Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

That is the story of the Bellanca Aries T-250, an efficient, T-tailed travel machine that rivaled the Beechcraft Bonanza and Piper Comanche in speed, load-carrying capacity, and elegant design. Their first design, the Anderson Greenwood AG-14, was a 90 hp, twin-tailed, two-seat pusher. So how does this efficient bird fly?

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Tail Airplanes Crosswind Knot 98

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance. Another interesting model is the 172RG Cutlass RG, which features retractable landing gear and a more powerful Lycoming O-360-F1A6 engine, offering a cruise speed of 140 knots.

Knot 98

Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. As at higher altitudes, the vortex movement near the ground is affected by crosswinds.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Once youre used to those key differences, flying and landing a Stearman (without much crosswind, wink wink) is just as enjoyable, if not more, than a Cub. Cruising around 200 knots, the Rocket is a fantastic cross-country machine or around-the-patch sunset flier. The Cessna 195 is known for its round tail and flashy looks.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As we pushed back, the colors popped on the various tails parked down the row of gates, and we sat in line for takeoff with the low sun angle perfectly lighting a yellow Spirit Airbus against an ominous dark sky, save for the rainbow that arched high across the vista. Go-around , flaps 13,” I called.

Runway 52

Runway Approach Knot Jet 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

A faster, reduced-flaps approach improves aircraft control during strong crosswinds or gusts. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. It’s okay if you’re pushed off the center by crosswinds as long as you recover. Using full flaps enables you to land at the slowest possible speed.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Increasing The Aircraft Speed Small, light, and low-powered aircraft such as the Cessna 172 have a relatively narrow operational speed range ranging from 40 knots up to about 160 knots. Commercial airliners fly at speeds above 300 knots but also need to be controllable at speeds below 150 knots.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

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. We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Thaws, rain, snow, and strong crosswinds can temporarily close the airport. With as much as 25 knots of tailwind, we made the flight from Sodus to Alton Bay in only two hours. More vintage cred: a V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza! Unfortunately, this also meant meager ground speeds topping out around 85 knots.

Runway 68

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. Out back, theres an entirely new tail. Theres an unusual duck tail between the two elevator halves that provides a measure of anti-stall behavior. You might ask what happens with crosswind landings when you take away rudder authority.

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98