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What Is a Flat Spin?

Pilot Institute

The problem is that the airflow from the propeller goes over the horizontal stabilizer, which produces a downward force (and causes the nose to pitch up). Stay vigilant about weather conditions, airspace restrictions, and other factors that could affect your flight’s safety.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. The planes did see combat, however.

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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. These were divided into two main categories, prior maneuvering and weather upset. 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. These were divided into two main categories, prior maneuvering and weather upset. The pilot died instantly.

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A Crowded House for the Widow of Reading

Photographic Logbook

But space in the main hangar is incredibly limited and that relegates several other aircraft to sitting out in the weather. Short-coupled with a large horizontal stabilizer, the aircraft was practically a staggered biplane. The airworthy aircraft are in excellent condition and obviously lovingly maintained.

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The Hazards of Aircraft Icing: Explained

Pilot Institute

It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Weather conditions that lead to mixed ice include areas where warm air layers are above freezing and cold air layers are below freezing.