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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

Aerotime

The 56 aircraft that participated in the 1914 competition presented a wide range of aviation innovations, ranging from assisted starting mechanisms, automatic carburetors, basic stabilization systems, and many other innovations that purported to benefit aviation safety. These systems continue to be fitted in many current today.

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Slovenia’s Gogetair Chooses Turboprop Power

AV Web

While there are a number of piston engines capable of operating on more readily available jet fuel, late last year, Gogetair flew its top-of-the-line G750 aircraft with a Turbotech TP-R90 turboprop engine. First, the structural design of the aircraft offers an optimized center of gravity that results in better flight stability and handling.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-14

Vintage Aviation News

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. 1127 Kestrel, the aircraft that was to be the basis for the Harrier jet-jump fighter-bomber flown by the Royal Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

What Is Aircraft Stability? Stability is the aircrafts tendency to maintain its attitude or orientation. This means that they have to be effective enough to counter the aircrafts inherent lateral stability. Lateral stability depends on the aircrafts design. This shifts the ailerons Center of Gravity (C.G.)

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The Role of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation

Pilot Institute

The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Grumman X-29

Vintage Aviation News

It was certainly a most unusual aircraft, distinguished by its forward swept wing and canard horizontal stabilizers. One of the biggest challenges for the X-29 was the unusual center of gravity, which was affected by the rear-mounting of the forward-swept wings and made the X-29 inherently unstable.

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What Is a Dutch Roll, and Is It Dangerous?

Pilot Institute

How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability. The aircraft’s design influences its dynamic stability. To understand the aircraft’s response to a disturbance, you need to understand aerodynamic stability. There are two main types of stability: Static and Dynamic stability.