedicated interceptor, and high speeds at a high altitude are more of a byproduct of this aircrafts powerful engines, designed to give it high payload capacity and acceleration. The 2025 World Air Forces directory lists 1,284 as in service, with major operators including China, India, and Russia.

Jet

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. The design also boasts a 4,000 nm ferry range, dropping to 2,000 nm at full payload.

Knot

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

Another tradeoff that you need to juggle is payload vs range. For the F-111 and many other similar aircraft, the range decreases as the payload gets heavier. Supercritical wings reduce this effect, lowering drag, thrust requirements, and takeoff and landing distances. Lower required thrust, and shorter takeoff and landing rolls.

Weight-Shift-Control

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 23, 2025

Photo via Wikipedia The Nimrod MR.2 carried a crew of 13 and was powered by four Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, each producing 12,160 pounds of thrust. Photo via Wikipedia Armed for its mission, the Nimrod featured two underwing pylon stations and an internal weapons bay capable of carrying up to 20,000 pounds of payload.

Payload

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 27, 2025

Powered by two Mikulin AM-3 M-500 turbojet engines, each producing 21,000 pounds of thrust, the Tu-16 could reach speeds of up to 650 mph, with a maximum range of 4,500 miles and a service ceiling of 42,000 feet. The aircraft typically carried a crew of six or seven, depending on the mission.

Payload

Flying Magazine

JULY 17, 2025

Aerodynamics: Understand forces like lift, drag, and thrust, especially how they apply to multicopters and fixed-wing drones. Loading and performance: Explore how payload weight and battery conditions affect drone handling and endurance.

Pilot

Aerotime

JULY 17, 2024

The second core stage holds the rocket’s payload, upper stage and crew spacecraft. Additionally, it supports the thrust of the four RS-25 engines and the two five-segment solid rocket boosters attached to the engine and intermediate tank sections.

Thrust

Aerotime

JUNE 12, 2024

In a statement on June 12, 2024, Archer said that Midnight is thought to be among one of the largest eVTOLs to complete transition, which it said is “critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads”. Only seven months ago Archer announced that Midnight had successfully completed its first flight.

Payload

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.

Gross Weight

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

According to Hybrid Air Vehicles, Airliner 10 will be able to carry 100 passengers, or 10 tons of freight payload, or a combination of both, with up to 90% fewer emissions when compared like-for-like with similar aircraft”.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The prototype made its first flight on October 26 that year with test pilot Vance Breese at the controls, the test flight giving successful results and the prototype showcasing good handling characteristics along with satisfactory payload at lower altitudes.

Drag

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ask most aircraft owners what type provides the best balance of payload, short/soft field capability, and ease of ownership, and one of the most popular recommendations would be the Cessna 182 Skylane. This engine and propeller combination completely transforms the airplane, providing far more power and thrust than a stock Skyhawk.

Airplanes

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

For VIP and executive transport, parapublic, EMS, SAR, and energy services, it will carry 9 pax, up to 6000-lb payload, 1000 nm at 270 kt cruise. It can carry up to 882 lb of payload. The Albatross V400 heavy-lift air cargo eVTOL or hybrid-electric aircraft has a max payload of 220 lb. Payload is 900 lb.

Lift

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

.” The Model 437 Vanguard, which evolved from the initial Model 401 design, is propelled by a single Pratt & Whitney 535 engine, delivering around 3,400 pounds of thrust.

Payload

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 9, 2024

The GE90-115B is the most powerful commercial jet engine, boasting record thrust levels that significantly enhance the 777’s efficiency. With a maximum gross weight of approximately 766,000 pounds, the Boeing 777 is capable of carrying substantial payloads, whether in passenger or cargo configurations. cubic meters (7,120 cubic feet).

Payload

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This allows air to be drawn through the top of the fan and expelled out through the bottom in the form of downward thrust. Once airborne, the aircraft relies on a conventional rear-mounted propeller to provide forward thrust, while the panels that cover the wing-mounted fans return to their fully closed position.

Lift

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 14, 2024

Equipped with a thrust-to-weight ratio that enhanced its agility, the F-4 Phantom II could effectively engage enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat. The aircraft has a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 60,000 pounds (27,000 kg), allowing it to carry a significant payload of munitions and fuel.

Payload

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. I also departed with the minimum amount of fuel I was comfortable with (airlines use this strategy to increase performance and/or increase payload capacity).

Density Altitude

Airspeed Junkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Known for its long range and massive payload, the B-52 remains a key player in modern warfare. The aircraft is distinguished by its extensive capabilities, including the ability to deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads, execute diverse missions, and utilize advanced targeting and electronic warfare systems.

Payload

Aerotime

JULY 3, 2024

The KTLS is an unpowered system, with takeoff thrust provided solely by the aircraft’s jet engine. Grand Sky was created at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in 2021 and supports the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and hypersonic weapons.

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

History at High Altitudes During the Cold War, the UK required long-range, high-altitude bombers to deliver nuclear payloads, and that’s when A.V Vulcan engines had a high thrust-to-weight ratio, allowing it to reach higher altitudes much faster than the other bombers in its category. Roe & Company (Avro) came up with Avro Vulcan.

Payload

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

The F-15’s vertical takeoff capabilities, achieved through its impressive thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced flight control systems, allow rapid ascents and extreme maneuverability, vital in combat situations. This immense thrust capacity is a key factor in the F-15’s speed, vertical takeoff capabilities, and overall combat effectiveness.

Jet

Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Whisper said multiple eQ250 engines will each provide 80 pounds-force of thrust while achieving coefficients of lift as high as 14, enabling short takeoff and landing (STOL). The CLA Light is a Group 3 UAS with a dash speed of 175 knots and ferry range of 2,000 nm, shortening to 200 nm at full 500-pound payload.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

Can you fly a zero-thrust, single-engine approach to minimums today? I have one airplane in my hangar that can only carry 500 pounds of payload with the fuel tanks topped off—that’s it, if I’m going to respect the max-takeoff-weight limit, and I will. That optimistic outlook doesn’t apply to pilots with rusty skills.

Density Altitude

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The only thing to remember with the reversed props is you still push the throttle forward to increase thrust, so it takes a lot of mental transformation—and slow maneuvering—to make sure you go in the right direction. lb/sq ft Power loading 10.32

Airplanes

Aerotime

MAY 19, 2025

In terms of absolute weapons payload, the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is the undisputed king of heavily armed fighter jets. According to Boeing , its payload capacity tops out at 29,500 lbs (13,300 kg) and can carry a combination of guns, missiles and bombs, depending on its mission.

Jet

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Typhoon was built for dogfighting and has one of the best thrust-to-weight ratios of any modern fighter (almost 1:1), a top speed in excess of Mach 2.0 Future J-20 variants will use WS-15 engines, which will provide true supermaneuverability with 3D thrust vectoring, similar to the F-22. generation multirole fighter jet.

Jet

Aerotime

MAY 30, 2025

The Chengdu J-20 ‘Mighty Dragon’ scores highly for its massive 24,000 lb weapons payload, much of which is internal, giving it incredible stealth. These include cost, stealth, agility, weapons payload, speed and how widely used they are. 5 Stealth RCS (m2) 0.0015 9 Weapons 18,000 lbs of payload 5 Speed Mach 1.6

Jet