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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

Ailerons are one of the three primary flight control surfaces and are used to control the aircrafts rolling motion. Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. This movement turns the aircraft about the longitudinal axis, making it enter a bank. How Do Ailerons Work?

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Mastering Crosswind Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

Learn to avoid common mistakes during approach, roundout, touchdown, and rollout. We have two main challenges when performing crosswind landings: Staying aligned with the extended centerline on the approach. Touching down with the aircraft’s longitudinal axis aligned with the runway. We call this de-crabbing.