Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

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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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Pilot Institute

MARCH 17, 2025

But who qualifies as a safety pilot? They must: Hold at least a private pilot certificate. Have a current medical certificate to act as pilot-in-command. In addition to meeting these requirements, the aircraft must be equipped with dual controls or a mechanism allowing the safety pilot to take over if needed.

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Pilot Pilot in Command Visual Flight Rules Airplanes 52

Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If ailerons affect the longitudinal axis of the plane, then how do they turn the plane? Ailerons control the roll of the plane by turning around its longitudinal axis. Ailerons (“little wings” in French) are like smaller wings attached to the trailing edges of the main wings. For your passengers?

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Longitudinal Axis Pitot Tube Checkride Pilot 59

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 21, 2024

For example, I’m told that 115 hp Citabrias can spin from abrupt aileron inputs at the stall. Going back to when I was a student pilot, my highly regarded instructor taught me to pick up a low wing in a stall with the opposite rudder because some of the old planes (1940s era) could spin with aileron input in a stall.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Aileron 92

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. The FA was apparently qualified to serve mimosas.

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