Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A poster on PPRuNe asked about the landing conditions: Is it pretty much standard for operators of this particular aircraft type in the UK to land in 35 knot crosswinds on 1800m wet runways? Just before touchdown, the captain used right rudder to “de-crab” the aircraft and landed smoothly in the touchdown area.

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Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. Touchdown At 16:00 the airplane touched down on the runway threshold to the left of the centerline.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

By Josh Page, CFI Ever heard your flight instructor say, More right rudder? If uncorrected, it can cause a yawing movement to the left, requiring the pilot to use right rudder to maintain coordinated control. By now you should be able to answer this quickly Applying right rudder! Right rudder is your best friend.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Roberts Stick and Rudder column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It was a blue sky morning at Westerly State Airport (KWST) in Rhode Island, a nontowered airport with two intersecting runways, 07/25 and 14/32. By Robert N.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Michael Derrer Fuchs / Shutterstock Once the pushback is complete and the engines are running, the crew will contact ATC again for taxi clearance, effectively asking the tower for the route they are required to follow and which taxiways to use to reach the active runway.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

CDT, a Beech Baron lifted off from Runway 35 at Lubbock Executive Airpark in Texas (F82). The accident pilot does a cursory look over the plane’s exterior, gets in, starts the engines, and taxis to the runway. on march 17, 2023, at 11:37 a.m. By 11:40 a.m. The ramp isn’t busy at all. A lineman marshals the twin in and adds fuel.

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Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

I lined up on Runway 27. The longest runway at Palm Beach County Park Airport (KLNA) is 3,500 feet, plus fields and open spaces would be ahead of me. Feet on rudder pedals. At 500 feet down the runway, the little airplane leaped into the air despite my plan to build more speed before taking off. First flight!

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Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

More right rudder!!” The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. Yet the rudder is one of the most important and one of the most under-utilized. The rudder’s most important function is controlling the yaw of the aircraft, which moves the nose of the plane left and right.

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Inspire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Roberts Stick and Rudder column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For a newly minted private pilot, the approach to Runway 35 at Sky Acres (44N) in New York looked pretty scary. By Robert N.

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World Airline News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday issued urgent safety recommendations to The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the potential for a jammed or restricted rudder control system on some 737 airplanes. The NTSB is investigating a Feb. operators to do so until replacements are available.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. Nobody answered on unicom, and the facilities were at the west end of the airport, so I decided on left traffic for Runway 27. I turned base early, slipped the RV-9A as hard as it would go, landed halfway down the runway, and stood on the brakes.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 81

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

This didnt correct the problem sufficiently, so the tail was completely revised, giving the horizontals dihedral and capping each with a large oval fin and rudder arrangement much like that of its Consolidated stablemate, the B-24 Liberator. It could operate in strange and foreign places without the need of land-based runways.”

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In addition to repairing the left gear leg, the right gear and rudder were removed for recovering. The ramp is empty, so I ask if hed like to taxi us to the departure end of the runway. The main road between the houses is the old runway. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo.

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

In the event of an unintentional left yaw, the pilot must immediately apply right rudder, that is, firmly apply pressure on the right rudder pedal. The key is to respond swiftly and with rather more right rudder than might be expected from pilots without experience with Fenestron-equipped helicopters. The weather was clear.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 110

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. I’ve landed in strong winds enough times that 30 knots can seem routine, as long as it’s reasonably aligned with the runway. Until I was porpoising down the runway like a first-time student. The lower I got, the worse it became.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. On my relatively high powered Vans RV-9A , flaps are not a critical item, unless the runway is short. Flight controls and engine controls are the obvious ones.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Example of a Proper Radio Call: Minneapolis Ground, Cessna 172, N12345 at Inflight Aviation, ready to taxi to Runway 12 for departure. Struggling with Crosswind Landings The Mistake: Many student pilots struggle with crosswind landings due to incorrect rudder use or improper control inputs.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

We both had a good chuckle, then we lurched out of the parking spot as I tested the toe brakes for the first time and began to waddle our way to the runway in the mighty Cessna 150. How they came to a stop holding short of the runway generally gave a preview as to how they would handle a plane for the rest of the flight.

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Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

We started up the engine, got the weather, asked the tower for our instrument flight plan, and began to taxi from the T-hangars on the east side of the field down the familiar route of “Hotel, Echo” to runway 18 right for a departure to the north with a turn to the east. Destin Tower told me to expect a right base for a landing on Runway 12.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Primary Flight Controls The primary controls of a small plane are the yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle. Rudder pedals help manage yaw, which keeps the aircraft aligned during turns or crosswinds. Proper use of the throttle , maintaining alignment with the runway, and achieving the correct airspeed are essential steps.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 13, 2024

The crew was able to regain control of the aircraft, and 55 minutes later, it landed safely on Oakland Airport’s runway 30. An inspection was performed on the aircraft upon landing, and damage was discovered with the PCU (the power control unit, which also controls the rudder).

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Rudder Tail Pilot Runway 135

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Your instructor will introduce you to the basic components of the aircraft, including the fuselage, wings, ailerons, rudder, elevator, and landing gear. In addition to learning about the aircraft itself, you will also review airport procedures, runway markings, and basic safety guidelines.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. The rudder, also on the tail, adjusts yaw, which affects left and right turns. Ailerons, located on the wings, control the plane’s roll.

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Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In thermals the V3M is even easier and more stable than the V2 (which requires more rudder to remain coordinated). Upon landing I can clear the runway and steer the glider right into its parking position before getting out of the cockpit, usually without having to start the engine at all. Self-launch from high altitude airports.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Like most homebuilts and many SLSAs, the RV-12 steers on the ground via differential braking, but the good-sized rudder does contribute if you have a bit of wind. The rudder hardly calls attention to itself outside of having plenty of authority. A nuance, perhaps. Right until liftoff, takeoffs are fairly uneventful.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

When the wind is blowing across the runway instead of along it, things get more challenging. However, the wind rarely aligns perfectly with the runway. Touching down with the aircraft’s longitudinal axis aligned with the runway. If the pilot makes no corrections, the aircraft gets blown off the runway centerline.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway. This would result in the airplane stalling and dropping hard onto the runway. Porpoising can also be caused by improper airspeed control.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. The remainder of our flight would follow U.S.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Once we were ready, we started up, and the instructor radioed the tower before taxiing to the runway. Taxiing procedures: Moving the aircraft to the runway involves steering with your feet using the rudder pedals. Ground operations Before takeoff, youll learn how to operate the aircraft on the ground.

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. A very brief 2022 season for the ice runway eliminated opportunities to return that year. I pointed to the ice runway as we cleared terrain hiding it. There it is!"

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The instructor was able to complete the turn, but the airplane overshot the runway. The pilot flying wrote, “After completing the turn back to the field we saw the airport environment and we were located over the runway but more than halfway down runway 17. The instructor’s preparation for an engine failure is exemplary.

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Air Facts

JANUARY 13, 2025

More significantly, runway performance on landing isnt great. Landing a Cirrus on a 3000-foot runway is perfectly doable, but not if you land fast and long because the brakes will not save you from a bad approach. No rudder trim. Like the lack of nose wheel steering, the lack of rudder trim has always bothered me.

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Ask a Flight Instructor

AUGUST 15, 2024

When landing I was slightly pointed left when I touched down I panicked and slammed on my right rudder and went off the runway and took out a run way light. Hello, Just to give some background I’m a student pilot with just over 60 hours. Today while solo in the pattern I made a mistake.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

We both had a good chuckle, then we lurched out of the parking spot as I tested the toe brakes for the first time and began to waddle our way to the runway in the mighty Cessna 150. How they came to a stop holding short of the runway generally gave a preview as to how they would handle a plane for the rest of the flight.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It was one of the few in the area that had a rotating beacon and runway lights. We flew over the village in the direction of the airstrip, and there were four dim lights, presumably two at each end of where the runway should be. The tires just skidded on the packed snow, and the other runway-end lights were coming up real fast.

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AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. Over, Beyond the Runway Over 21 percent of pattern stalls occurred over the runway during the landing flare. We cant emphasize enough the need for rudder coordination.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Better stick-and-rudder control, smoother handling, and more exact navigation, even during VFR flights. Theres nothing quite like breaking out of a thick layer of clouds to find the runway right where it should beor shooting a perfect RNAV approach to minimums. The result?

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