Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Current L-4/J-3 Cub owners are not inexperienced cadets, so they often choose to accept the nose-over risk and retrofit their airplanes with Grove disc brakes under an FAA-approved Supplemental Type Certificate. With more effective, replacement brake systems are powerful enough to make a brake-induced nose over a real possibility.

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Firewall Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 106

Learn to Fly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The ones used in airplanes are composite laminates. The F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter features vertical tail feathers and horizontal stabilators made from carbon fiber-reinforced bismaleimide composite. First boats, then Corvettes, helicopter blades, and even water-skis. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.

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Stability Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Cargo 73

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Contemporary postcard showing Louis Bleriot flying the Bleriot VIII, a forerunner to the Bleriot XI (Wikimedia Commons) By 1908, Blriot developed the Blriot VIII, the first airplane to combine a hand-operated joystick for the aircraft’s pitch and roll axis and foot-operated rudder controls for the yaw axis.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability 52

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

BOOP , BOOP, boop," said the airplane as the propeller came to a stop. Scott started the airplane again for Ray. said the airplane again. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021.

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Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

On this day in aviation history, December 15, 1948, the small, white, tailless airplane rose from the Rogers Dry Lakebed into the desert skies of California. The X-4 had no horizontal stabilizer in order to avoid interaction of shockwaves between the wings but had a vertical stabilizer and rudder. It weighed 7,820 lbs.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

Professional Pilot

APRIL 12, 2024

As a result, there now are separate, parallel integration steps for the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 from Stages 3 to 6, involving wing and horizontal stabilizer mating; flight controls integration and rigging; engine and avionics installation; first flight; interior outfitting, and customer delivery.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Flight Deck Stability Cargo 40

Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to issue airworthiness directives (ADs) to US airlines concerning the engine nacelles on older generation Boeing 737 airplanes.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Airplanes 276

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Is it a drone, or an airplane? In this article, we will explain all the different lights you may encounter on an airplane and their purpose. For example, the landing lights provide illumination for the pilots but also make the airplane more visible. What are those flashing lights in the sky? And what are those lights for?

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Runway Pilot 111

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ice can affect everything from how the airplane flies to the engines staying functional. It usually happens when you’re flying through freezing rain, where raindrops spread out and freeze upon hitting the cold surface of your airplane. If ice starts building up on your aircraft, you’re looking at a serious problem.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

” He had been involved in another syndicate but after the airplane was sold Matt was on the lookout for “something unique, fast, two seats at least and that would be of interest at airshows etc. ” ZK-RAJ after having its overhauled horizontal stabilizers reinstalled in late September 2024. to put it mildly!

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Jet Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes 101

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Unable to turn, climb, or descend the aircraft using conventional flight control inputs and effectively left to fly an unflyable airplane, the crew were forced to rely on engine power alone to find and reach a suitable airfield and attempt a landing. With 296 passengers and crew onboard that day, the stakes could not have been higher.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 301

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Flat spins are particularly hazardous because the level attitude and reduced airflow over the control surfaces make it difficult to regain control of the airplane. The problem is that the airflow from the propeller goes over the horizontal stabilizer, which produces a downward force (and causes the nose to pitch up).

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Center of Gravity Weight-Shift-Control Aileron Rudder 98

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Even during his student days, however, Albree was fascinated with airplanes, often to the detriment of his academic studies, and he began to build his own designs. Born in Boston on February 3, 1888, Albree would graduate from Dartmouth College in 1912 after attending courses at Union College and Amherst College.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

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. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 95

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. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 94

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 21, 2025

I didnt know s**t about airplanes, but I told the guys that one of the airplanes was a Corsair and the only reason I knew that was because of Baa Baa Black Sheep ! A microsecond later, Eldridge struck the horizontal stabilizer which broke his arm and his neck. ’ One other guy went out there with me.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Cockpit Torque Airplanes 98

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

A power-on stall occurs when the airplane’s nose rises too high, and the angle of attack becomes too steep, disrupting the airflow over the wings. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. They might feel scary at first, especially on your stomach.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

If you’ve ever been on a flight and felt the airplane swaying side to side, you might’ve experienced a taste of what’s known as a Dutch roll. Learning about the Dutch roll can make your next flight feel a little more grounded, even when the airplane isn’t. How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Aerotime

AUGUST 9, 2024

The tail is attached to the rear of the empennage and is of a twin-tail design, with a vertical stabilizer attached at each end of the single horizontal stabilizer. The four engines are mounted on pylons under a high wing placed over the central section of the fuselage, with eye-catching ‘drooped’ wingtips. All hail the whale!

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Airplanes Cargo Payload Horizontal Stabilizer 316

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

In line with Lockheed’s convention for naming airplanes for celestial items, the name Electra was derived from a star located in the constellation of Taurus in the Pleiades star cluster. The Lockheed Model 10 was designed primarily by both Hall L. Hibbard and Lloyd Stearman, who was then serving as the president of Lockheed.

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Tail Stability Airline Airlines 100

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes. General aviation is driven by myriad forces.

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

At around 17:00 local time, an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland (Oregon) to Ontario (California), operated by a three-week-old Boeing 737 MAX 9, returned to Portland International Airport (PDX), after the left mid-exit door (MED) plug departed the airplane, leading to a rapid decompression. There were no injuries.

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Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer 261

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A forklift is being used to lift the horizontal stabilizer from the fuselage. Hamilton purchased the surplus airplane alongside a former Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) B-25 Mitchell, RCAF 5212 (USAAF #44-30947) around 1976 and had them trucked from New Orleans to Petal, where they were on display at the Mississippi Machinery Museum.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes Lift 116

AV Web

DECEMBER 8, 2024

“The crews continuation of the flight with an unairworthy airplane directly contributed to the subsequent series of [Crew Advisory System] messages, which the crew mis-diagnosed during the climb, resulting in the in-flight upset and loss of airplane control,” the report said.

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Turbulence Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot Rudder 105