Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 14, 2025

However, since Convair was also developing the XF-92 delta wing prototype for a future Air Force interceptor, the design team at Convair, led by Ernest Stout, proposed a new delta wing aircraft with retractable hydro-skis for takeoffs and landings, a watertight hull, and a single delta tail.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Drag Stability 98

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

As the propeller spins, it creates a spiral pattern of airflow that wraps around the fuselage and strikes the left side of the vertical stabilizer (rudder). This force pushes the tail to the right, causing the nose to yaw left. Torque is most noticeable when power is applied suddenly for example, during takeoff.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

(Nigel Hitchman) The story of the Breguet Deux-Ponts begins even before WWII, when Breguet Aviation began design work on the concept for a large four engine transport with two decks for passengers called the Breguet 760, which was based on the wings and tail assembly of the Breguet 730 flying boat.

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Tail Cargo Stability Rudder 66

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. The tail was the most distinctive part of the Connie’s design. Cockpit of the Lockheed Constellation.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The weapon was guided by the launch aircraft through the manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) method, with the pilot tracking the flight of the missile via two bright flares on the weapon’s tail and making corrections using a small joystick in the cockpit.] The result was nothing but the explosion from the missiles warhead.

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Pilot Cockpit Knot Stability 105

AV Web

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Synchronizing available information from the Black Hawks flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) is ongoing, as is the effort to transcribe audio from the cockpit voice recorders from both aircraft.

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Air Traffic Control Quick Access Recorder Cockpit Rudder 71

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In March 1939, a new owner, Alhambra resident Warren Knox Layne, added a tailwheel to better operate from paved runways as opposed to the original tail skid. It shows that the aircraft had border stripes following the contours of its tail surfaces and wings, with a single stripe down the length of each side of the fuselage.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes 111

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Around this time, the USAAF was also developing its first jet fighters, but knew that all-jet aircraft at this time were short-ranged and burned fuel quicker than propeller-driven aircraft, and so the optimal design was to feature a propeller-driven engine in the front for long range performance and a jet engine in the tail for high speed in combat.

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Thrust Tail Jet Drag 52

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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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

Smith) Another view of the wing center section and cockpit canopy at the crash site in 1993. image by Richard Mallory Allnutt) The Helldiver’s structure was substantially complete, with the area forward of the cockpit being the only significant section missing; the Navy had removed most of that area for analysis shortly after the crash.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Wright State University) The original configuration of the Bell Model 68 was an open cockpit all-metal monoplane with fixed landing gear that was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines with thrust deflectors located at the aircraft’s center of gravity.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit 94

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The production model P-67 was also intended to be fitted with a pressurized cockpit, a novel concept for WWII fighters, and with an armament of six 37mm M4 cannons installed in the wings inboard of the engines, but these were not installed on the prototype. By May 11, Army Air Force pilots began evaluating the XP-67.

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Gross Weight Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 98

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 18, 2025

This view of the cockpit was captured in 2016 during the Allison rebuild and shows some work still to be completed. Randy Malmstrom photo] The tail fin has been made asymmetrical as per the late Bf 109 specifications (unlike that of the smaller Buchn rudder and vertical stabilizer).

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Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

One small hazard might’ve been broken material striking the rear stabilizers. Worst case would’ve been the slat breaking apart further, or detaching completely, unlikely as that might be, but even this wouldn’t crash the plane, so long as the stabilizers or tail weren’t struck and badly damaged. And so, here we are.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Seeking to merge this breakthrough with a new design, he worked with Raymond Saulnier, co-founder of Morane-Saulnier, on a new design that became the Blriot XI, a tractor-configuration monoplane with a partially covered wooden box-girder fuselage with wire cross-bracing and a sparse open cockpit.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability 52

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Gradually used to replace metals on parts of aircraft tails, wings, engines, cowlings, and parts of the fuselage, composites reduce overall aircraft weight and improve operational efficiency. Glass cockpits are in use on commercial, military, and general aviation aircraft, and on NASA’s space shuttle fleet.

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Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

Following D-Day, as the war began to tail off, Yeager returned to fly combat missions, as Eisenhower yielded to Yaeger’s demands. A USAAF rule prohibited airmen who had been shot down over enemy lines from returning to fly combat sorties over enemy territory. Eisenhower himself.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Holding down the autopilot disconnect button allows you to maneuver past the ESP (electronic stability protection), and in this case, pitch up to a deck angle needed to induce preliminary stall buffeting. All versions come standard with a three-year, 1,000-hour spinner-to-tail warranty that rivals other new piston singles.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Many aircraft have heated leading edges on the wings, tail, and propellers.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. What Is Aircraft Stability? Stability is the aircrafts tendency to maintain its attitude or orientation. This means that they have to be effective enough to counter the aircrafts inherent lateral stability.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Photo by Colin Hunter] “Mostly XR987 had been rewired with new electrical cabling and upgraded cockpit instruments to a slightly more modern standard. ” ZK-RAJ after having its overhauled horizontal stabilizers reinstalled in late September 2024. ” XR987 on display at Classic Flyers NZ in February 2021.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 10, 2024

That same day, 40467 was given the squadron code 19, which was applied in block letters to the engine cowling, landing gear covers, fuselage sides, and the vertical stabilizer, where it was underlined with a white bar. His wing tank and cockpit exploded.”

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Cockpit Tail Pilot Stability 128

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

137, showcasing the ventrally mounted vertical stabilizer. Unlike traditional aircraft, the Puffin’s vertical stabilizer and rudder were mounted below the fuselage rather than atop it, providing an unconventional, inverted look. Further stability on water was provided by two large floats beneath the outer interplane struts.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 6, 2024

Like many aircraft of its day, the O3U Corsair was of tubular steel construction for the fuselage and tail stabilizers and the wings were made of wood, and all covered in fabric. The horizontal stabilizer and elevators of the O3U-3 were built over full scale Vought drawings.

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Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail 98

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A narrow catwalk passes between the V, allowing crewmembers to pass between the cockpit and radio room as they hold onto a woven rope to keep from slipping into the bomb bay and possibly out of the aircraft (if the doors are open). The tail gunner manned twin.50s, The inboard bomb rails form a V.

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Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 105

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type 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. feet this was the longest Meteor produced.

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Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Using the new Bonanza as a basis for this design, there was some talk of adding the Bonanza’s V-tail on the aircraft before that was abandoned in favor of a more conventional vertical and horizontal stabilizer design. The result was the Model 45, the aircraft that would become the T-34 Mentor.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Jet Pilot Stability 98

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Using the new Bonanza as a basis for this design, there was some talk of adding the Bonanza’s V-tail on the aircraft before that was abandoned in favor of a more conventional vertical and horizontal stabilizer design. The result was the Model 45, the aircraft that would become the T-34 Mentor.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Jet Pilot Stability 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A new, more capable aircraft was needed, and the Navy wanted an aircraft that had a long range, good stability, and a maximum speed of over 241 kph (149 mph). The aircraft had a tubular metal framework, with the engine cowlings and upper cockpit clad with aluminum, the rear covered in doped fabric.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

This early design, also called the “Standard Seven,” featured a vestigial vertical stabilizer, ground adjustable propeller, and tight cowling that featured fairings for each rocker arm. It sported a supercharged 450 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior and an enlarged vertical stabilizer and rudder to match.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. The Mallard—it’s a trike—has a tail stinger because it otherwise falls on its tail when loading.”

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Modifications to the cockpit included rocket motor selectors and switches that were installed just forward of the standard throttle box while the rocket gained its own throttle just aft of the standard throttle for the General Electric J47 turbofan.

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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. However, rear fins stabilize the aircraft, and rudders allow the jet to turn. Inside Cockpit The F/A-18 fighter jet has advanced gadgetry inside the cockpit. It is a single-seat aircraft.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The horizontal stabilizer came from a wrecked F-104G. The cockpit side panels came from the first production F-104A that crashed in 1956.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Thrust 124

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

More refined than its 1909 Military Flyer predecessor, it was the first Wright design to feature an elevator on the tail rather than a canard, it added wheels to eliminate the need to launch from a rail, and it had a more powerful engine. A rotor on the tail controlled pitch. A replica 1910 Wright Model B aircraft.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. Out back, theres an entirely new tail. The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer.

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