Clearance Cockpit Rudder 
Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
Although I havent spent much time around GB1s (except for drooling over them while they are on display and flying at airshows) I am always taken aback by how much larger the airplane appears to be in personparticularly, the tall, sweeping rudder that curves down to a sharp point with just enough ground clearance.
Aerotime
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
At this point, the pilots will contact ATC for push and start clearance , allowing the plane to be pushed back from its parking position (if applicable, depending on the airport) and to start its engines in sequence. This itself is attached to a thick metal pin, known in the industry as a gear pin or nose gear ground lock.
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Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. I filed IFR , mostly so that I could get the altitude I wanted without having to worry about cloud clearances, and so if some little squirt cumulus popped up, I could blast through it or just nick the side of it.
Pilot's Life Blog
JANUARY 12, 2025
Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. The rudder, also on the tail, adjusts yaw, which affects left and right turns. Ailerons, located on the wings, control the plane’s roll.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. I had a total knee replacement. Taxiing out, I experimented with the turn radius without using brakes.
Air Facts
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.
Air Facts
APRIL 10, 2024
There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. Rudder stomping landings in the Cessna 180 that hated to stay in a straight line on the ground. The answer itself is simple, the construct more complex. The reason is that it is time. First loop in the Citabria.
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