Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The airlines use their high-fidelity flight simulators to great advantage, and when combined with stick shakers, multicrew flight decks, and low-speed and stall-warning systems, the training is excellent. Not to worry: The airliner you are flying has probably not entered a stall in its entire 20- to 30-year service lifespan.

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Airplanes Approach Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 78

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. Adverse yaw is a side effect of aileron use, countered by rudder input. What Is Aircraft Stability? Stability is the aircrafts tendency to maintain its attitude or orientation.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Managing these elements requires continuous adjustments by the pilot to maintain stability and control. Control Mechanisms Airplane Controls In airplanes, pilots manage flight using three primary controls: the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. These controls work in harmony to navigate the aircraft through various flight maneuvers.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane. You’ll find a horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, elevator, and rudder pedals here. Small planes tend to have fixed landing gear, while commercial airliners have retractable gear. What are the basic parts of this section?

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. Upon his return, he reported that both right-hand and left-hand rear stabilizers had sustained damage.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 288

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability. The aircraft’s design influences its dynamic stability. To understand the aircraft’s response to a disturbance, you need to understand aerodynamic stability. There are two main types of stability: Static and Dynamic stability.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

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 pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 88

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 pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 86

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

It was to be a medium-range airliner that could comfortably seat over 100 passengers on two decks inside the fuselage. There, the dimensions of the two vertical stabilizers were increased, and a third stabilizer with no rudder was added to the tail to counteract yaw instability.

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Tail Cargo Stability Rudder 60

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, airline travel was coming of age with the arrival of the fast, safe, and comfortable Douglas DC-3. This early design, also called the “Standard Seven,” featured a vestigial vertical stabilizer, ground adjustable propeller, and tight cowling that featured fairings for each rocker arm.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 80

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

In business jets and airliners, the issue is usually being too fast, leading to a runway excursion and often substantial damage or even fatalities. The best go-arounds happen from 300 feet, not 30, which is why many airlines require a go-around if the airplane is not stabilized by 500 feet in VFR conditions.

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Knot Runway Airplanes Pilot 98