Question: If flaps don’t increase lift, then why is a small amount of flaps used in soft-field takeoffs for some aircraft? Answer: Who said flaps don’t increase lift? Flaps do increase lift. Reference ...

The Beech 1900D provides safe flight for thousands of business people around the world. Lexington, MA-Willard Crowe knows that safety drives many decisions in the aerospace business. He is a senior ...

A: Flaps (and slats) increase the lift that the wing can produce at lower speed. To keep the takeoff and landing speeds as low as possible, the design engineers include highly efficient flaps (and ...

The ground crew at Chino Airport signaled a warning to the two men in a World War II-era airplane about a wing flaps problem shortly before the Lockheed 12A Electra Junior took off and almost ...

An aircraft's takeoff speed is highly variable, determined by a complex interplay of its specific design characteristics (such as weight, wing shape, and configuration) and external environmental ...