Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Former military fast-jet test pilot Davies explained that the VX4s production is a collaborative effort with Leonardo building the fuselage, Norco the wings and Honeywell the cockpit avionics. The stick and rudder skills are an order of magnitude less demanding than any traditional aircraft, said Davies.

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Pilot Cockpit Rudder Weather 278

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 11, 2025

The jet- and rocket-powered aircraft exceeded expectations, performing better than predicted in high-speed wind tunnel testsparticularly in drag performance above Mach 0.85. Its test flights provided data that shaped the designs of later swept-wing military aircraft, including the Century Series of jet fighters.

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Drag Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airfoil 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

The most significant visual differences were the T-46’s high wing and the “H” tail, with twin vertical stabilizers mounted to the ends of the horizontal stabilizer that strongly resembled those of the company’s previous jet, the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Drag 126

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Now, this might sound familiar, as this very idea that was born in Italy was an inspiration for modern-day jet propulsion. The duct, as predicted by Stipa, had a profile similar to that of the airfoil, with a fairly small rudder and elevators mounted on the trailing edge of the duct. The Stipa-Caproni in flight. II Editore F.

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Airfoil Rudder Drag Stability 97

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Feet on rudder pedals. I felt I was strapped into a runaway jet. Lantana Traffic, Pulsar Experimental Four-Five-Six-Lima-Tango taking off, two-seven, Lantana, will stay in the pattern. My breathing quickened as I gripped the stick, applying power with my left hand. Throttle all the way in. I felt like I was being shot out of a rocket.

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Runway Gross Weight Airplanes Crosswind 65

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

These were small pedals at the base of the rudder pedals that give the same differential control as toe brakes, but you push your heels in for brake application. As an airline first officer for the better part of the past 16 years, I didn’t do much with brakes on the jet. For that matter, we’re not all flying around with toe brakes.

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Rudder Runway Altimeter Pilot 83

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

Here’s a video of a 182 flipping in 30 knot winds at Las Vegas (with jet blast the deciding factor). In a left crosswind you need right rudder during your sideslip, then once on the ground you need left rudder to correct for the skipping and keep the aircraft centered. I approach using the wing low method in a crosswind.

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Knot Crosswind Rudder Turbulence 98

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 13, 2024

This incident was so serious that the plane was flown to Paine Field in Washington after the incident for Boeing to investigate, and the jet hasn’t flown a passenger flight since. An inspection was performed on the aircraft upon landing, and damage was discovered with the PCU (the power control unit, which also controls the rudder).

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Rudder Tail Pilot Runway 135

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. This reason is more important in jets than to us single-engine pilots, but it still applies. Flight controls and engine controls are the obvious ones.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Aileron 95

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 18, 2025

One of the standout aircraft in Drydens research history is the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a legendary Navy fighter jet that played a key role in two major research programs at the center. The NACA Test Force at the High-Speed Flight Station in Edwards, California. The white aircraft in the foreground is a Douglas Skyrocket.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Tail Airfoil 52

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Number two cleared to land, runway one two behind the Citation jet,” was the call from Tower. I didn’t get the thumb into the wind and I didn’t immediately get on the left rudder pedal to steer us back to the centerline. Why aren’t you strong on the rudder pedals to steer us on centerline?” My hands were clammy on the controls.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

You have to use a lot of rudder—I mean you have to be rabid as far as using the rudder to control the airplane, and it wheel lands very nicely.” It’s the rudder that is doing everything. And then when you get down near the threshold, you just hold it off and gently let the wheels down.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. Just before our appointed entry time, a privately owned performance jet somehow missed the approach to the 12,000-foot-long runway and then declared a low-fuel emergency.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

These were small pedals at the base of the rudder pedals that give the same differential control as toe brakes, but you push your heels in for brake application. As an airline first officer for the better part of the past 16 years, I didn’t do much with brakes on the jet. For that matter, we’re not all flying around with toe brakes.

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Rudder Runway Altimeter Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Adverse yaw is a side effect of aileron use, countered by rudder input. Unlike the elevators and rudder mounted close to the fuselage, the ailerons location at the end of the long, thin, and flexible wings makes them much more prone to flutter. This is where the rudder comes in. What Is an Aileron?

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

As the jet is slowed, the instructor pilot asks the entire flight crew to note the unnatural quiet in the cockpit, the sluggish control and power response, and the buffeting. However, the real focus of this maneuver is avoiding situations that might place the jet anywhere near stall speed.

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Airplanes Approach Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 82

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

The rudder and elevators both had some internal work done to the ribs prior to re-covering the surfaces, but not much. A few flush patches here and there are incorporated into the horizontal stabs, but the vertical was untouched except for the radio mast. We had to do some welding on that. They were also in good shape.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Because I want to fly jets, sir!” I’ve been flying jets for years as a corporate pilot, but not real jets to some … like fighter jets. My goal in these Gauntlet jet-training sessions? But good jet flying is still demanding. built fighter jet—including the narrow and mildly pressurized (4 psi) cockpit.

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Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

But if what you want is a nostalgic meander through beautiful VFR days, honing your stick-and-rudder skills while feeling the wind in your hair, the Cub can be a great model to turn to. If you’re looking to get places quickly, overcoming all inclement weather, and staying aloft for as long as biology allows, move along.

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Knot Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck 101

AV Web

JUNE 23, 2024

Business jets have become the target of climate protesters, particularly in Europe, and when it was screaming kids locking hands to block maneuvering surfaces or mounting social media tirades against pop icons for their kerosene habits it was tolerable, maybe even useful to the whole discussion surrounding aviation sustainability.

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Rudder Clearance Jet 98

AV Web

JUNE 23, 2024

Business jets have become the target of climate protesters, particularly in Europe, and when it was screaming kids locking hands to block maneuvering surfaces or mounting social media tirades against pop icons for their kerosene habits it was tolerable, maybe even useful to the whole discussion surrounding aviation sustainability.

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Jetwhine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When the wind is right, I’ll see a regional jet whining its way north to Appleton International, and there’s the occasional business jet or turboprop on its way to Wittman Field, roughly 10 miles to the east. But when I hear a piston engine, I stop and look. On this day the lesson was clearly stalls and slow flight.

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Rudder Lift Pilot Jet 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

AvioFuel is primarily designed for turboprop and jet aircraft. Bombardier Aerospace This collection of apps provides eLearning, operating procedures and maintenance utilities for operators of Bombardier jet airplanes. AvioFuel makes it easy for pilots to calculate how much fuel to add during refueling operations.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. Since my home airport has Class C airspace with regional jets and bizjets, I fly final relatively fast and start slowing down at 2 miles to be stable 30 seconds before minimums.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 84

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

You’ll find a horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, elevator, and rudder pedals here. Jet engines: These engines create an electric spark by compressing air and igniting it with fuel. Of all the sections of an aircraft, the tail assembly is perhaps the most important for keeping an airplane in the air safely.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

READ MORE: Cirrus Adds Second Vision Jet Simulator In this scenario, the options are a 180-degree turn using only rudder to avoid overbanking—common when you lose the outside horizon reference—to get back to VFR conditions or contacting ATC to ask where the nearest VFR is. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Air Facts

JANUARY 29, 2025

And there it was, a bracket with both hydraulic lines from the rudder pedals only about 1 apart and 8 of flexible line to the brakes. Nearing the end of my tour in the ferry squadron, the airlines were expanding rapidly, converting to jet aircraft and hiring pilots to fly them. It could not have been designed better for Murphys Law!

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Runway Airplanes Pilot Pilot in Command 52

Aviation Bussiness News

JANUARY 30, 2025

These systems provide the power and precision needed to operate critical components, from landing gear and braking activation to flight control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudder) and flaps. Maintaining hydraulic systems is therefore critical. This underscored AEM/Ametek MROs capabilities in the hydraulics field.

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Aileron Rudder Approach Jet 40

Fly with Eva

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

We tackle the first hurdle the next day: despite a proper jet lag we pass the Performance and Air Law ATPL exams. I struggle to fly a nice approach, coordinating my rudder and thrust. He is just as excited as I am to now join the Boeing 747 fleet. It turns out we get along very well and make a good team training together.

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Approach Flight Deck Cargo Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.

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Lift Torque Thrust Aileron 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Though the fabric on the wings would be recovered in 1952, the structure of the wings, tail, and rudder remained original to 1910. One of the rarest aircraft in the museum is an example of the first American jet aircraft, the Bell P-59 Airacomet.

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Airplanes Jet Pilot Weather 105

Airspeed Junkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The F-18 Fighter Jet: A Review The F-18 Fighter Jet has become one of the most iconic military aircraft in history. From its ability to conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground combat missions to its outstanding performance, the F-18 has earned its reputation as an incredibly capable fighter jet. It is a single-seat aircraft.

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Jet Thrust Stability Cockpit 52

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 11, 2024

This was actually an airBaltic jet operating on behalf of SWISS, as SWISS wet leases some of these planes (airBaltic has significant wet lease operations, given the impact that Russian airspace closure is having on the airline). I imagine that once the jet pushed back, the pilots were committed to giving it a shot.

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Pilot Jet Rudder Descent 120

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 2, 2025

The Robin has a placard that reads: Rudder in fully opposed direction; Elevator control pulled fully back; Ailerons in neutral position. A hint of the Robins aerobatic pretensions might be the size of the rudder. You do need to apply a lot of right rudder on climbout, but if youre a tailwheel pilot, that should come naturally.

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Rudder Pilot Airplanes Center of Gravity 79

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Navy primary flight training—the instructor had it coming Air Facts Journal Second Lieutenant Arnold Reiner Marine Corps recruitment brochures in the early ’60s described three pilot training pipelines: jets, transports and helicopters. With no money for flight instruction, my plan was for the military to pay for the training.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

The one-of-a-kind jet is carefully unloaded at its new home. Photo by Howard Heeley, Down to Earth Promotions] “We are grateful to the Royal Air Force Museum staff at both London and Midlands, who have helped implement this loan agreement.” This safety pilot handled engine starting, re-lighting and fuel control.

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Cockpit Rudder Stability Pilot 119

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Fatigue, jet lag, and long flights are tiring, but good habits are your best defense. Common Health Challenges Faced by Pilots From long hours and jet lag to issues like dehydration and eye strain, pilots face unique health challenges from the nature of their job. Long Flights and Jet Lag Jet lag is a huge pain that comes with the job.

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