Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 31, 2025

Mike began doing “minor” restorations on Stearmans, such as aileron recovery, wingtip repairs, and ground loop damage remediation. The cockpit of the PT-17 is more streamlined, has a better layout, and is overall more comfortable than earlier biplane aircraft. This PT-17 has also opened many doors, or cockpits, for Mike.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Annual Inspection 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Fabric patches are being applied to the aileron and flap coves, a common practice for Beechcraft of this era to prevent debris or wildlife from entering the structure. The replacement flap has been inspected, alodined, primed, and painted, and the permanent installation of ailerons and flaps is scheduled in the coming weeks.

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Aileron Cockpit Pilot 104

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. “I was 46 years old the day I walked into that cockpit,” he said. “I The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 294

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Not Studying Enough Outside of Flight Lessons The Mistake: Many student pilots believe that learning to fly is all about time in the cockpit, neglecting the equally important ground school and self-study. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit.

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

Level the wings : Use coordinated rudder and aileron inputs. These practice sessions are vital for helping you recognize stall warnings, such as: Quieter cockpit. This is a stall recovery procedure that is effective in most scenarios: Reduce the angle of attack : Push forward on the control yoke. Aircraft buffeting. Stall warning horn.

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Lift Accelerated Stall Pilot AGL 98

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before the aircraft begins to move, on the left-hand ( port ) side of the aircraft you may also notice the ground crew waving a thin red flag at the captain (who always sits, aviation convention dictates, in the left-hand seat in the cockpit of fixed-wing aircraft).

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. Ailerons, located on the wings, control the plane’s roll. When flying a plane for the first time, this knowledge helps you make informed decisions in the cockpit.

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Aileron Drag Rudder Descent 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

He replaced the two-cylinder, horizontally opposed Detroit Aero 25hp engine with a three-cylinder Szekely SR-3 45-hp radial engine, and in 1935, he changed out the wooden fuselage frame for a tubular steel one, and removed the pulleys and cables for wing warping and added ailerons to the wings.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

“Before the Parks was completely disassembled for restoration, I enjoyed reading passages from some of these books while sitting in the aft cockpit. “Completing the wing panels and mating new ailerons to new wings and new wings to an old fuselage with new struts bracing the whole affair.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. This long, metal tube connects all the main components of an airplane.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. The plane’s mechanic, known as a plane captain, was up on the wing and helped me settle into the cockpit.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

AV Web

JULY 23, 2024

The aircraft, a successor to the Extra 330SC, features a wider cockpit, shorter fuselage, redesigned cowling, increased control stick clearance, and improved headroom compared to its predecessor. According to the manufacturer, “The introduction of our high-performance aileron package delivers superior roll authority.

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Aileron Clearance Cockpit Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

One of the major changes introduced to the Tiger Moth, at RAF insistence, was folding door panels that made it easier to enter and exit both cockpits. Courtesy: Patrick Chovanec] The silver knobs on the left control throttle, fuel mixture, and aileron trim. Red shows typical stall speed range (below 45 mph).

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

He reported back that both ailerons were in the full-up position. He went to the back of the aircraft, and as I was about ready to give the signal to jump, he wandered back to the cockpit looking for his tack vest. It was my co-pilot back in the cockpit again. We couldn’t land there, but it would be a safe area to bail.

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Cargo Cockpit Airplanes Pilot 116

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. In the CRJ you can not hear any engines from the cockpit, making for an odd audio sensation. Hand flying the circuit, I blasted through the shear with ease, but the big wings made it even more noticeable in rolling motions and aileron slop.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

James Kightly] The cockpit of the last Blriot built, constructed by the craftsmen of the Blriot factory in 1921 and gifted to Louis. On the early Bristol Biplanes (Boxkites) the ailerons were called ‘balancers.’ Richard Shuttleworth obtained it in 1935 as his first historic airplane.

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Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Aileron Airplanes 78

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Wright State University) The original configuration of the Bell Model 68 was an open cockpit all-metal monoplane with fixed landing gear that was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines with thrust deflectors located at the aircraft’s center of gravity.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit 94

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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 next step involves carefully climbing into the diminutive cockpit, always aware of the spinning prop less than an arm’s length away.

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Tail Aileron Pilot Airplanes 97

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? I had a total knee replacement. Generally, it is regarded as the most brutal surgery out there, and here’s what I did. Then the CFI gave me a few unusual attitudes, and all was well.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 87

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The dirt and gravel on the floor and the contents of the ashtray were now making their way to the top of the cockpit. Turning back to Lawson, I looked around the cockpit and checked the instruments for anything out of order. I then checked all the controls, elevator up and down, ailerons right and left, rudder right and left.

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Descent Lift Runway Cockpit 94

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

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. Maybe I’ll start with just one piece, say an aileron, just to check things out. Fess up now.) More tools?

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General Aviation Weather Pilot Cockpit 98

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. However, 14 CFR 91.109 says that simulated instrument training can be done in an airplane with a single throwover control wheel for the elevator and ailerons instead of dual controls for those controls.

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Pilot Pilot in Command Visual Flight Rules Airplanes 52

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. We had several other donor aircraft, but we have now completely rebuilt the forward fuselage with the exception of the top of the cockpit. Between 1950 and 1965, the aircraft amassed 994 flight test hours.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

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

It can also cause control surfaces like ailerons and flaps to function improperly, making the aircraft harder to maneuver. Well, while frost isn’t as dangerous as clear ice, it can still block your view through the cockpit window. But how dangerous is it?

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. As a pilot, you will need time to master it. Landing on the windward wheel.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

He briefed the pilot on the cockpit instruments and best speeds for take-off, climb and glide. The pilot applied some aileron to compensate for the crosswind and then applied full power. The pilot climbed into the 172 and sat in the left-hand seat with his shoulder harness on. They were finally good to go.

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Runway Pilot Knot Weather 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Both the upper and lower wings included ailerons, maximizing maneuverability. Positioned beneath the trailing edge of the upper wing, the open cockpit provided the pilot with excellent all-around visibility. The Puffin’s wings were a two-bay configuration with parallel chord, equal spans, and a staggered design.

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Stability Tail Aileron Rudder 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The wing’s dead-smooth surface plus the tight-fitting aileron and flap brackets plus aileron gap seals give the build a professional factory look (left). After squeezing through the landing gear houses I settled into the right seat for our evaluation flights because frankly, this is a complex airplane with a complex cockpit.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

There were more differences though: The Stampe did not have slats and it had ailerons on all four wings. It had brakes, applied by a handle at the side of the cockpit, and a tailwheel. The legend goes that a competitor found the kneeboard with the sequence in Aresti’s cockpit and copied it.

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Pilot Cockpit Aileron 79

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames. The 8W Zeus was a 1937 two-seat trainer featuring a tandem cockpit and a 600 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine. However, the Spartan’s belly flap was controlled separately from the wing flaps.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 88

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

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Flying controls were only fitted in the rear cockpit. Builder Andrew Willox in the cockpit. 2b (introduced in 1913), which offered revised cockpit coamings for better protection from the elements and revisions for both the elevator and rudder controls. 2c, 1916 (Imperial War Museums) However, the cockpit ergonomics of the B.E.2

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Cockpit Pilot Rudder Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Although it is sort of heavy on the ailerons,” Storo said. “Sitting so high up and trying to look down inside the cockpit for the airspeed is nearly impossible. And the ailerons are almost worthless at that point; they’re not doing a whole lot for you at all. “The first flight was kind of interesting.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. But you can see the change to separate ailerons and flaps is just one part of preparing the F2 to grow into a four-place airplanebuying aerodynamic benefits now to spend later on a heavier, more powerful model. Out back, theres an entirely new tail.

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Libeccio was of mixed construction, featuring a metal monocoque cockpit section attached to a welded steel tube fuselage frame covered in doped fabric, with wooden bars and panels on its top and bottom. 310 which featured a “stepless” plexiglass cockpit and two 700 hp Piaggio Stella P.XVI RC-35 radial engines.

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Aileron Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Cockpit 122