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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

Aerotime

The 56 aircraft that participated in the 1914 competition presented a wide range of aviation innovations, ranging from assisted starting mechanisms, automatic carburetors, basic stabilization systems, and many other innovations that purported to benefit aviation safety.

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Power-off Stall: Recovery Steps Made Easy

Pilot Institute

Initiating a Power-off Stall Now, let’s dive into the stall: Reduce Power Simulate Approach Descent Watch for Stall Warnings 1. Now that the aircraft is in landing configuration, reduce your power to idle and pitch down to simulate an approach descent. The result will be a descent and a loss in altitude while airspeed increases.

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The Six Pack: Basic Flight Instruments

Pilot Institute

The stability of the spinning disc increases with an increase in mass or speed of the disc. It may take a few seconds to several minutes for the gyroscope inside the AI to stabilize and the instrument to indicate correctly. For example, when the ball is displaced to the left, this informs the pilot that left rudder input is required.

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Flying a Small Plane: Key Insights for Beginners

Pilot's Life Blog

These forces must work in harmony to maintain flight stability. Primary Flight Controls The primary controls of a small plane are the yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle. Primary Flight Controls The primary controls of a small plane are the yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle.

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute. The breakup started with rudder flutter. The pilot died instantly.

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The vertical descent rate reached the data-recording limit of 9,999 feet per minute. The breakup started with rudder flutter. The pilot died instantly.

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one  

Aerotime

This is the result of the flight crew performing a full and free movement check to ensure that all flight control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevators) are working correctly and the aircraft is fit to fly before taking to the air. Part two will soon be available on AeroTime. Be sure to keep a good look out for it.