Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

The FG-1D Corsair is lifted into position back in 1971. Photo by Jerry O’Neill She was lifted off the pole in July 2008 and brought to the CASCs restoration shop. It just so happened that 92460 was available, so a deal was made and the center section was sent to Texas along with the tail cone. CASC Photo.

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Rudder Tail Cockpit Lift 105

Aerotime

OCTOBER 18, 2024

And then we lift it.” Several processes were conducted simultaneously, such as the ground assembly and lifting of several sections of the structure and fitting panels that would eventually become the walls of the hangar. He continued: “All those accessories and technology, the cables, you fit them on the ground, and you lift them up.

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Hangar Tarmac Lift Approach 307

AV Web

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A pair of aerodynamic researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a raptor-inspired drone that uses its tail feathers to control bank, rather than wingtip feathers mimicked by ailerons on airplanes. The turns could be executed at low and high speeds as the raptors maneuvered.

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Tail Aileron Drag Lift 105

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 7, 2025

It was short, stubby, very tall, and had two wings and two tails. To that he added wings and tail, and placed the pilot behind all this. The unique twin tails completed this one-of-a-kind design and became the signature feature of the entire line. Then suddenly, out of the sky, swooped a most bizarre-looking flying machine.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Gross Weight Pilot 53

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Within a couple of seconds, I could feel that the tail was ready to come up, so I added just a touch of forward stick pressure. Within a couple of seconds, I could feel that the tail was ready to come up, so I added just a touch of forward stick pressure.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Though the German Zeppelins were inflated with hydrogen, which was a more readily available and lighter lifting gas, it was flammable when mixed with oxygen, which doomed many a Zeppelin to a fiery end. While flying high over West Texas, the sun heated and expanded the helium lifting gas, forcing the Macon to rise up.

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Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 59

Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

The Cabri G2 comprises a shrouded tail rotor, usually referred to as a “Fenestron” (a registered trade mark of Eurocopter) that was proven to provide excellent maneuverability in every flight condition, in every direction of flight up to 40 kt at least. The helicopter, still powered, briefly lifted off again.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 111

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 29, 2024

Earlier in the season, noise from NX611’s tail oleo when the grass was wet prompted the disassembly of the last spare tail oleo to obtain a serviceable spare for both airworthy and taxiing purposes. The jig was prepared for the wing to be lifted into position, requiring the use of two forklifts borrowed from AE Lenton’s.

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Lift Tail 122

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

The Graf II “My model of the D-LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II was built as a flying model, and it is built to a scale of 1:36 because when I was considering its size, I was advised that the model would need at least 150 cubic feet interior volume for helium to provide lift to deem the model airworthy,” Mellberg said.

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Lift Ceiling Tail Hangar 52

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

This force pushes the tail to the right, causing the nose to yaw left. When the pitch attitude changessuch as when the tail of a taildragger rises during takeoffthe force applied to the propeller does not take effect immediately at the point of contact. How do you counter this left turning tendency? So what does that mean exactly?

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

The operator confirmed that the tail rotor had been installed the day before the accident. A mechanic had found a worn feathering bearing in the tail rotor hub and blade assembly. The tail rotor’s responses and vibrations are measured in order to adjust the weights of the rotor blades and/or the alignment of the rotor assembly.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 15, 2024

In 1968 “Carter’s Li’l Pill” was finally lifted onto a trailer flatbed then towed out by a bulldozer after hard work by William “Bill” Chapman to clear a path. The tail group has been rebuilt, and both the engine mount and the windshield and canopy have been restored.

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Lift Tail Pilot 98

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A lifting aid is required to mount and remove the tail dolly which is a bit of a nuisance. However, if I were to consider an electric glider I would want to have the batteries in the fuselage (for easy charging and also to remove them during the very cold Colorado winter) and I would insist on a steerable tail wheel for taxiing.

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Density Altitude Cockpit Tail Runway 98

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down. Ready to experience the skies with us?

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Aileron Drag Rudder Descent 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

This meant the airplane, if were to carry anything, had to be built from very light materials incapable of providing support for a wing long enough to generate the needed lift. The bi-wing design allows two shorter wings to be braced against one another with a series of struts and wires providing the strength and lifting surface required.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Storo lifted the British fighter into the air for the first time on June 28, 2022, from Tillamook Municipal Airport near his home. What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. At that point, you’re simply looking down the runway, and then it lifts off.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

It may be necessary to add a slight amount of power to keep the airspeed from decreasing excessively and to avoid losing lift too rapidly. As the airplane contacts the ground, the tail will be forced down very rapidly by the back-elevator pressure and by inertia acting downward on the tail.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

.” It’s still configured as a cropduster, with gauges in the center section, a hopper, pump, and booms, with flat-bottom high lift wings, a metal covered fuselage and the most distinct looking “stearman” tail you’d ever find. This year, there were two very eye-catching stearmans on the line that brought a lot of attention.

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Tail Airplanes Transponder Aileron 122

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Legend has it that Custer observed how roofs were lifted off barns during windstorms and decided that he could recreate this effect. Thus, the propeller draws air through the channel, reducing pressure and producing lift. Fast-forward to 1929 and Custer was granted a patent for the channel wing concept.

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Gross Weight Lift Pilot Tail 98

Aerotime

JANUARY 10, 2025

The first Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight to Paris in four years has departed Islamabad International Airport (ISB), in the wake of a ban from European Union airspace being lifted last year. The aircrafts tail was painted with the Eiffel Tower and I love Paris was emblazoned on the nose.

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Lift Tail Airline Airlines 293

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

Photo by Joel Edwards] When A&T commenced the recovery, divers placed inflatable lift bags at strategic points on the two sections to raise them to just below the surface, thus preventing damage during the twelve hours it took to tow the wreckage to the local marina. The same didn’t happen on the port side. The yoke is original.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Air Facts

MAY 8, 2024

This was not a problem as it gave me time on something other than a tail dragger. We lifted off without issue and commenced the climb. In this particular incident I had been flying a Piper Super Cub most of the day when the Tug Master asked if I could give him a break and use the C182.

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Lift Air Traffic Control Checkride Tail 98

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Aerodynamic Differences Fixed-Wing Aircraft (Airplanes) Airplanes , or fixed-wing aircraft, generate lift through their stationary wings as they move forward. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

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. 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

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

This operation was carried out routinely with the little fighters launching from the airship, flying their mission, and then hooking up on a trapeze that lifted them inside the hull. Navy had equipped both the USS Akron and Macon airships with a hangar deck and trapezes to carry and launch Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes.

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Tail Jet Pilot Turbulence 80

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

As air flows over it, a force like lift results, and the tail is pulled in the opposite direction of the deflection. But instead of an upward force of lift on a wing, it’s a horizontal force pushing the tail of the plane causing the nose of the plane to move left and right. Why is this? This is called adverse yaw.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Cables stretched across each end of the runway, suspended several inches off the tarmac by rubber standoffs, could be snagged by a fighter’s extended tail hook. The Phantom’s tail hook could only be lowered from the front cockpit. Dick recalls “about a dozen hands lifting me out of the cockpit” and being gently taken down a ladder. “I

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Cockpit Tail Approach Pilot 98

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing.

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Thrust Center of Gravity Descent Cockpit 94

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And ice doesn’t just make things slippery, it messes with the airflow over the wings, cuts down on lift, and ramps up drag. Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. This leads to a serious loss of lift and an increase in drag. If you don’t act quickly, you’ll soon feel its effects.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. In short order, we loaded our gear and beat a hasty retreat back to Ketchikan.

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Airplanes Torque Tail Pilot 80

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, this wasn’t the only unique thing about Cierva Twin; it was outstanding in its class for the following reasons – Coaxial Rotor System – This design eliminated the need for a tail rotor, reducing mechanical complexity and increasing lift efficiency. This allowed for more stability and control, especially in hover.

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Tail Drag Ceiling Cargo 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. In short order, we loaded our gear and beat a hasty retreat back to Ketchikan.

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Airplanes Torque Tail Pilot 78

Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Like the trailing-edge flaps along the back of the wing, these devices are deployed in stages to increase lift at low speeds. There’s no way to isolate a specific slat, so keeping the broken one retracted would’ve meant a “no flap landing,” where all of the high-lift devices, both flaps and slats, remain stowed.

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Stability Lift Runway Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 23, 2024

But by placing the aircraft in a turn – hoping to make it back to base – Gilbert’s Helldiver lost critical airspeed and lift, which precipitated a stall and – moments later – a crash. The tail section separated at the rear gunner’s position and was remarkably well preserved.

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Cockpit Runway Drag Pilot 130

Air

MARCH 10, 2025

The leading wing experiences increased lift , causing a roll in the opposite direction. The Dihedral Angle and Its Role in Aircraft Stability The dihedral angle , a crucial element in aircraft stability, is the upward or downward angle of an aircraft’s wings (or tail empennage ) relative to the fuselage’s longitudinal axis.

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Longitudinal Axis Stability Lift Pilot 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

So lifting off Van Sants, in eastern Pennsylvania, and just heading west is a great relief and flying is flying again. It would lift during the day and lift into scattered stratocumulous. I lucked out to El Paso with a slight tail wind that got me down there in nice style. The tops wouldn’t be high.

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Weather Airplanes Lift Pilot 75