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. This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?

Turbulence 97

Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex. long and thin).

Stability 98

Stability Airplanes Airfoil Pilot 98

Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

Each day, 12 students spent two hours in a fabrication hangar where they cut/folded/riveted a sheet of aluminum into a wing component. The Four Forces of Flight (Lift, Thrust, Drag & Gravity) obey Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Young Aviators got students interested in aviation and STEM. Two hours were allocated to flying.

Lift 98

Lift Knot Airfoil Airplanes 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar. Overall, the controls were wonderful.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79