Professional Pilot

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

PRESS RELEASE The second of 2 TBM 960 birddog airplanes for Conair is shown in flight prior to its departure from Daher Aircrafts production and final assembly facility in Tarbes, France, for delivery to Abbotsford, Canada. operations in fighting wildfires.

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Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

Nowadays, modern aircraft are equipped with systems that can not only fly the aircraft but can also perform fully automated take-offs and landings and can even provide protection systems in the event of unusual flight situations that threaten the safety of the airplane and its occupants.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 152

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, the capstone of all these efforts was the adoption of stabilized approach criteria and procedures on every approach and landing. So, What Is a Stabilized Approach? In fact, the verbal callout “stabilized” is part of the checklist. The answer to this question depends on who you ask.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

One of the fundamental aerodynamic concepts in aviation isleft-turning tendenciesthe natural forces that cause an airplane to yaw or roll left, particularly in a single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft. Heres the deal An aircraft doesnt always fly in a perfectly straight line, especially during takeoff and climb. How do you correct this?

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Among the various types available for a first-time airplane owner, few offer a better balance of capability, ease of flying, and ease of ownership than the venerable Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The initial version had a “fastback” fuselage that lacked a rear window and a large, unswept vertical stabilizer.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Pilot 96

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Flight Training Central

MARCH 3, 2025

A wing will always stall at the same angle of attack; however, weight, and bank angle, power setting and load factor may change the speed or the pitch attitude at which the airplane stalls. Also, the weight in the airplane must be properly distributed and balanced. The test standards divide stalls into power off and power on.

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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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Cranky Flier

JULY 8, 2024

These airplanes were owned by Amazon but flown by Sun Country. As usual, these airplanes will be owned by Amazon and operated by Sun Country, so it’s not a very capital-intensive project for the airline. Since these are all airplanes owned by Amazon, I figured it didn’t have to impact the passenger business, but it will.

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Cargo Airplanes Stability Airline 278

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The next step was to gather a team of students to turn this paper airplane into a full-scale flying prototype. This version was equipped with modified flight controls based on lessons learned from the initial prototype, had a larger vertical stabilizer, and several other minor improvements.

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Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Back in the mid-2000s, United was just trying to stabilize itself. It was also from the reduction in Essential Air Service and small airplane flying due to the pilot shortage. The number of flights plunged with July 2017 having over 20 percent fewer flights than July 2004. That is, of course, only part of the story.

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Stability Runway Airplanes Airline 130

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

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airframe was all metal, with a fabric-covered wing, and the vertical stabilizer lacked the curved dorsal fairing of later 170s. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator. Learn more about Cessna 170 ownership here.

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Transponder Stability Airplanes Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?

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Aerotime

JUNE 19, 2024

Boeing confirmed on March 25, 2024, that Calhoun would retire at the end of the year and that he was remaining in his role to “stabilize and position the company for the future”. Calhoun was challenged on why he hadn’t resigned, to which he replied, “Senator, I am sticking this through”.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 20, 2025

This particular 108 is the dash three model, identifiable by the large vertical stabilizer. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator. It has a low 2,221 hours on the airframe with no known damage history.

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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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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

Stability : The gradual narrowing of the windsock helps stabilize it in various wind conditions, reducing erratic movement and providing clearer readings. Wind Speed Measurement : As the wind speed increases, it progressively fills and extends the sock.

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Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

Flight Training Central

MAY 29, 2024

Landing an airplane is one of the most challenging, yet satisfying tasks you’ll learn to master on your path towards becoming a private pilot. This week’s tip shows how to fly a stabilized final approach and help you visualize the steps necessary to transition from the roundout and flare to the touchdown.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

Studying historical aircraft helps students understand the development of flight and learn from early engineers about problems of lift, propulsion, stability, and material constraints. With the right support, future engineers can deepen their understanding of aviation history while developing the skills necessary for innovation.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Good, honest bankers , brokers , and backers who have been through many airplane acquisitions before will know the ropes and can guide you through the rough spots. Many times, people have fallen in love with a certain airplane type early on and will rush out to buy it, any one of it, as soon as they’re able. Believe me, stuff happens.

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Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. The yaw of the airplane rotates around its vertical axis. The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. Why is the rudder so important? Why is this?

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead. For others, flying on a commercial airliner may be a once-a-year event when heading off on vacation.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

Photo NACA/NASA The single-place XF-92A airplane had a delta wing swept at 60 degrees. feet high at the tip of the vertical stabilizer. The right delta wing and aft fuselage of the XF-92A has some tufts attached for airflow analysis. feet long, had a 31.3-foot foot wingspan, and was 17.5

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Simple Flying

MAY 8, 2024

This forward-swept horizontal stabilizer, positioned ahead of the main wings, has been implemented across a range of aircraft, from experimental designs to advanced military jets. In the world of aircraft design, innovation never stands still. We're taking a closer look at the history, technology, and applications of canards in aviation.

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iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Similar to the routine of having your airplane undergo an annual inspection, we recommend that you take the time to review the following items once a year to keep your iPad, apps and accessories performing at their best. This is the only place to find supplemental aviation data and charts that were traditionally printed only in paper format.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

NACA laboratories had an interest in B-47A NACA 150; Langley Memorial Laboratory wished to study the impact of aeroelasticity upon structural loads and Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, the impact of aeroelasticity upon dynamic stability. Operation of the aircraft from either Center was not practical because of runway length. long and thin).

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Landing an airplane can be one of the most nerve-wracking tasks for a student pilot. Getting an airplane to fly is easy. This allows you to configure appropriately and ensures a stabilized approach. The post How to Land an Airplane appeared first on Pilot Institute. But landing it safely on the runway is a skill.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Docile as any airplane ever built, many 172 pilots eventually long for something more interesting and engaging as their subsequent types. As a 1979 N-model this 172 incorporates the swept vertical stabilizer and rear cabin window, giving it the most modern look of any 172 variants. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Stability Image stabilization makes all the difference for a smooth, clear picture. Motion and vibration from the airplane can cause camera shake, distorting and blurring the image. Many newer cameras have built-in stability features, especially action cameras which are created specifically for high-motion scenarios.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway. This would result in the airplane stalling and dropping hard onto the runway. This climbing during the roundout is known as ballooning.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Low wing airplanes were designed by the very devil himself. You don’t have to hang around airports, airplanes or pilots very long until someone will crank up the high wing versus low wing debate. You don’t have to hang around airports, airplanes or pilots very long until someone will crank up the high wing versus low wing debate.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

There is nothing quite like going to the Vintage Section at EAA Airventure Oshkosh and taking the time to appreciate a meticulously restored airplane from the 1920s or the 1930s that looks as though it flew straight from the factory, 90 or 100 years ago. Gradually, the Bull Pup was resembling an airplane once again!

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

Confirm stability on the approach, make sure the aircraft maintains a constant descent rate, airspeed, and alignment with the runway centerline. This allows proper alignment even if an Outer Marker is not present. Descending to Decision Height (DH) Follow the glideslope to the Decision Height, typically 200 feet for Category I ILS.

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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. After crossing U.S.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Then design an airplane and purchase one of the great names in aviation history to produce it. The story begins in 1947 when Anderson and Greenwood formed a company to design and produce inexpensive and innovative airplanes. Before we talk about how this story ends, let’s discuss this remarkable airplane.

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Tail Airplanes Crosswind Knot 97

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. After crossing U.S.

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