Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. If the pilot does not possess an instrument rating or is out of proficiency, things can go bad rather quickly. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. By doing so, a recognizable, firm input demonstrates that using all the aileron travel wasn’t the answer—those rudder pedals are not footrests.

Runway 52

Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. By doing so, a recognizable, firm input demonstrates that using all the aileron travel wasn’t the answer—those rudder pedals are not footrests.

Runway 52

Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Heres their list and rationalizations: Caylas Picks It might be more common to see Jennies hanging from ceilings than seeing them in the open air, there are still a few out and about. A time capsule, indeed. A 1939 DC-3 sits in the grass at the Peach State Aerodrome in Georgia.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Rolling down the runway with reference only to my DG, I’d make minor heading corrections with the rudder to remain centered. At DA, Charlie would call out trim and throttle adjustments while I kept the localizer needle centered with slight rudder movements. We flew the usual approaches: VOR, ILS, and the now extinct NDB.

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NDB Checkride VOR Approach 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Weather conditions on Groundhog Day were better than the week prior, characterized by a high ceiling and no thin screen of clouds hiding the ground from view. Same course, same altitude, same frequency handoffs as the week prior. Photo by The Bear.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Weather reports from the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field on the island warned of a low cloud ceiling, overcast at 700-800 feet. My feet danced on the rudder pedals as I fought to keep the plane going straight down the runway. San Clemente Island is the southernmost island in the same island range, about 45 miles from Catalina.

Runway 52

Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know. An elegantly simple rope system inside the fuselage raises and lowers the Gweduck’s water rudder mounted inside the base of the main rudder (right).

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 78

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

It sported a supercharged 450 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior and an enlarged vertical stabilizer and rudder to match. The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames. Your new Spartan cruised at just over 200 mph, climbed at 1,000 fpm, and had a service ceiling of 24,000 feet.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 82

Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

However, rear fins stabilize the aircraft, and rudders allow the jet to turn. Under the Hood Hornets perform and operate like other jet planes. They have powerful turbine engines that create thrust. The two broad wings will then create lift. And when the pilot wants to slow down, they will use an air brake.

Jet 52

Jet Thrust Stability Cockpit 52

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 11, 2023

The entire route to Pickens County was under IFR conditions with low ceilings. As the asphalt expanded to fill my peripheral vision, I kicked the rudder, leveled the wings, and pitched the nose toward the horizon. That was a pleasant surprise from a big corporate kind of FBO at a big corporate kind of airport.

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Descent Approach Airplanes Runway 52