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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

Although I havent spent much time around GB1s (except for drooling over them while they are on display and flying at airshows) I am always taken aback by how much larger the airplane appears to be in personparticularly, the tall, sweeping rudder that curves down to a sharp point with just enough ground clearance.

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The Six Pack: Basic Flight Instruments

Pilot Institute

The six primary instruments (the six-pack) are the Attitude Indicator (AI), Heading Indicator (HI), Turn Coordinator, Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter, and the Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI). For example, when the ball is displaced to the left, this informs the pilot that left rudder input is required. vertical speed), and airspeed.

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Best-Laid Plans

Plane and Pilot

Altimeter set. Feet on rudder pedals. I set the speed at 1,400 rpm. I focused on temperatures and pressures for several minutes, waiting for the oil to warm. I went through another checklist: headset, radio, controls, fuel flow, and mag. Pitch trim neutral. Fuel pump on. Throttle all the way in.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

This didnt correct the problem sufficiently, so the tail was completely revised, giving the horizontals dihedral and capping each with a large oval fin and rudder arrangement much like that of its Consolidated stablemate, the B-24 Liberator. The hull was also redesigned to improve hydrodynamic performance.

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Better Braking

Plane and Pilot

When thinking of ways to display your mastery of flight, most of us dream about buttery-smooth landings, or maybe maneuvers flown so precisely that the altimeter needles might as well have been just painted on. For that matter, we’re not all flying around with toe brakes.

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Better Braking

Plane and Pilot

When thinking of ways to display your mastery of flight, most of us dream about buttery-smooth landings, or maybe maneuvers flown so precisely that the altimeter needles might as well have been just painted on. For that matter, we’re not all flying around with toe brakes.

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How to Fly Perfect Lazy Eights

Pilot Institute

We counteract adverse yaw by applying rudder in the direction of the turn. The amount of rudder required depends on roll rate and airspeed. Airspeed and attitude change constantly, and we must change rudder input along with them. We apply right rudder to counteract the left-turning tendencies. Glance at your altimeter.

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