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How the B-52 Lands in Crosswinds

Fear of Landing

Here’s a cool video showing most of the gear retraction sequence [link] critical_patch offers an explanation as to why: The BUFF has such poor rudder authority that it has to compensate for crosswind in other ways. Further along, critical_patch chimes in again with another effect of the small rudder. Alexander W.

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Mastering Stalls: How to Recognize, Prevent, and Recover Safely

Flight Training Central

Recovery is made by lowering the nose, simultaneously applying full power while maintaining directional control with coordinated use of aileron and rudder. If the bank increases, the loss of vertical lift component tends to lower the nose. Right rudder pressure will be needed to offset the effect of the increase in power.

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Tailless Aircraft: How Airplanes Fly Without a Tail

Pilot Institute

A tailless aircraft may still have a fuselage and a vertical tail (fin and rudder). A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing. In level flight, the aircraft is adjusted so that the wingtips dont add lift. As a result, the aircraft rolls to the left.

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Going Up and Going Down

Plane and Pilot

When discussing climb technique, it’s easy to confuse high power setting with increasing lift. It’s the wing that generates lift, not the engine. If speed is too low, meaning angle of attack is too high, induced drag builds up, as the wing is working extra hard to make lift.

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10 Must-Read Books for Aviation History Fans

Plane and Pilot

Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying Wolfgang Langewiesche (1944) While not a history, per se, Stick and Rudder is a historic introduction to flight that has been used by flight students since some of the earliest days of organized flight training. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed Ben R.

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Understanding Left-Turning Tendencies in Airplanes

Northstar VFR

By Josh Page, CFI Ever heard your flight instructor say, More right rudder? If uncorrected, it can cause a yawing movement to the left, requiring the pilot to use right rudder to maintain coordinated control. By now you should be able to answer this quickly Applying right rudder! How do you counter this left turning tendency?

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Flying a Small Plane: Key Insights for Beginners

Pilot's Life Blog

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

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