"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 ...

Minimizer’s Fast Flaps, initially available for vocational trucks, now can accommodate all major truck and trailer applications. The Fast Flap Mounting Bracket attaches to the frame, thanks to ...

When slotted flaps are deployed, not only are the trailing edges of the surfaces extended downward, but a gap is formed between the leading edge of the flaps and the wings, If you recall from the ...

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 ...