Cockpit Lift Tail 
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. This long, metal tube connects all the main components of an airplane.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 5, 2024
Local forklift hire was kindly arranged by AEM Lifting from Tuxford, Notts. The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type During a subsequent two-day time period the MBCC staff reassembled the Prone Meteor, before moving into Hangar 2 on NAM’s Southfield Site.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Fear of Landing
JULY 12, 2024
Canards have been used to add lift and flight control since the Wright Flyer; however, the complex aerodynamics meant that it was another 50 years before it appeared on a mass-produced aircraft, the Saab 37 Viggen. Eurofighter cockpit by Jrdemus1 If the stick is nestled snugly between your legs, then congratulations!
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 19, 2024
Photo by Joel Edwards] When A&T commenced the recovery, divers placed inflatable lift bags at strategic points on the two sections to raise them to just below the surface, thus preventing damage during the twelve hours it took to tow the wreckage to the local marina. The same didn’t happen on the port side. The yoke is original.
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. There’s no way to isolate a specific slat, so keeping the broken one retracted would’ve meant a “no flap landing,” where all of the high-lift devices, both flaps and slats, remain stowed. And so, here we are.
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.
Ask Captain Lim
OCTOBER 7, 2023
Unlike a car, when an aircraft stalls, the engine doesn’t stop; it’s a result of disrupted airflow over the wing, leading to a loss of lift and potentially dropping off the skies unless corrective action is taken.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
52 
Let's personalize your content