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.
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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
OCTOBER 29, 2024
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. The next leg, and the two after it, followed my standard cross-country plan.
Aerotime
APRIL 3, 2025
The flights captain then declared an emergency and contacted Saigon Airports ATC, where he was given clearance to perform an emergency landing. | Season 7, Episode 5: 'Operation Babylift' | : 2 December 2009 pic.twitter.com/W9hcTj7kSK — Air Crash Investigation (@AirCrash_) April 4, 2022 According to the BAAA, two of the aircrafts (..)
AV Web
JUNE 23, 2024
My dad had recently retired as a senior officer in NORAD and had the kind of security clearances that ensured he took secrets about that test and many other aspects of the alliance’s nuclear capabilities to an early grave a few years later. Who would want that, you ask? Well, me and perhaps more importantly, my wife.
AV Web
JUNE 23, 2024
My dad had recently retired as a senior officer in NORAD and had the kind of security clearances that ensured he took secrets about that test and many other aspects of the alliance’s nuclear capabilities to an early grave a few years later. Who would want that, you ask? Well, me and perhaps more importantly, my wife.
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