Cockpit Rudder Stability 
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 18, 2024
(image via AirCorps Aviation) Over the past few months, most of the work on the AT-10 involved the cockpit section, the main fuselage, and the vertical fin. Indeed a major milestone saw the cockpit section mounted to the main fuselage! image via AirCorps Aviation) The cockpit section as it looked following painting prep.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 5, 2024
12-type fin giving more surface area for greater stability and to compensate for the extra fuselage length. This safety pilot handled engine starting, re-lighting and fuel control. The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type feet this was the longest Meteor produced.
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Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. Upon his return, he reported that both right-hand and left-hand rear stabilizers had sustained damage.
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.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 3, 2024
However, if you take a close look at the inboard upper wing surface of the B-52, you will see a neat row of vortex generators that correspond to the width of the horizontal stabilizer. These were added to manage the low speed air flow over the wings, stabilizer and elevators.
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.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Forward flight was stabilized by a conventional rudder and elevator arrangement. Stone Cold Stearman College Park's Stearman was once owned by Gustavus "Gus" McLeod, who departed Gaithersburg, MD in this aircraft on April 5, 2000 and became the first pilot to reach the North Pole in an open cockpit airplane.
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