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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4. The breakup started with rudder flutter. The pilot died instantly. Nevertheless, the NTSB is clear.

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4. The breakup started with rudder flutter. The pilot died instantly. Nevertheless, the NTSB is clear.

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How to Fly Perfect Lazy Eights

Pilot Institute

We correct for the overbanking tendency with aileron opposite the turn. However, the aircraft tends to overbank at a low airspeed or when the bank angle is steep. The aileron on the right wing deflects down, increasing the camber and creating more lift. The left wing’s aileron deflects up, decreasing lift.

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Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming

Air Facts

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 Navy’s primary trainer was the T-34B.

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