Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

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. Note the radome above the cockpit. Mission accomplished!” Photo via U.S. Navy) A U.S.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Primary Flight Controls The primary controls of a small plane are the yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle. Rudder pedals help manage yaw, which keeps the aircraft aligned during turns or crosswinds. Our approach guarantees youll be comfortable handling any maneuver when flying a small plane, even in challenging conditions.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Youll learn how to navigate, communicate with Air Traffic Control, interpret weather, and conduct instrument approaches to airports, all without relying on whats outside your window. An instrument rating unlocks access to: Airports with IFR approaches (ILS, RNAV, VOR, etc.) A busy Class B airport? The result?

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Pilot Weather Approach Visual Flight Rules 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In addition to repairing the left gear leg, the right gear and rudder were removed for recovering. Andrews eyes and smile were growing big as we approached the plane in silence. We hop out of the cockpit, and Andrew ties the ship to the tarmac for the night. Looks good with retracts, he replies. Still have Raggmop on the door.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. Soft” IFR is what you plan for, and “hard” IFR is what you might get.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. The rudder, also on the tail, adjusts yaw, which affects left and right turns. Ailerons, located on the wings, control the plane’s roll.

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Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. The plane’s mechanic, known as a plane captain, was up on the wing and helped me settle into the cockpit.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

So when you’re in the cockpit, you’ll know exactly what to do. Key Takeaways Power-off stalls mimic a stall during the flight’s approach and landing phase. On final approach, it can be the difference between recovering and crashing. Without a quick reaction, it can lead to a dangerous situation.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before the aircraft begins to move, on the left-hand ( port ) side of the aircraft you may also notice the ground crew waving a thin red flag at the captain (who always sits, aviation convention dictates, in the left-hand seat in the cockpit of fixed-wing aircraft). Part two will soon be available on AeroTime.

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Cabin Crew Runway Knot Clearance 265

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Examination of the accident site confirmed flight-control continuity from the cockpit to all flight control surfaces. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. Another six percent occurred on final approach, after completing the turn to final. How might that have happened?

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Final Approach Airplanes Drag Crosswind 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

Most fatalities occurred during takeoff, climb, and go-around rather than the approach to landing. Let’s take a look at how the pros train, and then consider our approach to stall and spin training with a focus on prevention. However, there are some airplanes where the approach to a stall is practiced in flight.

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Airplanes Approach Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 84

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Though the fabric on the wings would be recovered in 1952, the structure of the wings, tail, and rudder remained original to 1910. Designed by John Chotia based on his two previous ultralight designs, the Weedhopper and the Woodhopper, but with a wooden cockpit pod, this example was built and flown by L.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Air Facts

JANUARY 13, 2025

Cirrus has long been a leader in this category, essentially making glass cockpits the default in piston airplanes over 20 years ago, but they continued to add useful updates like terrain warning systems, digital engine monitors, and advanced autopilots through the years. No rudder trim. The avionics are great.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 30, 2025

For student pilots, this can be an invaluable tool for practicing everything from traffic patterns and VFR navigation to emergency procedures and instrument approaches. Gifting updated sectional charts, approach plates, and chart supplements is a practical way to support a new pilot’s ongoing education.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach? We have to ask for GPS approaches.)

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 86

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

After a short flight, Johnson entered the pattern for his first approach. Standing on the port side of the deck adjacent to the arresting wires was the Landing Signal Officer (LSO), who carefully observed Johnson’s approach. Johnson had just 388.5 hours total time, 57 of which were in Corsairs. We had to do some welding on that.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Cockpit and Avionics Sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, one is immediately struck by the advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite that dominates the instrument panel. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface.

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

There, the dimensions of the two vertical stabilizers were increased, and a third stabilizer with no rudder was added to the tail to counteract yaw instability. Br 765 Sahara serial 502 makes its approach to RAF Odiham on September 18, 1968. Breguet 765 Sahara 64-PH with all four engines reinstalled, March 15, 2019.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This approach gives perspective on all factors, including those that might otherwise be ignored or unrecognized. Weeks prior to the incident I had flown many approaches in IMC in which IMC was maintained at and beyond the FAF.” NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Ultra-Modern: Cirrus SR22 If what turns your head is a sophisticated aircraft with advanced avionics, comfortable cockpit, and safety features such as a whole-airframe parachute, consider the Cirrus SR22 series. Another point in the model’s favor is the cockpit noise…or lack thereof. This isn’t the one for you.

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Knot Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck 101

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. Briefing A pre-landing briefing highlights essential points critical to the approach and landing phase. It also allows you to focus on flying during the last stages of the approach and landing.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Adverse yaw is a side effect of aileron use, countered by rudder input. The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. Aileron Control In Stalls And Spins A wing stalls when the airflow approaches it at an angle greater than the Critical Angle of Attack.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

To complement the Honeycomb setup, we would recommend either the Thrustmaster Flight Rudder pedals or the Thrustmaster TPR Flight Simulator pedals , depending on your budget. For users looking for a less expensive alternative, the Logitech Flight Simulator Yoke and Rudder Pedals kit still offer a feature-packed experience.

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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. Originally used as a trainer in World War II, the Stearman features a tandem, open cockpit with forgiving, yet challenging flight characteristics.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Cirrus Approach Access all your Cirrus airframe and avionics training courses in one easy-to-use mobile platform. Improve your stick and rudder skills as a private pilot go beyond the instrument checkride with these advanced courses. WeatherSpork Another weather app, but with a unique approach.

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Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

You’d think pilot problems would be all about stick-and-rudder skills here,” he said. They need to know the L–39’s systems and our profiles cold when they walk in the door.” -built fighter jet—including the narrow and mildly pressurized (4 psi) cockpit. Hold full right rudder and gently grab the handbrake. Need a right turn?

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Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. Rudder stomping landings in the Cessna 180 that hated to stay in a straight line on the ground. With quite of bit of bravery for a kid my age in 1954, I summoned the courage to approach a contestant.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Focus on Hard Subjects Early Learning to fly is about more than just about stick and rudder skills. Different learning styles require different approaches. Here’s the Basic Pomodoro Approach Study for 25 minutes. Note : Daily studying, practice, and repetition will make you more confident in the cockpit.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

As we approached Hanoi, Lead wagged his wings, signaling us to maneuver into a fingertip formation. Lead banked and wagged his rudder, signaling us to maneuver back into a spread formation. All cockpit gauges confirmed critical systems were humming and happy. We flew directly over the target, roughly 10,000 ft. What the….?

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Drag Thrust Pilot Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. Soft” IFR is what you plan for, and “hard” IFR is what you might get.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

These were days before the proliferation of AWOS/ASOS stations and the advent of ADS-B (FIS-B) weather displayed on a tablet in the cockpit. (A According to the official Cherokee Warrior II Information Manual, the recommended approach speed with full flaps is 63 knots. It is often said that the cockpit is a poor classroom.

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Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

It started out as a routine engine failure, but escalated rapidly when we began to smell what we thought at first was smoke, but which turned out to be oil, in the cockpit. After spending decades in the cockpit of a major airline, it was difficult getting back into general and corporate aviation. John Pulis ATP/Helo/CFII/A&P.

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Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

Approaching Rifle The last six minutes of Shmulik’s flight are plotted on the following map. Unsurprisingly, the actual glide ratio of his 49:1 glider was much better than the required 14:1 and he approached the airport relatively high. This would have shortened his approach, a seemingly prudent decision.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why its important: This biography rightfully frames the Wrights as systematic inventors who used a disciplined approach to engineering challenges. Langewiesches approach favors straightforward diagrams and plain language, and was long a staple flight training resource that remains relevant.

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Rudder Pilot Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 99

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 10, 2024

His wing tank and cockpit exploded.” One torpedo found its mark on USS Intrepid at 2211 hours, killing 11 sailors and wounding a further 17, causing flooding in several of the ship’s compartments and jamming the Intrepid ’s rudder hard to port. On the cockpit section, the stencil “LT. Navy and U.S.

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