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What Are Wing Aspect Ratios & How Do They Differ Between Aircraft Types?
Commercial airliners like the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 typically ... McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Known for its distinctive T-tail and engines mounted at the rear, it served medium-range flights ...
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JAL Boeing 787 wing collides with tail of Delta Boeing 737 in Seattle: video
The wing of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 collided with the tail of a Delta Boeing 737 while both aircraft were on the ground ...
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Ray tails have long been mysterious. Scientists may have finally discovered their function
It turns out that, like the antennas on an insect or crustacean, a ray uses its tail to sense its environment. The inside of a myliobatid stingray tail is remarkably complex, the scientists learned.
Phys.org23d
Cownose ray uses its tail as a fine-tuned antenna, new study finds
3D tail scan reveals holes linked to cownose ray's lateral line canal. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2192 After dissecting the ...
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7 World Airlines That Still Operate MD-80 Planes
According to current scheduling data made available by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, seven airlines around the world have scheduled passenger flights with aircraft from the McDonnell Douglas ...
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Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails
Yet these behemoths’ most puzzling feature is a whip-like tail that can measure as long as the rest of the fish’s body. Why mantas and related rays have such long tails has long been a mystery.
USA Today8d
Japan Airlines plane slices tail of parked Delta Air Lines plane: See video
A taxiing Japan Airlines plane struck a parked Delta Air Lines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, almost slicing off its tail and prompting the aircrafts to be evacuated.
Live Science28d
'Sexy' pterosaur tail should have been nightmare for flying. How did it work?
The first pterosaurs had a sail-like tensioning system for flying with potentially cumbersome tail vanes, which they could have used for displays, a new study finds. When you purchase through ...
The Hill8d
Plane strikes tail of another aircraft while taxiing at Seattle airport
Around 10:40 a.m. local time, the right wing of a Japan Airlines flight struck the tail of a Delta Air Lines flight as both taxied at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the agency said.
Phys.org23d
Bright comet's tail dazzles in images from spacecraft
Battams Karl Battams, LASCO's principal investigator at the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., processed some of the images to bring out fine details in the comet's tail and create the ...
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Japan Airlines flight bumps tail of Delta plane while taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma Airport
A Japan Airlines plane bumped into the tail of a Delta Air Lines flight on the ground Wednesday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Delta spokesperson Samantha Moore Facteau told CBS News in ...