Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. Getting an airplane to fly is easy. When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. The post How to Land an Airplane appeared first on Pilot Institute.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Learn the basic structure of an airplane while in flight school at Leopard Aviation. From the navigation display to the wing structure, understanding all segments of an airplane is crucial in the aviation industry. This long, metal tube connects all the main components of an airplane. What are the basic parts of this section?

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Richard Shuttleworth obtained it in 1935 as his first historic airplane. It is generally recognized as the world’s oldest airplane with the earliest aero-engine in flying condition. James Kightly] The cockpit of the last Blriot built, constructed by the craftsmen of the Blriot factory in 1921 and gifted to Louis.

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Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Aileron Airplanes 78

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

In this new guise, with its cockpit pushed four feet further aft, N5111N was designated as a Boeing Model 299Z. image by Jason Fuller) MA: “So we were just saying that after the accident, the airplane came back to Douglas and he had to face a tough decision, rebuild the airplane or not.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Pilot Institute

MARCH 17, 2025

A safety pilot is a licensed pilot who acts as an extra pair of eyes and ears in the cockpit. For example, if the flight takes place in a single-engine land airplane, you need a corresponding rating on your pilot certificate. If youre asking these questions, youre on the right track. For now, lets break things down one step at a time.

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Pilot Pilot in Command Visual Flight Rules Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? It wasn’t until I got in the car that I realized that I was completely exhausted, even though I had no fatigue symptoms in the airplane. I had a total knee replacement. So what did I observe?

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 84

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The mechanic flew the airplane he’d flown back as well. I was hoping for one of the PA-18s, but the only airplane available was the PA-12. The dirt and gravel on the floor and the contents of the ashtray were now making their way to the top of the cockpit. The mechanic asked me to tell no one about what had happened.

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Descent Lift Runway Cockpit 91

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. The plane has no internal radio, so cockpit and external communications were running through a portable intercom plugged into a portable radio.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Fear of Landing

MARCH 1, 2024

The Cessna 172S crashed into the ground, destroying the cockpit. The fuselage was crushed and the wings only partially attached to the fuselage, with damage to the ailerons and flaps. However, the cables from the cockpit controls to the flight surfaces were still attached and all of the damage seems to have happened on impact.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ice can affect everything from how the airplane flies to the engines staying functional. It usually happens when you’re flying through freezing rain, where raindrops spread out and freeze upon hitting the cold surface of your airplane. If ice starts building up on your aircraft, you’re looking at a serious problem.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

But in Minden, Nebraska, just south of Interstate 80 and in the shadow of a row of grain elevators across the street and the railroad, there is an incredible collection of all manner of antiques, from historic buildings, cars, a steam locomotive, household appliances, and even airplanes. They can all be found in the Pioneer Village.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Unable to turn, climb, or descend the aircraft using conventional flight control inputs and effectively left to fly an unflyable airplane, the crew were forced to rely on engine power alone to find and reach a suitable airfield and attempt a landing. With 296 passengers and crew onboard that day, the stakes could not have been higher.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 294

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

This can happen to any airplane type. Level the wings : Use coordinated rudder and aileron inputs. These practice sessions are vital for helping you recognize stall warnings, such as: Quieter cockpit. Do you know what causes aerodynamic stalls and how to prevent them? Apply full power: Increase the throttle to full.

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Lift Accelerated Stall Pilot AGL 98

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

I want it because I want to travel through time and I want to fly a difficult airplane and I want to feel the wind when I fly and I want people to look, to see, to know that glory still exists. “While I still owned the Fairchild, the son of a previous owner – Scott Gupton – reached out to me to share the airplane’s history.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

82 Tiger Moth, the airplane that trained thousands of pilots from across the British Empire to take to the air in World War II. Frustrated at work, in 1909 he received a gift of 1,000 pounds from his grandfather to build his first airplane, just a few years after the Wright brothers had made their first flight.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

It was not long before he had earned his license and bought his first airplane, a Cessna 140. The airplane shuddered under the fire. He reported back that both ailerons were in the full-up position. It was my co-pilot back in the cockpit again. It was just a great airplane. We got hit pretty hard.

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Cargo Cockpit Airplanes Pilot 116

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Would these pilots returning from the war want to own and fly a personal airplane, and if so, what would it look like? The wing featured a laminar flow design extending to the end of its generous flaps then a more conventional design forward of the ailerons. The Mooney M-18 Mite (Al’s 18th design) was the answer to the question.

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Tail Aileron Pilot Airplanes 96

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

With the introduction of the Cirrus SR22T in 2010, general aviation had a truly modern, high-flying, personal airplane that could fly at over 200 mph and make reliable long-distance travel a reality for the single-engine piston set. The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 85

Air Facts

AUGUST 2, 2024

For example, how many pilots have at some point fantasized that one day they might be called to the cockpit in an emergency? With armored cockpits and big jets, this isn’t even a viable daydream. We ended at the front desk where we paid our admission fee, walked out the back, got in the airplane, taxied out, and took off again.

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General Aviation Weather Pilot Cockpit 98

Airspeed Junkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The cockpit, originally designed with tandem seating, was later redesigned to a side-by-side layout to enhance crew efficiency and coordination. The aircraft uses a system of six spoilerons on each wing for roll control, compensating for the lack of traditional ailerons. The control systems are equally sophisticated.

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Payload Weight-Shift-Control Thrust Aileron 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. We had eight airplanes partially built so they had to be taken out too.

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Even before the First World War erupted, the armies of Europe were beginning to recognize the potential of airplanes for military purposes, though largely as a way to support ground armies through reconnaissance as opposed to fighting one another in the air. Flying controls were only fitted in the rear cockpit. 2 for its first flight.

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Cockpit Pilot Rudder Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The pilots of both the RNAS and the RFC loved the performance of their Pups for its light weight, good climb rate, and excellent agility (owing largely to its low wing loading and in having ailerons on both sets of its wings). Pictured is Squadron Commander E.H.

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Flight Deck Pilot Knot Airplanes 96