Specialty landings and takeoffs are important to know as a pilot when it comes to unprecedented circumstances. Learn more about these landings and takeoffs. [Credit: iStock] A "normal" takeoff or ...
Answer: Most modern airliners have more than a single tire on a landing gear. The tires are designed to take the load if the companion tire is compromised. If the pilots know a tire has failed during ...
Always add a safety margin to published landing distances, as they are based on dry conditions and test pilot skills. Contaminated runways significantly increase required landing distances; use ...
Fuquay-Varina resident Mike Minor recounts the harrowing experience of a forced hard landing at RDU with his family and four dogs. The originally Florida-to-Virginia flight took an unexpected turn due ...
NORMAL — The Normal City Council agreed to join an effort to get the Mahomet Aquifer recognized as a “sole source water supply” — a designation that could affect Peoria Disposal Co.’s request to allow ...
Kathy Andersen, Papillion Landing Community Recreation Center’s administrative assistant, works on the computer. Hand sanitizer was placed throughout the facility to keep patrons safe when it reopened ...
ATLANTA — Editor's Note: Officials initially told 11Alive that there was a hard landing and that the left side of the landing gear did not come down during this incident. According to a report from ...
A pilot had to make an emergency landing Friday morning at the Houma Terrebonne Airport. According to the Houma Fire Department, they received a call of a plane crash at 8:49 a.m. Houma Fire units ...
A damaged Boeing 757-200 cargo jet operated by FedEx on the ground at the Chattanooga airport in Tennessee after an emergency landing on Oct. 4, 2023. (Photo: FreightWaves Staff) The National ...