Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. After the military, he joined Hughes Airwest as an airline pilot and settled down with his wife and baby in Boulder City. The breakup started with rudder flutter.

True Airspeed 91

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 91

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. After the military, he joined Hughes Airwest as an airline pilot and settled down with his wife and baby in Boulder City. The breakup started with rudder flutter.

True Airspeed 90

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 90

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

But my goal was to fly the airliners that, as a child, I watched climbing out from La Guardia Airport over our Bronx apartment. Anyone who bothered to look up from the farms, corn fields and cotton fields east of Mobile Bay could watch students meld aerodynamic theory with stick and rudder practice.

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

To get the extra lift required for the turns, I had to dive to get extra airspeed so that the plane could turn at that same AOA. This meant that I could land normally on the runway, not overshoot, and did not need to be concerned with the airliners on the crossing runway. That variety may require multiple initiatives.

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98