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. The hull was also redesigned to improve hydrodynamic performance. 5 and Guroaitei No.

Horizontal Stabilizer 110

Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 110

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

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. entered WWII, Nolde joined the CAP, ferrying cargo and personnel around the country. She was completely seduced by aviation, and when the U.S. Images By Gary Figgins.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Painted in the silver and yellow of pre-war USCG aircraft, N81234, having once been based at our local airport, was now hangared on the other side of the country. Their radio work is often atrocious, their stick and rudder skills lacking, and bad habits are being passed along with no one there to correct them.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Pilot Checkride Rudder 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 2, 2025

Its owned by Lee Smith, 69, who keeps it hangared at Long Island Airpark (NC26), in North Carolina. The Robin has a placard that reads: Rudder in fully opposed direction; Elevator control pulled fully back; Ailerons in neutral position. A hint of the Robins aerobatic pretensions might be the size of the rudder.

Rudder 83

Rudder Pilot Airplanes Center of Gravity 83

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. Breguet 761 Deux-Ponts F-WASM, the first prototype, rolled out of one of the hangars at Villacoublay, having been modified to the third tail of a Br 761S. (US

Tail 59

Tail Cargo Stability Rudder 59

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Catalina Airport DC3 Hangar photographed by by Don Ramey Logan in 2013. Aircraft departing runway 22 have a take-off run towards a ravine, with no lights or landmarks ahead, only cargo ships and the horizon of the Pacific Ocean. My feet danced on the rudder pedals as I fought to keep the plane going straight down the runway.

Runway 52

Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52