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Quiz: Basic Aircraft Aerodynamics

Flight Training Central

The term 'angle of attack' is defined as the angle between the airplane's longitudinal axis and that of the air striking the airfoil. The four forces acting on an airplane in flight are lift, weight, thrust, and drag. lift, weight, gravity, and thrust. Starting, taxiing, takeoff, and landing.

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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. Since theyre located on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis, both ailerons need to move in the opposite directions to complement each others motion. This movement turns the aircraft about the longitudinal axis, making it enter a bank.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

According to the Aviation Safety Database, the aircraft touched down with a recorded vertical acceleration of 2.47g with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft not aligned with the runway track. The copilot selected the thrust reversers. The aircraft then bounced to a height of about three feet (2m).

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