NAFI

MARCH 3, 2024

Right on top of that we received "[Airport], [Tail number] five north, landing." It then turned into a game of 20 questions, the most important on my part being "[Tail number] what altitude are you at right now?" This got our attention. This is so we wouldn't end up in a stand-off when we did turn in.

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Runway Tail NOTAMs Crosswind 40

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. Micro vortex generators are also a popular upgrade, optimizing airflow over the wing and tail surfaces to enhance control.

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 98

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The side is printed with the FARs pertaining to night flighting, and a focusing head makes it easy to throw light up high on the tail of an aircraft. Crosswind Flight Gear Bag —The most popular student pilot bag has enough space for a headset and books, yet is small enough to not throw off your weight and balance.

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Pilot Flight Computer Crosswind Cockpit 52

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.

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Runway Approach Knot Jet 56

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

I chose runway 14 (the UGN crosswind runway) and the crash and resuce vehicles moved onto the adjacent taxiway. We slowed, tapped the tail first, and the nose came down solidly, causing the now open passenger door to come off in Diane’s hand. There was no one else on the taxiways or in the airspace. And she was not kidding.

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Pilot Descent Runway Crosswind 98

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

As air flows over it, a force like lift results, and the tail is pulled in the opposite direction of the deflection. But instead of an upward force of lift on a wing, it’s a horizontal force pushing the tail of the plane causing the nose of the plane to move left and right. This is especially vital during crosswind landings.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

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.

Runway 52

Runway Approach Knot Jet 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, if the aircraft has an oversized tail but not enough dihedral in the wings, it becomes vulnerable to spiral instability. Tail Design Larger, more effective stabilizers provide stronger restoring forces. A jolt from the side can trigger a Dutch roll when flying in gusty crosswinds or heavy turbulence.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron 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

Air Facts

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Packed with incredible scenesrepairing a damaged Zeppelin by crawling out to the tail thousands of feet over the North Atlantic; building an island in the South Pacific to service flying boatsits one of my favorite books of any genre in recent years. Is that crosswind too strong? There are many other aviation questionsAm I proficient?

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Pilot Weather Airplanes Approach 92

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. 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. The upper Midwest scenery can be spectacular. As I got on downwind, the ADS-B went totally nuts.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 58

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. 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. The upper Midwest scenery can be spectacular. As I got on downwind, the ADS-B went totally nuts.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

dove for pattern altitude, and managed the noise sensitive areas around the airport as best we could by entering the pattern on a midfield crosswind for runway 33. We cancelled IFR (but kept the squawk!), Gilead and Alyssa landing at College Park in Eight One Six.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

While these did several passes in formation and then tail chasing a de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk performed aerobatics overhead. There was a fickle crosswind and it was interesting to see Dodge’s first landing attempt given away when caught by a gust just before touchdown and to come back and make a perfect landing the second time.

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Crosswind Jet Weather Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 19, 2024

The weather was excellent, although too much of a blustery crosswind for the Edwardians. By Nigel Hitchman On June 2nd another excellent airshow took place at the Shuttleworth collection, this time the theme was military aircraft, though a few civilian aircraft were displayed.

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Crosswind Ceiling Pilot Tail 119

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. A cruise climb as I make my crosswind turn, then downwind, more radio calls on the way. I climb out easy, trying to remember to keep the airflow over the cylinders smooth and clean in the summer heat.

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Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

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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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 59

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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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 83

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