You may notice that aircraft sometimes perform circling patterns before landing, and this article explains why.

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The Amazon Prime Air cargo plane runway overrun at Miami International was caused by an unstabilized approach with excessive speed, leading the aircraft to float and run out of runway. The accident ...

The approach is always a highly critical stage of flight, demanding strict adherence to speeds calculated at 1.3 times the stall speed. But why?

Helicopter simulator maker AXIS Flight Simulation entered the rotary-wing training market on August 31 with two new FSTDs ...

"Why didn't the pilot go around?" You hear this question a lot when there is a runway overrun-especially when it is a high-profile event such as Flight 7598, an Amazon Prime Air cargo airplane that ...

A biomechanical feedback loop in the Bell 525’s fly-by-wire controls turned a routine engine-failure test into a fatal in-flight breakup ...

During the early war years the Bf 109 was one of the world’s finest single seat fighters. Its basic design provided the potential for it to take new engines and armament so that it remained the ...

The F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle are two of the best (and two of the most beautiful) fighters ever built. Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long range patrol and bomber aircraft dictated a ...

Discover why the Boeing 737 has dedicated pitot tubes on its tail and how they help provide pilots with the correct control feel at different airspeeds.

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