The pause before takeoff is not hesitation, but a critical moment of engine verification and thrust stabilization.

And what to do when the windsock indicates dead calm.

One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.

The aborted takeoff appears to have happened after VR, creating a potentially disastrous situation.

I fly frequently as a travel writer, and I never feel any real fear of flying, except during particularly rough turbulence—the kind where the plane is slamming up and down, and rocking back and forth.

The image shows the second XV-5A Army fan-in-wing V/STOL research aircraft making a vertical takeoff and transitioning to forward flight during tests at Edwards Air Force Base, California. General ...

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ER, operating flight LA8146 performed a late and high-speed rejected takeoff in São Paulo, prompting a full investigation.