Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

His system would provide an aircraft with automatic stability and control mechanism, through the control of the ailerons, stabilizer, and tail rudder through the use of a set of simple gyroscopes. Sperrys innovation was presented at the competition installed in a Curtiss C-2 single-engine airplane with a hull-shaped lower fuselage.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 18, 2025

Since the 1940s, Dryden has been a hub for cutting-edge flight testing, contributing significantly to the development of modern aviation technologies. NASA 991 was returned to the Navy on September 6, 1985, having completed its mission and left a lasting impact on both NASA and Navy aviation research.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. The landings are a little tricky, if you will.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The modifications included replacing the single fin and rudder with a twin-tail design to improve stability. Aviation technology was advancing rapidly, and newer designs were already on the horizon. Trials and Tribulations Between 1932 and 1933, Mitsubishi produced additional prototypes with significant alterations.

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Weight-Shift-Control Aviation Technology Aileron Rudder 52