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What Is a Flat Spin?

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A flat spin happens when the center of gravity shifts too far aft (toward the tail), and the aircraft’s rotation becomes more horizontal. The initial rotation that initiates a spin may result from other factors, such as incorrect control inputs or turbulence. It may seem counterintuitive to reduce your power during a spin.

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What Is a Dutch Roll, and Is It Dangerous?

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The trigger can be any external force such as a wind gust or turbulence. To understand the aircraft’s response to a disturbance, you need to understand aerodynamic stability. Placing the center of gravity ahead of the aircraft’s center of lift improves longitudinal stability. How Does a Dutch Roll Begin?

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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Additionally, only those events where aircraft have been reported as either substantially damaged or written off, or there has been a fatality onboard a public transport flight due to inflight turbulence, have been included. The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other.

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Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s

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Sporting tail numbers 28000 and 29000, the VC-25As have been transporting heads of state for the US since 1987. Modifications were made to the aircraft to install a swing tail for easier loading, and the upper fuselage extended for more cargo capacity. The end result was four 747s with three times the cargo volume of a 747-400F.

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