The MD-11's high landing speed is unusual among modern widebody airliners and it makes the aircraft more difficult to land.

Bell showcased High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology capabilities upon completion of testing efforts at Holloman Air Force Base. The team has utilized the Holloman’s High Speed ...

Bell has unveiled three “High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing” aircraft design concepts. The renderings, as well as new performance details, come several months after FlightGlobal reported that ...

Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is ...

Sea trials are getting underway for an innovative landing craft commissioned by the U.K. Defense Ministry. Based on the Pascat (Partial Air Cushion Supported Catamaran) concept developed for ...

Australian investigators have attributed a 2020 runway overrun by a Fokker 100 to the combined effects of the jet’s approach speed and wet conditions. The 9 January 2020 incident involved a Fokker 100 ...

Commercial aviation has changed global travel, making it possible to cross entire continents in a fraction of the time it once took. From the early days of the Wright brothers, airplanes have become ...

Airplane takeoff speed is highly variable and depends on an aircraft's specific aerodynamic design (shape, wing features) and current environmental conditions (weather, density altitude, wind). The ...

Constantly increasing air travel has brought commercial airlines constantly increasing headaches. And control of the swift traffic aloft is only a part of the problem. With their high speeds and long ...

In Part 1, we discussed the NTSB’s investigation into the December 2020 accident. The NTSB’s probable cause was “The pilot’s failure to maintain proper control of the airplane, which led to an ...