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. Knowing this, smart pilots plan for contingencies as much as possible.

Airplanes 78

Airplanes Torque Tail Pilot 78

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Both pilots were very experienced, each with over 5,000 hours of flight experience. Flying in clouds of cold and warm fronts can lead to very small supercooled water droplets which build up as rime ice on the parts of the aircraft exposed to the wind: probes, antennas, and the leading edges of the wings and tail.

Knot 104

Knot Approach Descent Weather 104

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Have you ever wondered how pilots keep control at high speeds, during stalls, or even when systems fail? The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. The hydraulic system works similarly to a cars power steering and greatly reduces the effort needed by the pilots.

Aileron 90

Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The chirping we heard was due to excess torque-related motion of the powerplant in the engine compartment. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021. It was undamaged, it just came apart.

Torque 52

Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Newton’s Third Law helps pilots and engineers improve flight safety and aircraft performance. If the pilot increases the wings angle of attack too much, the airflow can separate from the wings surface, causing a stall – an abrupt loss of lift. What does Newtons Third law tell pilots about thrust?

Lift 52

Lift Torque Thrust Aileron 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 17, 2024

Captured in Africa by American troops, it was transferred to the US and subjected to a series of flight evaluations in September 1945 by the pilots of the Army’s Air Technical Service Command at Wright and Freeman fields. 205 of the 4th Wing which, piloted by Maj. AerMacchi C.202 202 Folgore. Breda AerMacchi C.202/205V

Torque 133

Torque Pilot Aileron Tail 133

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

While not visible to the pilot, it was meant to be very visible to the LSO (Landing Signal Officer) on an aircraft carrier deck, providing him with information as to the attitude of the aircraft. The stenciling on the tail fin “F2G-1D” is incorrect. If the plane is nose-down, coming in fast, he sees green.

Torque 98

Torque Approach Clearance Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 3, 2024

inches) to counteract the torque from the Monsone engine. Tail of the Smithsonian’s Folgore, featuring the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy. There, pilots of the U.S. Shafer of the 309th FS, who was one of the pilots most influential in returning the Wacky-Macchi to the air. 91981 356-8.

Tail 119

Tail Torque Cockpit Airplanes 119

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When spelled geoduck it represents a grotesque, oversized mollusk, or clam to we pilot simpletons. True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. Sea state matters, too.

Airplanes 77

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Special before being tragically lost on March 30, 1945 with pilot 2nd Lt. 50 caliber machine guns as opposed to the F4F-4’s six, and the installment of wing-mounted hard points for two 250 lb bombs or six unguided rockets, and does not have the tall tail associated with the FM-2 to counteract the torque from an upgraded engine.

Hangar 116

Hangar Torque Ferry Flight Pilot 116