“I always use flaps for climb. I get more lift that way.” Some would call this statement perfectly logical, because flaps do increase lift and increased lift certainly ought to make an airplane climb ...

From experimental correlations of airfoil and flap pressure distributions, it is observed that flow separation is likely to occur when the canonical pressure recovery coefficient (Cpr) exceeds a ...

The Boeing 747-8 will introduce an upgraded cockpit that borrows technology from the 777 and recently launched 787 programmes, but still shares a common pilot type-rating with the existing 747-400.

Boeing has developed a solution to curtail the buffeting of the inboard flaps of the 747-8F at the maximum flap. The final fix, which resulted in a modification of the outboard main landing gear doors ...

It wasn’t until the check airmen in an aerial fire fighting organization went to a simulator training center that the takeoff procedure taught by the unit’s check airmen had grievous deficiencies. The ...

Boeing now sees a possible go-ahead decision on the 747ADV program in early December. In the meantime, the manufacturer continues to make refinements to the design. It re-lofted the outboard section ...

Handley Page H.P. 39 "Gugnunc" Aeroplane, 1929. Complete with Armstrong Siddeley "Mongoose" engine. Fitted with slotted wings and flaps. (Airframe No. K.1908). Handley Page H.P. 39 "Gugnunc" Aeroplane ...

"I always use flaps for climb. I get more lift that way." Some would call this statement perfectly logical, because flaps do increase lift and increased lift certainly ought to make an airplane climb ...