Aerotime

MARCH 12, 2025

According to Airbus, the H140 features a new T-shaped tail boom with an optimized Fenestron that reduces sound levels, a five-blade bearingless main rotor, and new engines. The H140 is a3-ton-classrotorcraft designed for the emergency medical services, passenger transport, and private and business aviation markets.

Tail

Aerotime

MARCH 5, 2025

Background to the report Tail strikes and runway excursions were the most frequently reported accidents in 2024. The most common accident types in 2024 were tail strikes, followed by runway damage and runway excursions. The largest proportion of accidents were related to tail strikes, followed by runway excursions.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? They prove that with the right aerodynamic tricks, you dont need a tail to fly. A tailless aircraft may still have a fuselage and a vertical tail (fin and rudder). How does the tail do this? Ever wondered how it stays balanced?

Tail

Aerotime

JUNE 12, 2025

GetJet Airlines 737-800 was left with its tail on the ground at Haugesund Karmoy Airport in Norway on Tuesday, after a weight distribution issue during disembarkation and unloading. This resulted in the aircraft being nose-up with its landing gear a few feet off the ground.

Tail

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

What should have been a routine flight turned into a tragedy after a part of the tail assembly failed. Investigators were already suspecting that some fault in the tail of the airplane had contributed to the crash, so as well as the black boxes they were anxious to retrieve the rear empennage assembly.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Aerotime

MARCH 11, 2025

The airline’s Taegeuk (yin yang) logo appeared on the tail in the traditional colors of red, white, and navy blue, while also appearing as the O in the airline titles on the forward fuselage in what is now an old fashioned font style. The word Air’ has also been dropped, with the airlines name simply presented as Korean.

Tail

Aerotime

APRIL 17, 2025

According to the Auckland-based carrier, the aircraft, ZK-NZH, is the first in the airline’s 7879 fleet to undergo this world-first, full nose-to-tail retrofit. Air New Zealand’s first retrofitted Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner officially touched down in Auckland, New Zealand, on April 16, 2025, the airline announced in a statement.

Tail

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Parts that have been salvaged in the last 48 hours include the right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And in March 2024, the completed plane was photographed with just its tail painted in the Emirates colors. The new Emirates Airbus A350-900 was seen publicly for the first time emblazoned with full fuselage colors in April 2024, and in January 2024, the fuselage of the same aircraft was spotted in parts during the production process.

Ferry Flight

Aerotime

JULY 17, 2025

Vertical lift is provided by eight ducted fans, while two propellers, mounted on the nose and the tail, are used for horizontal flight once the aircraft is airborne and has reached transition altitude. This figure can increase to up to 900 kilometers of range with a reduced payload.

Payload

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 19, 2025

As Ive already covered, Air France will be debuting a new La Premiere first class product , available exclusively on a subfleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. This is an exciting development, as it really takes the carriers incredible first class to the next level.

Tail

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The move marks another step forward for the Qantas Group’s fleet renewal program, and sees the aircraft’s major airframe components, including the forward and rear fuselage, wings and iconic Flying Kangaroo tail, coming together.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

MARCH 10, 2025

New LED exterior lighting, including pulse landing and taxi lights, tail rotor lighting, scene lighting, and entry lights, further enhance safety. Other standard safety features include an inlet barrier filter and impact-resistant windshields certified to Part 29 transport helicopter requirements.

Payload

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

The design would revitalize the design created by Dutch designer Thijs Postma who proposed the green scheme in 1966, which included a lime green window line and tail, with a large black T on the tail and forward fuselage with Transavia Holland titles also in black on the forward fuselage above the window line.

Jet

Aerotime

MARCH 26, 2025

Images of the same American Airlines aircraft were captured in 2024, when only the had been tail painted in the carriers distinctive colors. In a significant development, the new Airbus A321XLR , currently registered as D-AZAB, was also spotted with its two CFM International LEAP-1A engines fitted.

Airlines

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The very oldest plane in Deltas fleet is a Boeing 757 with tail number N649DL, at 35 years old. Eddie Maloney / Wikimedia The oldest widebody in Deltas fleet is a Boeing 767 with tail number N171DN, which is considered to be one of the highest flight-hour 767s in existence. The oldest Airbus A330 is an A330-300 with tail number N801NW.

Tail

Aerotime

APRIL 14, 2025

RELATED Hudson River helicopter crash: what we know so far and who were the victims The agency said that the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, along with the forward portion of the tail boom, the horizontal stabilizer finlets and the vertical fin, have been recovered.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Aerotime

JANUARY 8, 2025

The design features retro branding by Dutch designer Thijs Postma, creator of the green color design and large black T on the new aircrafts body and tail. While at the same time looking ahead to a quieter future thanks to our fleet renewal. The new Transavias branding style will be featured on the new Airbus A321neo.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

Many years ago, while working my way through college pumping avgas at the local airport, I discovered that one of our university deans owned a diminutive two-seat, twin-tailed airplanean Ercoupe. ERCO), Weick refined the design into the low-wing, twin-tailed beauty whose distinctive looks are unmistakable.

Rudder

Aerotime

JANUARY 20, 2025

The larger of the aircraft components, including the fuselage sections, wings, and the types iconic triple tail structure arrived at Lufthansa Technik in October 2023 accompanied by 292 crates of smaller parts. The re-assembly process in the hangar in Hamburg was always destined to be a painstaking and lengthy process.

Rudder

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

Eventually, the 99th was joined by the 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons to form the 332nd Fighter Group, famously known as the Red Tails. This unit would later become an integral part of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. Clarence P. ” Just as they had in the Mediterranean, they excelled in the bomber escort role.

Tail

Aerotime

JANUARY 31, 2025

RELATED Air Busan Airbus A321 bursts into flames after tail catches fire before takeoff The incident took place less than a month after a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport (MWX), killing all but two of the 181 people on board.

Tarmac

Aerotime

JUNE 27, 2025

Among its distinctive features are its capsule-like design and tail-less configuration. The eCopter is a unipersonal fully electric automated eVTOL which is capable of carrying either people or cargo along pre-determined routes. FlyNow completed its first untethered eCopter flight in early June 2025.

Cargo

Aerotime

JANUARY 31, 2025

According to the airline, the Boeing B787-9 features a rebranded livery which embodies Angola’s heritage, with the visibility of the Palanca displayed on the aircraft’s tail and engine fuselage.

Airlines

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 13, 2025

A GPS/COM provides some modern navigation capability, and a uAvionix Tail Beacon provides ADS-B out functionality, unlocking access to all airspace. For a rugged, do-anything airplane, an original, straight-tail 182 is about as good as it gets. And having recently been discounted a full 30%, this example likely wont last long.

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Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The new bomber design, which was internally designated as the Model 32, also adapted the Corregidor’s twin tail design, and had twin internal bomb bays compared to the B-17’s one. Originally flown under the historic schemes for All American and The Dragon and His Tail , it is now painted as Witchcraft.

Tail

Aerotime

MARCH 31, 2025

Its interior and exterior identifications and placards are in Laotian, the exterior paint is custom-designed, and the tail is printed with a Champa flower, which is the national flower of Laos and the airlines logo. The aircraft features a 90-seat all-economy class layout.

Cabin Crew

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 16, 2024

With its four powerful engines, massive wing, double-deck fuselage, and tail towering 24.1 The Airbus A380 was an engineering marvel when it first rolled out in Toulouse, France almost twenty years ago. meters, the A380 is most certainly an impressive sight. It commands attention at destination airports around the world.

Tail

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 22, 2024

I think Japan Airlines absolutely nails the domestic first class product, from the free Wi-Fi and tail camera, to the super friendly service, to the seat comfort. It was quite an adventure to watch the tail camera. This has to be one of the best value premium products out there, given the low pricing.

Airlines

Aerotime

MAY 9, 2025

NASA Meanwhile, the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise is mission-ready, with an attachable tail cone, detachable engines, and stowable landing gear tucked inside its cargo bay. According to LEGO , the Boeing 747 spacecraft carrier features deployable 18-wheel landing gear and a specialized shuttle mounting system for Enterprise.

Tail

Simple Flying

JANUARY 5, 2025

The 717s have played a vital role in Australian aviation for over twenty years, but sadly the day has come when this reliable little T-tail will no longer grace Australias skies.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Note radar pods in right-side wings, and the distinctive tail insignia. Seven Grumman TBM-3D Avenger bombers of night torpedo squadron VT(N)-90 flying in formation in January 1945. The squadron was part of Night Air Group 90 on the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6).

Tail

Aerotime

MARCH 10, 2025

Air India Express described the arrival, which features Karnatakas Chittara tail art, as a new milestone in our incredible journey. The 18-year-old airline announced its new addition on March 10, 2025, as staff posed for photos with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 , registered VT-BWI, while waving flags to celebrate the occasion.

Tail

Aerotime

JUNE 9, 2025

To the rear, the airline’s distinctive purple and lilac tail scheme appears, sweeping down the rear fuselage with the carrier’s stylized ‘circled R’ logo also displayed on the tail. The Riyadh Air livery on F-WWBZ features a predominantly white forward fuselage with large billboard-style Riyadh Air titles across the window line.

Tail

Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2025

Since 2022, Emirates has been rolling out an extensive cabin retrofit programme, which will see 219 aircraft in its fleet receive a complete nose-to-tail refresh. The program has recently picked up momentum, with 51 aircraft having been fully upgraded so far.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 14, 2025

In modern aviation, military cargo aircraft adhere to well-established design principlestypically featuring high wings, T-tails, and undercarriage mounted below the fuselage. The Birth of a Giant During the 1940s, cargo aircraft were relatively straightforward in design, usually featuring two to four engines, low wings, and straight tails.

Cargo

Aerotime

JUNE 22, 2025

In under three minutes, its wings extend and its tail deploys, transforming it into a registered aircraft ready for flight. This two-seat, hybrid-electric vehicle can be parked in a standard garage and driven to a nearby airport using local roads or highways.

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