Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. This wasn’t the first Van’s homebuilt to experience an in-flight tail separation. The airline merged with Republic, then Northwest, and finally Delta. The pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 97

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. This wasn’t the first Van’s homebuilt to experience an in-flight tail separation. The airline merged with Republic, then Northwest, and finally Delta. The pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 96

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

But my goal was to fly the airliners that, as a child, I watched climbing out from La Guardia Airport over our Bronx apartment. Landings, at least for me, were simple compared to the kite-like gust sensitivity of the Cubs and other tail dragger I flew as a teenager. The Navy’s primary trainer was the T-34B.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, if the aircraft has an oversized tail but not enough dihedral in the wings, it becomes vulnerable to spiral instability. Most commercial airliners have wings that are swept backward to allow them to fly close to the speed of sound safely. Tail Design Larger, more effective stabilizers provide stronger restoring forces.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, airline travel was coming of age with the arrival of the fast, safe, and comfortable Douglas DC-3. The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames. He called it the Spartan Executive. Then there was the Spartan’s ramp appeal.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 91

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

By Chris Henry During the war in Vietnam, there was an airline that flew some of the most harrowing missions ever taken on by a group of this type, and over hostile territory. Because of this, they gained the title of “World’s Most Shot at Airline”. He reported back that both ailerons were in the full-up position.

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Cargo Cockpit Airplanes Pilot 116

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

In an effort to sidestep the Wright Brothers' patent on wing warping, Curtiss implemented ailerons as a practical solution for roll control that are still used by most modern aircraft. With a passenger capacity of six, the airplane was popular with early airlines Braniff, Delta, and Northwest, though it was also an effective freight hauler.

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 56

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. Airlines of all flags have shared woes recently. Business aircraft operate like quasi-airlines, blazing creative trails to folly. The pilot observed the wire wrapped around the helicopter. Thats FA tenacity.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52