Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

In October 1914, Albree and Timson drew up plans for a new monoplane, the Model G Scout, which was first flown by test pilot Clifford Webster on July 15, 1915, at Nahant Beach, just south of the Swampscott garage. But the most radical feature of the Pigeon-Fraser was Albree’s all-moving tail design.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. That means that the ailerons are not large enough to counter the roll.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

That year, however, saw the airframe and a set of wings being donated to the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut so it could be transformed into a memorial honoring the pilots who flew Corsairs in combat. This was brainchild of World War II (WWII) Marine Corps Corsair pilot, and then the manager of Bridgeport Municipal Airport, Nick Mainiero.

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Rudder Cockpit Tail Lift 105

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. But theres much more to ailerons than just rolling left or right. What Is an Aileron?

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Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. The take-off and the en-route climb to the planned cruising altitude of 37,000ft (11,280m) was uneventful, with the first officer as the flying pilot.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 288

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. Years ago, a very young pilot took her first passenger, her husband, on her first flight after getting a private certificate after 125 hours. Then there are canopies.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Aileron 96

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Let us take you from first-time flyer to skilled pilot with personalized instruction designed for beginners like you. Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. These are the building blocks of piloting.

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Aileron Drag Rudder Descent 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

The pilot also reported that the aircraft was sluggish and underpowered. It was controlled by a conventional rudder and full-span elevons that functioned as elevators and ailerons.

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Airfoil Aileron Rudder Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Among the observers on the ground were members of the National Aeronautical Association (NAA), a member of the world governing body of air sports, the Fdration Aronautique Internationale (FAI), while pilots Amelia Earhart and Paul Mantz flew above to ensure that Hughes did not exceed the set altitude restriction for his high-speed passes.

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Cockpit Firewall Aileron Rudder 116

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. The pilot died instantly. This wasn’t the first Van’s homebuilt to experience an in-flight tail separation. The solo pilot departed his home field of KBVU at 1:15 p.m.,

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 93

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. The pilot died instantly. This wasn’t the first Van’s homebuilt to experience an in-flight tail separation. The solo pilot departed his home field of KBVU at 1:15 p.m.,

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 93

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As World War II ended, self-taught design legend Albert Mooney was not surprised to learn that the Army Air Corps had graduated over 250,000 pilots. Would these pilots returning from the war want to own and fly a personal airplane, and if so, what would it look like? Accommodation for the pilot was, in a word, spartan.

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Tail Aileron Pilot Airplanes 97

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

1910 Hartman monoplane (Adam Estes) By 1910, the Hartman monoplane was completed, and on May 10, 1910, at 5:00am, its 21-year-old pilot took off for a short hop in the presence of five witnesses (Henry Boyle, William Rheinschmidt, Tom Green, Hamey Winkler, and Will Apligate) at the Burlington Golf Course. Dittmer at the controls.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Some pilots come to Galesburg, park their airplane and just enjoy the fellowship for the week. The Shipleys are very welcoming and always have an open door for pilots who need a spot to rest, and are some of the friendliest people in aviation. What can you possibly do for a whole week in Galesburg, you might ask. The Recall Stearman.

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Tail Airplanes Transponder Aileron 122

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

[Photo copyright Russell Munson] On April 26th, 1964 a radial-powered biplane with wings and tail in Champion Yellow and Stearman Vermillion-painted fuselage took off from an airfield near Lumberton, NC. “The steel fuselage frame, tail surfaces, and landing gear have been repaired as needed, media blasted, and primed.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

It’s a rite of passage for pilots-in-training to hear these words come from their flight instructor repeatedly. The pilot can control the yawing of the plane by inputs on the rudder pedals. Some new student pilots think the rudder and vertical stabilizer are the same thing. The pilot controls the throttle to create thrust.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

One of the first things an aspiring pilot learns in flight school is the various sections of an aircraft. If you’re wondering how to become a commercial pilot in Arizona , this in-depth guide to important aircraft parts will help in your pursuit. Contact our flight instructors today for more information about enrolling.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. With a crew of three (pilot, copilot & flight engineer) and four volunteers aboard, Liberty Belle took off, bound for Indianapolis.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

82 Tiger Moth, the airplane that trained thousands of pilots from across the British Empire to take to the air in World War II. By World War I, de Havilland was working for Airco, where he designed a number of early warplanes, which enjoyed varying success, and flew as his own test pilot.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Large aircraft use yaw dampers while small aircraft rely on piloting techniques to counter Dutch roll. For example, if a statically stable aircraft gets blown off course by a gust of wind, it tries to return to its original heading without pilot input. That’s because spiral instability is easier for a pilot to detect and correct.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In order to shorten development time and save costs, the aircraft featured components of two closely related aircraft of the Beech Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas: the wings, ailerons, and landing gear of aBeech Bonanza general aviation aircraft and the tail assemblyof a Beech T-34 Mentor military trainer.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit 94

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Landing an airplane is not easy, even for experienced pilots. Why Crosswind Landings Aren’t Easy Ideally, pilots want the wind to hit the aircraft dead on the nose while landing. If the pilot makes no corrections, the aircraft gets blown off the runway centerline. Simultaneously, we apply ailerons opposite the rudder input.

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Crosswind Longitudinal Axis Aileron Rudder 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming Air Facts Journal Second Lieutenant Arnold Reiner Marine Corps recruitment brochures in the early ’60s described three pilot training pipelines: jets, transports and helicopters. We were grouped in sections of about 15 to 20 student pilots.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

He would later go on to do a large amount of executive flying eventually flying for the Teamsters and the personal pilot to Jimmy Hoffa. “ He sounded pretty unimpressed and said that they were not really looking for any more pilots. I asked our co-pilot who was a nervous newer guy to go back and see how bad the damage was.

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Cargo Cockpit Airplanes Pilot 116

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The fuselage panels were composed of aluminum and the outer wings, main spar, armament bays, ailerons, elevators and rudders featured fabric as their skinning. 02170, with test pilot Willard Bartlett Boothby, 24 October 1942. He still succeeded in chopping off the enemy’s tail with the large propeller of his Corsair.

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Aileron Rudder Ceiling Tail 98

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Many aspiring pilots wonder whether flying a helicopter is harder than flying a plane. Understanding these differences helps pilots choose the right training path. Whether youre exploring what is an instrument proficiency check or considering advanced training, we ensure every pilot is confident in their journey.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 8, 2025

(National Air and Space Musum) On January 8, 1944, Lockheed test pilot Milo Burcham took Lulu Belle , aloft on its maiden flight before an entourage of military and civilian VIPs at 9:10am local time. However, the gear did not retract because of a safety switch left in place, and Kelly Johnson reassured Burcham of the sensitivity concerns.

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Jet Aileron Pilot Tail 111

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines. NASA) The first X-4 Bantam, 46-676, was brought to Muroc in November 1948 to begin subsequent taxi tests before making its first flight on December 15 with Northrop test pilot Charles Tucker at the controls.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

This was a troubling combination for any pilot, let alone those operating from the confined and unforgiving environment of an aircraft carrier deck. The modifications included replacing the single fin and rudder with a twin-tail design to improve stability. The aircraft was difficult to control and suffered from severe vibrations.

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Weight-Shift-Control Aviation Technology Aileron Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Many aircraft have heated leading edges on the wings, tail, and propellers.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This under-mounted tail design was chosen to enhance the gunner’s field of fire and echoed elements seen in earlier seaplanes, such as the German Hansa-Brandenburg models. Both the upper and lower wings included ailerons, maximizing maneuverability.

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Stability Tail Aileron Rudder 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When spelled geoduck it represents a grotesque, oversized mollusk, or clam to we pilot simpletons. True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. Sea state matters, too.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 17, 2024

Captured in Africa by American troops, it was transferred to the US and subjected to a series of flight evaluations in September 1945 by the pilots of the Army’s Air Technical Service Command at Wright and Freeman fields. The rounded leading edge was correctly fitted but the ailerons were not modified and remained the ones of the C.200.

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Torque Pilot Aileron Tail 133

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

In 1928, he founded the Spartan School of Aeronautics to train pilots and mechanics and the Spartan Aircraft Company to design and build aircraft. Though not a pilot, Skelly saw a need for a fast and reliable executive travel machine. The post Spartan 7W Executive appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 87

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The year was 2024, but those aerial knights piloted steeds whose original designs first emerged from draftsmen's tables over a century earlier. Unfortunately, that airshow was cut short by a landing accident ending with a bruised pilot and a Fleet Model 1 biplane on its back in the middle of ORA's turf runway. 1934 De Havilland DH.82

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 56

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The tail turret evolved into a powered version, incorporating four Browning machine guns. Sunderland Mark II, showing ASV Mark II “stickleback” antennas in front of the tail. The flight, conducted by John Lankester Parker, Shorts’ chief test pilot, and Harold Piper, was successful, lasting approximately 45 minutes.

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Center of Gravity Tail Lift Aileron 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Although it is sort of heavy on the ailerons,” Storo said. ” On takeoff and landing, the pilot’s seat is adjusted to the upward limit of travel. However, in cruise flight, the seat is moved as low as possible to get the pilot’s head out of the slipstream as the blasting wind quickly fatigues the pilot.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124