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During a recent training exercise, the United States Air Force landed two C-130 aircraft, including the AC-130J Ghostrider, on a four-lane highway in Arkansas. Watch This USAF AC-130J Ghostrider ...
Ringed by mountains, Bhutan’s Paro International Airport (PBH) is widely considered one of the most technically difficult plane landings in the world. This airport landing is so challenging only ...
Taxiway C contained four airplanes, three from United Airlines and one from Philippine Airlines, queueing for takeoff. [1] At 11:55:46 p.m. local time, upon spotting aircraft lights approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from the runway, the AC759 pilot asked the tower if he was clear to land on 28R, to which the air traffic controller responded at ...
Vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft that are able to take off or land vertically or on short runways. Vertical takeoff and landing includes craft that do not require runways at all. Generally, a V/STOL aircraft needs to be able to hover; helicopters are not typically considered under the V/STOL classification.
Amateur videographer and airplane aficionado Radko Našinec recently captured incredible footage of a Boeing 737-430 going up against some very strong cross winds -- and nearly losing.
The thirty world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). A movement is a landing or takeoff of an aircraft and includes both air transport movements and general aviation.
As a compromise, pilots were required to make at least three takeoffs and landings in a 90-day period, of which at least one had to be in an actual aircraft. [1] [3] Aviation media consultant Barry Schiff noted the incident in an article decrying the lack of basic stick-and-rudder skills, especially among pilots who had never flown a light ...
“Dulles Airport received reports around 12:50 p.m. of a departed aircraft landing off airport property on a nearby roadway. The aircraft was identified as Southern Airways Express flight 246.