Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 17, 2024

From there, volunteers are continuing their work on the fuel tanks and building the aircraft’s rudders. Outside of some additional paint work in the cockpit and radar operators’ position and the installation of the pilot seat, the inside of the aircraft is nearly complete.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 3, 2024

In our latest Video Tip of the Week, we walk through each step of the rectangular course, with in-cockpit video and 3D animations. Even if you’re already an experienced pilot, this maneuver is a great way to keep your stick and rudder skills sharp. While it may sound boring, there’s a lot to learn from this simple pattern.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 9, 2024

While the original Ercoupes lacked a rudder and rudder pedals entirely, this example has had them installed as an aftermarket kit, making the airplane a bit more familiar for newcomers to fly. The unique H-tail reduces the left-turning tendencies during takeoff while also minimizing the weathervaning effect prevalent in crosswinds.

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Rudder Airplanes Crosswind Tail 65

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Cockpit and Avionics Sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, one is immediately struck by the advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite that dominates the instrument panel. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Sage’s second design, the Type 2, a small two-seat fighter, where a pilot and rear gunner were kept in an enclosed cockpit, was built and flight tested.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before the aircraft begins to move, on the left-hand ( port ) side of the aircraft you may also notice the ground crew waving a thin red flag at the captain (who always sits, aviation convention dictates, in the left-hand seat in the cockpit of fixed-wing aircraft).

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 267

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Ultra-Modern: Cirrus SR22 If what turns your head is a sophisticated aircraft with advanced avionics, comfortable cockpit, and safety features such as a whole-airframe parachute, consider the Cirrus SR22 series. Another point in the model’s favor is the cockpit noise…or lack thereof. This isn’t the one for you.

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Knot Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck 101

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

Level the wings : Use coordinated rudder and aileron inputs. These practice sessions are vital for helping you recognize stall warnings, such as: Quieter cockpit. Based on the aircraft type, your instructor will provide the required hands-on training. Apply full power: Increase the throttle to full. Aircraft buffeting.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 17, 2025

A special highlight of this static restoration is the meticulously recreated 1950s cockpit. The lighting and controls are functional, and cables connect to movable rudders and flaps, providing a true-to-original experience. The cabin reflects 1950s style but incorporates modern technology.

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Rudder Tail Hangar Cockpit 59

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In addition, the chargers were too bulky to bring along in the cockpit. In thermals the V3M is even easier and more stable than the V2 (which requires more rudder to remain coordinated). Even taxiing needed to remain limited in order to conserve power and prevent the battery from overheating. Self-launch from high altitude airports.

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Density Altitude Cockpit Tail Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle.

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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. You’ll find a horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, elevator, and rudder pedals here.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

The rudder and elevators both had some internal work done to the ribs prior to re-covering the surfaces, but not much. A few flush patches here and there are incorporated into the horizontal stabs, but the vertical was untouched except for the radio mast. We had to do some welding on that. They were also in good shape.

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Air Facts

JANUARY 13, 2025

Cirrus has long been a leader in this category, essentially making glass cockpits the default in piston airplanes over 20 years ago, but they continued to add useful updates like terrain warning systems, digital engine monitors, and advanced autopilots through the years. No rudder trim. The avionics are great.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Pilot 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Primary Flight Controls The primary controls of a small plane are the yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle. Rudder pedals help manage yaw, which keeps the aircraft aligned during turns or crosswinds. Leopard Aviation provides ongoing support and resources to keep you sharp and confident in the cockpit.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Pilots are taught to pitch for VMC, “the airspeed below which the rudder no longer has the authority to overcome the yaw caused by the critical engine being inoperative,” under specific criteria mandated by the FAA. A lot of multiengine training is devoted to understanding, recognizing, and handling this aerodynamic reality.

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Pilot Knot Airplanes Lift 64

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.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

As the jet is slowed, the instructor pilot asks the entire flight crew to note the unnatural quiet in the cockpit, the sluggish control and power response, and the buffeting. Second, excessive bank and bottom rudder are not your friends. An overshot final turn, S-turns on final, or 360s for spacing can reduce stall margins.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In addition to repairing the left gear leg, the right gear and rudder were removed for recovering. We hop out of the cockpit, and Andrew ties the ship to the tarmac for the night. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo. Looks good with retracts, he replies. That sound is the same.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Pilots are taught to pitch for VMC, “the airspeed below which the rudder no longer has the authority to overcome the yaw caused by the critical engine being inoperative,” under specific criteria mandated by the FAA. A lot of multiengine training is devoted to understanding, recognizing, and handling this aerodynamic reality.

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Pilot Knot Airplanes Lift 65

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

“Before the Parks was completely disassembled for restoration, I enjoyed reading passages from some of these books while sitting in the aft cockpit. It made its way to Lumberton lawyer Evander Munn Britt Jr., who in 1964 traded it to Richard Bach for the latter’s recently-rebuilt, “modern” 1946 Fairchild F-24.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

She flew like a big, lumbering Cub of sorts, complete with a wooden rudder bar, tall wooden stick, and instruments that seemed like they were straight out of World War One. Originally used as a trainer in World War II, the Stearman features a tandem, open cockpit with forgiving, yet challenging flight characteristics.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The dirt and gravel on the floor and the contents of the ashtray were now making their way to the top of the cockpit. Turning back to Lawson, I looked around the cockpit and checked the instruments for anything out of order. I then checked all the controls, elevator up and down, ailerons right and left, rudder right and left.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

When power was added, there were brief pitch oscillations before the plane departed the left side of the runway, as if P-factor and lack of right rudder input were present. It is unlikely that an additional cockpit instrument, such as AOA, will provide any additional safety benefit in such stressed pilot situations.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

You’d think pilot problems would be all about stick-and-rudder skills here,” he said. They need to know the L–39’s systems and our profiles cold when they walk in the door.” -built fighter jet—including the narrow and mildly pressurized (4 psi) cockpit. Hold full right rudder and gently grab the handbrake. Need a right turn?

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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.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Though the fabric on the wings would be recovered in 1952, the structure of the wings, tail, and rudder remained original to 1910. Designed by John Chotia based on his two previous ultralight designs, the Weedhopper and the Woodhopper, but with a wooden cockpit pod, this example was built and flown by L.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

To complement the Honeycomb setup, we would recommend either the Thrustmaster Flight Rudder pedals or the Thrustmaster TPR Flight Simulator pedals , depending on your budget. For users looking for a less expensive alternative, the Logitech Flight Simulator Yoke and Rudder Pedals kit still offer a feature-packed experience.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. When you discover too late that the old rudder lock doesn’t fit the new rudder… The local hardware store had pool noodles, PVC tubing, and rope. Soft” IFR is what you plan for, and “hard” IFR is what you might get.

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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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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. Proper coordination of throttle, trim, and rudder inputs are critical during this phase of flight.

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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.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 59

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. As a pilot, you will need time to master it. Landing on the windward wheel.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The glass cockpit overshadows the cooperative, complacent RV-9A’s character. When you discover too late that the old rudder lock doesn’t fit the new rudder… The local hardware store had pool noodles, PVC tubing, and rope. Soft” IFR is what you plan for, and “hard” IFR is what you might get.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Focus on Hard Subjects Early Learning to fly is about more than just about stick and rudder skills. Note : Daily studying, practice, and repetition will make you more confident in the cockpit. This might include organizing your materials, putting your phone on silent, and having water and snacks readily available.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Lead banked and wagged his rudder, signaling us to maneuver back into a spread formation. All cockpit gauges confirmed critical systems were humming and happy. We flew directly over the target, roughly 10,000 ft. above the impending firestorm and outside anti-aircraft gun range. What the….? Had we been hit?

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Drag Thrust Pilot Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

So when you’re in the cockpit, you’ll know exactly what to do. Maintain Control and Increase Airspeed It’s important that you add right rudder to neutralize the aircraft’s left-turning tendencies. Without a quick reaction, it can lead to a dangerous situation.

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