Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...
The aircraft is powered by the fuel-injected 200 hp Lycoming IO-360-A1D6 engine, a significant step up from the standard 180 ...
A regularly scheduled passenger plane can give a bit of a bumpy ride during even the most textbook landing. But a deadstick landing is a different beast entirely. The Collins Dictionary provides frank ...
This 1999 Maule M-7-235C is powered by a 235 hp Lycoming IO-540 with a two-blade, constant-speed MT composite propeller. It cruises at 139 ktas and has a fuel capacity of 40 gallons. Additional ...
When you’re flying in a small plane, the possibility of the pilot becoming incapacitated is usually filed in the very-unlikely-to-happen category. But it happens, and with no other pilot on board, ...
The Sea Vampire made history as the first jet-powered aircraft to land on a carrier in 1945. The UK and US navies developed fighter jets to operate aboard aircraft carriers after World War II. The de ...