Air
MARCH 10, 2025
Dutch roll is a coupled, oscillatory motion in an aircraft, combining both yaw (movement around the vertical axis) and roll (rotation around the longitudinal axis). Its importance is so critical that a commercial airliner is prohibited from taking off if the yaw damper is not operational.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
From simple mechanical linkages in small aircraft to high-tech fly-by-wire systems in airliners, ailerons have evolved with aviation itself. Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. This movement turns the aircraft about the longitudinal axis, making it enter a bank. How Do Ailerons Work?
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, there can be little doubt that, over the course of the year, airline safety has continued to reach new levels, with fewer accidents, fewer aircraft being written off, and fewer fatalities. This list is not exhaustive, however.
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