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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

Aerotime

The automatic pilot (autopilot) has to be one of aviations finest technological inventions. Largely gone are the days when pilots had to manually control their aircraft from engine start-up to shut down by keeping their hands rigidly fixed on the controls at all times.

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Ailerons And Elevators What Are They And How Do They Work?

Simple Flying

Ailerons and elevators are control surfaces that enable the aircraft to move in the air. The roll movement of the aircraft is controlled through the ailerons installed on the wings. Pilots control the roll with the control column, moving it right or left to change the aircraft heading.

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Demonstration Stalls

CFI Academy

They go beyond the basic power-on and power-off stalls required for private or commercial pilots, focusing on scenarios that instructors need to teach students about to enhance stall awareness and safety. left aileron, right rudder). Apply excessive rudder in the opposite direction of the turn while holding aileron into the turn.

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4 Common Private Pilot Oral Exam Questions And How To Ace Them

Northstar VFR

By Josh Page, CFI The private pilot practical test is the finish line to getting your private pilot certificate and being able to fly as a licensed pilot. Lets look at four common private pilot oral exam questions and see how you can ace them! As a private pilot, youre going to be flying in a variety of airspaces.

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Inside Elixir Aircraft: the startup using sailing tech to change light aviation  

Aerotime

If we look at the flight training segment of the market alone, there is the unescapable fact that the aviation industry will need to train approximately 600,000 pilots over the course of the next two decades. The macro figures indeed sound compelling.

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Mastering Stalls: How to Recognize, Prevent, and Recover Safely

Flight Training Central

Recovery is made by lowering the nose, simultaneously applying full power while maintaining directional control with coordinated use of aileron and rudder. Reduce the angle of attack, add full power, and maintain directional control using coordinated rudder and aileron pressures. The recovery procedure is the same as for all stalls.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. When the aircraft encounters a vortex and its strong enough to induce roll, the pilot counters it by using the ailerons against the roll and tries to fly out of the wake as soon as possible. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?