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. For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines. It weighed 7,820 lbs.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

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 269

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ice can affect everything from how the airplane flies to the engines staying functional. Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It usually happens when you’re flying through freezing rain, where raindrops spread out and freeze upon hitting the cold surface of your airplane.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

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

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 97

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 294

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. But the most radical feature of the Pigeon-Fraser was Albree’s all-moving tail design. serial numbers 116 and 117, with U.S.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A flat spin happens when the center of gravity shifts too far aft (toward the tail), and the aircraft’s rotation becomes more horizontal. 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.

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Center of Gravity Weight-Shift-Control Aileron Rudder 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 95

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 94

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 aircraft configuration sees a monocoque fuselage with a raised flight deck above the nose-to-tail cargo compartment below. 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.

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Airplanes Cargo Payload Horizontal Stabilizer 310

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. A young Clarence “Kelly” Johnson with a wind tunnel model of a Lockheed Electra with its original single tail design.

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Tail Stability Airline Airlines 95

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. Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. We had eight airplanes partially built so they had to be taken out too.

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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 258