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Vee H Aviation Pty Ltd, operating as Link Airways, formerly known as Fly Corporate, is an Australian regional airline based at Brisbane Airport, Queensland. The airline operates scheduled regional passenger services in Queensland, New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory .
The Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" is an American experimental turboprop aircraft derived from the F-84F Thunderstreak.Powered by a turbine engine that was mated to a supersonic propeller, the XF-84H had the potential of setting the unofficial air speed record for propeller-driven aircraft, but was unable to overcome aerodynamic deficiencies and engine reliability problems, resulting in the ...
Anxious airline flyers may well remember 2024 as the year their worst fears about the safety of air travel felt confirmed, as a series of unprecedented, and in some cases fatal, airplane incidents ...
USAir Flight 1493 was a scheduled service from Syracuse, New York, making stops at Washington, DC, Columbus, Ohio, and LAX, before continuing to San Francisco. [3]: 1 On February 1, 1991, Flight 1493 was operated using a Boeing 737-300 (registration N388US [4]); after a crew change in Washington, DC, [3]: 1 it was under the command of Captain Colin Franklin Shaw (48), a highly experienced ...
Today's turboprop airliners have better fuel-efficiency than current jet airliners, in part because of their propellers. In 2012, turboprop airliner usage was correlated with US regional carriers' fuel efficiency. [20] The Airbus A220-300 is the most fuel-efficient, compared with the A319neo and Boeing 737 MAX 7 [48]
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium cargo aircraft designed and built by the Spanish aircraft manufacturer Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). It is designed for use by both civil and military operators.
Boeing’s very bad year ended tragically on Sunday, as a 737 flown by Korean discount carrier Jeju Air crashed, killing 179 passengers and crew on board.. It’s not yet clear what caused the jet ...
British European Airways Flight 548, Kenya Airways Flight 507, and US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211, other cases where the toxic attitude of captains led to a breakdown in crew communication. Armavia Flight 967, a case where a captain flew his aircraft onto water after cursing at an air traffic controller.