Lift Tail Threshold 
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. Its important because the lift is always produced perpendicular to the relative wind. Why is this important?
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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Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2024
On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. When crossing the threshold, start reducing the power. 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.
Photographic Logbook
JANUARY 25, 2025
As Warrior 481 lifted us to a cruise altitude of 7,500 feet, the first hint of the sunrise came in the form of a massive fireball turned vermillion by miles of low haze between us and the horizon. Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. Joe asked.
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.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. During the landing, following an excessive pitch-up movement by the aircraft, its aft fuselage contacted the runway approximately 326 meters (1,070ft) beyond the runway threshold.
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 reached the threshold of runway 27. Let's check what movies are there.
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