One Mile at a Time

JUNE 13, 2024

The Aviation Herald reports on an incident that a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX recently encountered, which is now being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An inspection was performed on the aircraft upon landing, and damage was discovered with the PCU (the power control unit, which also controls the rudder).

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Rudder Tail Pilot Runway 135

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In addition to repairing the left gear leg, the right gear and rudder were removed for recovering. Bill was a pilot for Eastern Airlines and he wore a toupee. Andrew with the Taylorcraft in the 1980s, before it received the checkerboard tail. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 98

Jetwhine

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Seeking an endorsement, I was enrolled in the 15-hour tailwheel transition course at Stick and Rudder Aviation’s “Academy of Flight and Taildragmanship” in Watsonville, California. And then Paul asked me to make a no-rudder turn to the left. When I raised the tail, the prop twisted my wrist to the left. So, this was adverse yaw.

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Rudder Airplanes Tail Pilot in Command 52

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. Commercial airliners fly at speeds above 300 knots but also need to be controllable at speeds below 150 knots.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. I was building my hours and experience toward the next great adventure.

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Airplanes Torque Tail Pilot 84

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. I was building my hours and experience toward the next great adventure.

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Airplanes Torque Tail Pilot 82

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Vital Components of a Plane in the Tail Assembly The primary function of the empennage or tail assembly of an airplane is to keep the aircraft stable despite the rotational energy of relative wind. Of all the sections of an aircraft, the tail assembly is perhaps the most important for keeping an airplane in the air safely.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Aviation Bussiness News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Iberia Maintenance has dedicated over 10 million to high-rotation inventory items, such as wheels and brakes, ensuring uninterrupted service to airlines in Southern Europe. ” Iberia was the world-launching airline for the A321XLR, which boasts a range of 7,500 kilometers, incorporating the aircraft into its fleet in November 2024.

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Rudder Tail Airline Airlines 40

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Control Mechanisms Airplane Controls In airplanes, pilots manage flight using three primary controls: the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. The elevator, situated on the horizontal tail surface, adjusts pitch, raising or lowering the nose for ascent or descent.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Air

MARCH 10, 2025

The Dihedral Angle and Its Role in Aircraft Stability The dihedral angle , a crucial element in aircraft stability, is the upward or downward angle of an aircraft’s wings (or tail empennage ) relative to the fuselage’s longitudinal axis. The yaw damper functions independently of whether the autopilot is engaged.

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Longitudinal Axis Stability Lift Pilot 52

Air Facts

JANUARY 29, 2025

As the aircraft began to slow and the tail wheel contacted the runway and the aircraft began to drift slightly to the right. And there it was, a bracket with both hydraulic lines from the rudder pedals only about 1 apart and 8 of flexible line to the brakes. The approach and touch down were normal.

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Runway Airplanes Pilot Pilot in Command 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. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 294

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

(Nigel Hitchman) The story of the Breguet Deux-Ponts begins even before WWII, when Breguet Aviation began design work on the concept for a large four engine transport with two decks for passengers called the Breguet 760, which was based on the wings and tail assembly of the Breguet 730 flying boat.

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Tail Cargo Stability Rudder 66

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Conveniently for Pepsi, the aircraft has already left the factory with a white and blue scheme, so the Stinson was painted with the company’s logos on the front and rear portions of the fuselage and a bottle was painted on the rudder. On the rear fuselage the slogan “A Nickel Drink – Worth A Dime” was painted under the Pepsi-Cola logo.

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Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 91

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth.

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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. Landings, at least for me, were simple compared to the kite-like gust sensitivity of the Cubs and other tail dragger I flew as a teenager. The Navy’s primary trainer was the T-34B.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Cranky Flier

APRIL 8, 2024

Rumors had been swirling, but on March 22, United’s VP of Corporate Safety Sasha Johnson put out an internal memo explaining that the airline would be under increased scrutiny from the FAA due to a string of non-life threatening but highly-publicized incidents. Oh and that one rudder issue on the MAX?

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Rudder Lift Tail Runway 130

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. It sported a supercharged 450 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior and an enlarged vertical stabilizer and rudder to match. He called it the Spartan Executive.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 85

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 17, 2025

This would be a twin-engine, all-metal design for a high-wing monoplane with a high aspect ratio wing braced by one large strut per wing, and a square-section fuselage with twin tailfins and rudders. For ease of loading and unloading, the design also featured a large rear door for cargo. Hurel-Dubois Miles HDM.105,

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Cargo Rudder Airplanes Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

Photo copyright Russell Munson] On April 26th, 1964 a radial-powered biplane with wings and tail in Champion Yellow and Stearman Vermillion-painted fuselage took off from an airfield near Lumberton, NC. “The steel fuselage frame, tail surfaces, and landing gear have been repaired as needed, media blasted, and primed.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 10, 2025

It was then given to the local provincial airline “Empresa Provincial de Aviacin Civil” who operated it from Santiago Del Estero mostly on aerial photography until 1976 when it landed with an engine failure and was abandoned, eventually ending up near the aeroclub. The nose art had also now been applied!

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Cockpit Hangar Pilot Rudder 111

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, if the aircraft has an oversized tail but not enough dihedral in the wings, it becomes vulnerable to spiral instability. Most commercial airliners have wings that are swept backward to allow them to fly close to the speed of sound safely. Tail Design Larger, more effective stabilizers provide stronger restoring forces.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

She flew like a big, lumbering Cub of sorts, complete with a wooden rudder bar, tall wooden stick, and instruments that seemed like they were straight out of World War One. Credit: Cayla McLeod] Douglas DC-3 : Todays commercial airliners dont excite me, but the airliner that changed the world certainly does. I know it.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With a passenger capacity of six, the airplane was popular with early airlines Braniff, Delta, and Northwest, though it was also an effective freight hauler. He's at full takeoff power and he's got the tail up! However, turning the wheel actuates the rudder (instead of the ailerons). 1927 Stinson SM-1 "Detroiter" (original).

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 56