Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 23, 2024

But by placing the aircraft in a turn – hoping to make it back to base – Gilbert’s Helldiver lost critical airspeed and lift, which precipitated a stall and – moments later – a crash. Smith) Another view of the wing center section and cockpit canopy at the crash site in 1993. photo via Kevin R.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Additionally, the aircraft had low, fixed, spatted main landing gear and a tailwheel with twin open cockpits. Moreover, even the airfoil shape of the duct interior proved to be an effectual idea as it provided the aircraft with additional lift, a very low landing speed of 42mph, and a higher rate of climb. The Stipa-Caproni in flight.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing. Bell X-14 in its original configuration as USAF s/n 56-4022 hovering during a test flight.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Proper AOA management affects lift generation and stall prevention. It is one of the main factors affecting lift, and airplanes need a constant source of lift to fly. As we stated a little while ago, understanding the angle of attack is fundamental to understanding aerodynamics and how lift is generated.

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Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Like the trailing-edge flaps along the back of the wing, these devices are deployed in stages to increase lift at low speeds. One small hazard might’ve been broken material striking the rear stabilizers. For more about slats, flaps, and the other doodads than help a plane fly, see chapter one of Cockpit Confidential.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. Why does this increase the lift? What Is Aircraft Stability?

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 5, 2024

Enjoy these 10 most popular episodes to lift your aviation spirits. In another IFR-focused episode, experienced instructor and IFR magazine editor Elaine Kauh talks about the finer points of instrument flying, including when to cancel an IFR flight plan, why takeoff briefings are important, and how to manage glass cockpits.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And ice doesn’t just make things slippery, it messes with the airflow over the wings, cuts down on lift, and ramps up drag. This leads to a serious loss of lift and an increase in drag. This roughness adds to friction drag, which can reduce lift and increase drag by as much as 50% on a wing’s leading edge and upper surface.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 18, 2025

[Dean Coryell photo via Randy Malmstrom] After the lifting of the arms embargo in 1952, a Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45 engine running a 4-blade propeller was introduced for the Buchn. This view of the cockpit was captured in 2016 during the Allison rebuild and shows some work still to be completed.

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Glass Cockpit During the 1970s and 1980s, NASA created and tested the concept of an advanced cockpit configuration that replaced dial and gauge instruments with flat panel digital displays. Glass cockpits are in use on commercial, military, and general aviation aircraft, and on NASA’s space shuttle fleet.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

You can override the system to manual by lifting a sliding door, but it was honestly completely forgotten within the first half hour of our flight demo. ISA, sea level, flaps 100%) [Stephen Yeates] Cockpit at a Glance A. It’s very similar to that found in many single-engine turboprops as well. pressure altitude, 3,400 lbs.,

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Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Ground school provides the theoretical knowledge needed to understand aviation principles, which youll later apply in the cockpit. Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. What Pilot Ground School Entails So, what is pilot ground school

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

To get there, you need to follow the signboard leading you to a lift and from the lower level, you can walk through the underpass to get to the other building. Do you like the racoon style cockpit? The racoon style cockpit Time to experience my first Aegean Airlines flight! Do you recognise this cartoon character?

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Langewiesche provides one of the clearest expositions of aerodynamics and flight control, breaking down concepts like angle of attack, lift, stability, and stalls. Ganns narratives put readers in the cockpit, illustrating the many variables that early commercial pilots had to manage.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

Local forklift hire was kindly arranged by AEM Lifting from Tuxford, Notts. 12-type fin giving more surface area for greater stability and to compensate for the extra fuselage length. During a subsequent two-day time period the MBCC staff reassembled the Prone Meteor, before moving into Hangar 2 on NAM’s Southfield Site.

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Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Each nose has one antenna and three at the top of each vertical stabilizer. Boeing wanted to add stability to this jet fighter. The two broad wings will then create lift. However, rear fins stabilize the aircraft, and rudders allow the jet to turn. Like the F/A-18F, the Growler is externally large.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. From the pilot’s seat it cruises near effortlessly and handles nimbly on land or water with a great combination of stability and modest control pressures.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

The cockpit of the F-15 is furnished with cutting-edge flight instruments and avionics, delivering essential flight information compiled from assorted sensors and systems to the pilots. The F-15’s avionics and weapons controls support these feats, offering pilots crucial flight information collected from various sensors.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Adapted from a surplus Nieuport 23 fighter fuselage and configured as a triplane, the helicopter featured two main rotors primarily responsible for lift. Forward flight was stabilized by a conventional rudder and elevator arrangement. A 220 horsepower radial engine provided power. A rotor on the tail controlled pitch.

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Airspeed Junkie

JANUARY 24, 2023

As a result, it provides the aircraft with greater stability and lift at steep angles of attack. In addition to the above-mentioned features, the cockpit and the bubble canopy provide the pilot with unobstructed upward and forward vision along with a well-improved vision to the rear and over the side.

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Airspeed Junkie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This unique design allowed the F-14 to maintain exceptional maneuverability and stability at both high and low speeds, making it a formidable opponent in dogfights and a reliable platform for carrier operations. These wings, also known as swing wings, were integral to the F-14’s ability to perform a wide range of missions effectively.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

meters (92 feet 4 inches), and with its vertical stabilizer fitted, the Me 321 stood at 10.15 At the time, the Gigant prototype’s cockpit was intended for just one pilot, and although the aircraft made a safe flight,Baur reported that the controls were both heavy and sluggish to respond to pilot input.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

The upper deck houses the communications center and cockpit, while the 4,000 square feet of floor space on the main deck is configured for presidential duties. Aircraft are designed to lift efficiently, so by taking the rocket to a higher altitude, satellite launch could be achieved with lower fuel consumption (and lower cost).

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Cockpit Layout and Avionics The cockpit of the Piper Seminole is designed for ease of use and accessibility, with flight instruments arranged for quick scanning. Approach speeds typically range from 80 to 90 knots depending on weight and flap settings, while full flaps are often used to provide the necessary lift during landing.

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