Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 16, 2025

The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. Its radical design and high price, comparable to small jets, deterred buyers.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Lift Pilot 119

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Generate Lift With Airplane Wings One of the most valuable airplane parts that connect to the fuselage is the wings. The wings work with other sections of an aircraft to increase lift and adjust stalling speed. All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The outer wing generates more lift than the inner wing since it’s temporarily moving faster. Extra lift makes the wing rise. Increased lift on the raised wing immediately creates more induced drag. Placing the center of gravity ahead of the aircraft’s center of lift improves longitudinal stability.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Codenamed the “Fagot” by NATO, the MiG-15 was a shock to Western observers when it first entered Soviet Air Regiments in 1949, and would earn a reputation for its firepower, maneuverability, and ruggedness during the Korean War, was the first Soviet jet fighter to be an equal to Western designs.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Jet Pilot Stability 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. A significant investment in heavy, water-jet cut steel tooling means repeatedly accurate wings come off the Composite Creations table. Overall, the controls were wonderful.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 rate per million sectors.

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Runway Airlines Airline Horizontal Stabilizer 258

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Boeing 747 is an icon of the jet age, a giant aircraft that democratized air travel for the masses and shrank the world throughout the latter 20th century. Boeing 747 rocket launcher One of the coolest ways for a passenger jet to extend its lifespan has to be in a role that involves shooting rockets into space.

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Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 269