Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

Navy had equipped both the USS Akron and Macon airships with a hangar deck and trapezes to carry and launch Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes. Its five tail surfaces, one vertical, two angled, and two ventral, fit neatly within the B-36 bomb bay and featured ruddervators similar to a contemporary V-tail Bonanza.

Jet 78

Jet Tail Pilot Descent 78

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. The operator confirmed that the tail rotor had been installed the day before the accident. As it descended it spun around 2-3 times.

Torque 76

Torque Tail Indicated Airspeed Knot 76

Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

The controller cleared the flight and said their descent clearance was being processed. The engines had torn off in the final descent, landing some distance away. But the tail and the left wing were found even further away, four to six miles from the main wreckage.

Cabin Crew 85

Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 85

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I had an easy out available to me: a descent of 1000 feet would bring me out of the clouds with plenty of altitude to spare above the terrain. A prop lock is required on all aircraft parked outside of a hangar at the MD-3 airports, though throttle locks provide an alternate means of compliance. I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh,

Transponder 52

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The new gallery is a 91,000 square foot hangar and provides a 70% increase to the indoor exhibition space. When he attempted to contact the tower again, he discovered that the antenna on his primary radio was gone, having iced over during his descent through the overcast and snapped off.

Weather 124

Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

I’ve seen a single person lift a Tiger Moth by the tail to take it out of its hangar. However, the trickiest part of takeoff for most tailwheel airplanes is still when the tail comes up. The descent of the rotating propeller causes a gyroscopic precession to the left.

Airplanes 115

Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

In fact, we have a window over the stove that looks into the hangar. Descent and landing is smooth and calm this evening, and I make a wheel landing for the fun of it. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

Runway 75

Runway Groundspeed Approach Crosswind 75