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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

At first glance, ailerons look like ordinary hinged panels on the wings, but don’t be fooledthey’re important for keeping an aircraft both stable and maneuverable. But theres much more to ailerons than just rolling left or right. Or how do modern airplanes reduce dangerous effects like aileron flutter or adverse yaw?

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The Role of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation

Pilot Institute

The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.

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Air Force pilot dies after attempting high-risk fighter jet stunt: video

Aerotime

A Bangladesh Air Force pilot died after attempting a high-risk ‘Top Gun’ fighter jet stunt in Patenga, Chittagong, on May 9, 2024. Squadron leader Asim Jawad, 32, was performing aileron rolls at low altitude when the fuselage of the Yakovlev Yak-130 he was flying scraped along the tarmac. The aircraft arrived in Bangladesh in 2015.