One Mile at a Time
MARCH 20, 2025
The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold. The aircraft came to a rest inverted on runway 15L, approximately 1,800 feet beyond the thresholds, and about 75 feet to the right of the runway edge. The right wing came to a rest around 215 feet beyond the main wreckage.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
READ MORE: Making Some Flying Memories to Last a Lifetime Mildly interesting stuff, but not a ton to take away other than further proof that I’m not as sharp on the tail end of a red-eye. I disconnected the autobrakes at 102 knots, turned off the runway with 4,400 feet remaining, and had a maximum speed of 16 knots on taxi in.
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Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. The landings are a little tricky, if you will.
Air Facts
MAY 7, 2025
Once on the terminal ramp, it was time to look over the airplane and try to decide how to break off the iceas much as six inches on all the struts and even worse on the high tail and vertical stabilizer. They had moved to their strategic waiting position close to the landing runway threshold.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Understanding Drone Registration You have probably seen the N-number on the tails of aircraft. pounds (250 grams): Drones below this weight threshold do not require registration if used solely for recreational purposes. Thankfully, when you break it down, registering your drone is easy and affordable. Drones weighing between 0.55
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. This distance is measured when the preceding aircraft is over the runway threshold. Whats Happening Inside the Vortex? Small landing behind a Heavy 6 miles of separation.
Air Facts
JANUARY 29, 2025
To get a little better view approaching the threshold I leaned to my left and stretched up to maybe see a little more of the runway. As the aircraft began to slow and the tail wheel contacted the runway and the aircraft began to drift slightly to the right. The view from the rear seat is mostly out the side window.
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