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

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

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

Local forklift hire was kindly arranged by AEM Lifting from Tuxford, Notts. The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type During a subsequent two-day time period the MBCC staff reassembled the Prone Meteor, before moving into Hangar 2 on NAM’s Southfield Site.

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Cockpit Rudder Stability Pilot 119

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

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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Jet Tail Pilot Descent 79

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 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

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 Tail Torque Pilot 79

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 Tail Torque Pilot 77

Fear of Landing

JULY 12, 2024

Canards have been used to add lift and flight control since the Wright Flyer; however, the complex aerodynamics meant that it was another 50 years before it appeared on a mass-produced aircraft, the Saab 37 Viggen. Tail One quick trick could be to look at the tail and see if there is a flag on it.

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Cockpit Tail Jet Pilot 71

Ask Captain Lim

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Unlike a car, when an aircraft stalls, the engine doesn’t stop; it’s a result of disrupted airflow over the wing, leading to a loss of lift and potentially dropping off the skies unless corrective action is taken.

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Lift Tail Cockpit Approach 40

Cranky Flier

APRIL 8, 2024

Opening a new station is not a heavy lift for United, and it is highly unlikely that this will somehow refocus the company. But even if that were the case, the FAA is going to make an example out of the most difficult airline it deals with. At least some of the blame has to lie on United’s ops leaders.

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Rudder Lift Tail Runway 130

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

More refined than its 1909 Military Flyer predecessor, it was the first Wright design to feature an elevator on the tail rather than a canard, it added wheels to eliminate the need to launch from a rail, and it had a more powerful engine. A rotor on the tail controlled pitch. A replica 1910 Wright Model B aircraft.

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Airplanes Tail Cockpit Rudder 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 Flight Plan 60

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 78

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Most western pilots have patiently worked such lift for an hour or more while waiting for conditions to improve near their destination airport. Dust devils and other extreme lifting motions can also cause havoc near the surface. The very existence of virga indicates a soarable sky. This is not possible with an extended engine.

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Wind Shear Runway AGL Lift 52

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Gradually used to replace metals on parts of aircraft tails, wings, engines, cowlings, and parts of the fuselage, composites reduce overall aircraft weight and improve operational efficiency. The resulting “supercritical airfoil” shape, when integrated with the aircraft wing, significantly improves the aircraft’s cruise efficiency.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airlines 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

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 Aileron Airplanes Transponder 122

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I remember doing exactly this during my instrument training at a very remote airport: the nearest pay phone was about a mile away from the airport ramp, so it was quite the accomplishment to lift off before my timer expired. Tell them your tail number, where you are, and the IFR flight plan you’d like to open.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Runway 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. The sudden loss of lift can cause the wheels to dig into the ground. But with a soft field landing, you want to maintain lift and keep the aircraft’s weight on the wings. After you touch down, smoothly reduce your power to idle.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

Since the Beech 18 is a tailwheel airplane, this required the pilot to bend over, lift up the elevator, and inspect the trim tab actuator rods exiting from the underside of the elevator. When I got to the tail section, I reached for the elevator to inspect the trim tab actuators, but hesitated.

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Airplanes Runway Lift Tail 70

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 14, 2024

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85790 is being prepared for the lift on top of the gas station. Lacey suffered no issues during the twenty-mile drive, but a tipsy driver was forced to drive into a ditch when he saw the bomber coming down the two-lane road!

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Airplanes Cockpit Runway Pilot 119

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

The Rifle ASOS recorded a gust of 43 mph from the south: a 100-degree shift in direction, putting it right on his tail. There were some patches of moderate lift and sink as would be expected on a normal summer soaring day. Sometimes you fly through virga and you can even find yourself in lift.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

But remember, the crosswind you just battled is still hitting the aircraft’s wing and tail. A bounce or skip is likely if the aircraft lands while the wing is generating significant lift. It’s tempting to breathe a sigh of relief and relax the controls after landing the aircraft. Your job is not over until the aircraft is tied down.

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Crosswind Aileron Longitudinal Axis Rudder 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

I’ve seen a single person lift a Tiger Moth by the tail to take it out of its hangar. The knob on the right enables “auto slots,” slats on the wings that automatically deploy like flaps to provide additional lift at low speeds and high angles of attack. Notice that there is no artificial horizon.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

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

JULY 12, 2024

The C-47 also had an astrodome positioned in the cabin roof, strengthened floor components, a double cargo door and a shortened tail-cone for glider-towing shackles, all of which the C-49 did not have. WildKat lifted off for the jump, while the DZST monitored the winds on the DZ. Winds were within limits on those days, but just barely.

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Cargo Hangar Ferry Flight Weather 115

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

A steep bank and strong pull is required for each turn, and I watch the airspeed and lift reserve indicator (LRI) to make sure I do not do anything stupid. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. What was easy at 80 mph is a challenge at 135 mph.

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Runway Groundspeed Approach Crosswind 75

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

You can override the system to manual by lifting a sliding door, but it was honestly completely forgotten within the first half hour of our flight demo. All versions come standard with a three-year, 1,000-hour spinner-to-tail warranty that rivals other new piston singles.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Photographic Logbook

JULY 14, 2024

The extra precautious were probably unnecessary; Warrior 481 lifted off quickly and climbed skyward with plenty of runway remaining. At one point, I suggested that the cloud in front of us looked like some kind of sleek, twin tailed fighter jet. "I Jewel in the Atlantic Clearing the western end of the island, still on runway heading.

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Runway Weather Airplanes Approach 52

AeroSavvy

MARCH 26, 2022

Most dedicated cargo aircraft are military transports, e.g., C-17 Globemaster, C-130 Hurcules, Antonov’s heavy-lift family. pic.twitter.com/2O3nxWjF1P — UPS Airlines (@UPSAirlines) July 29, 2021 UPS 747 nose cargo door interior A small fleet of 747s have a tail that swings open. Photo by RuthAS – CC BY 3.0

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Flight Deck Cargo Weight-Shift-Control Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 24, 2024

The soft sand, now closed to beachgoers, would be insufficient to hold the weight of any crane with the capacity to lift the plane from the water. So, the decision was made to attach cables to the aircraft and drag its tail first onto the beach, but this was not accomplished until the next day once recovery equipment could be mobilized.

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Drag Lift Tail Pilot 111

Aerotime

AUGUST 9, 2024

The aircraft configuration sees a monocoque fuselage with a raised flight deck above the nose-to-tail cargo compartment below. The tail is attached to the rear of the empennage and is of a twin-tail design, with a vertical stabilizer attached at each end of the single horizontal stabilizer. All hail the whale!

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Airplanes Cargo Payload Horizontal Stabilizer 317

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

The camera view of both the landing gear and tail is really an additional bonus especially for aircraft enthusiasts like myself. The flight Map Camera (tail section) Camera view (landing gear section) The safety video featuring a famous local dancer. We lifted off effortless towards the grumpy skies. Nothing much interest me.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Airlines 59