Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

When air flows over the aircraft wing, the shape of the airfoil creates low pressure above the wing and relatively higher pressure below the wing. A small Challenger 604 business jet flying at Flight Level 340 passed one thousand feet below an Airbus A380 flying the same route in the opposite direction. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?

Turbulence 97

Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

I have actually taxied out with a semi-crosswind where I just turned around and came back in because I could not control the airplane with the earlier brakes. I can control it now with the Red Line Brakes, but this airplane is not built for crosswinds. It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds. ” Ed Storos and His Bulldog.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

They are designed with a special shape called an airfoil, which encourages passing air to turn and deflect downward. This is why the typical airfoil shape has a curved top and a flat bottom, especially in slower-speed general aviation aircraft. The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines.

Lift 52

Lift Torque Thrust Aileron 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Combining the Gweduck’s advanced hull with its counter-rotating propellers means differential power allows crosswind water taxiing impossible in floatplanes along with higher hull-in-water taxiing speeds. “We A significant investment in heavy, water-jet cut steel tooling means repeatedly accurate wings come off the Composite Creations table.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79