Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

(image via AirCorps Aviation) The larger, freshly painted parts shown here include the brake cylinders (lower left center), brake pedals above them, the vertical stabilizer fairing on the near right center, and the horizontal stabilizers center tube on the far right. The empennage’s framework has been fitted to the fuselage.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability Runway 111

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

The windsock is normally placed next to a runway or helipad so that you can easily see it when lined up for takeoff or coming in for a landing. It is your responsibility to evaluate wind conditions before selecting a runway for takeoff or landing. Why is it called a windsock? Consider a windsock as nature’s wind compass.

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Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold. Obviously it was gusty, but if youre not able to stabilize an approach, thats when a go around would ordinarily be performed.

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 104

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Back in the mid-2000s, United was just trying to stabilize itself. There’s already a public transit connection, and there’s plenty of runway capacity at the airport, so the pieces are coming together. The number of flights plunged with July 2017 having over 20 percent fewer flights than July 2004.

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Stability Runway Airplanes Airlines 130

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

MARCH 25, 2025

Whether it is a short Cub flight to the north for Coopers Bar-B-Que, a true Texas pit grilling experience, or a quick hop over to a makeshift, 1,000-foot grass runway paralleling the road at the local winery, you are sure to be entertained throughout your training. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. But lets not forget its big advantage!

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The touchdown speed will have already been calculated using a combination of aircraft weight, length of runway in use, and prevailing conditions. If you are traveling towards the front of the cabin on an Airbus aircraft, you may also hear three ‘bleeps’ emanating from behind the flight deck door as the plane approaches the runway.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 268

Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This includes the runway, taxiway, gate or stand, and terminal – the complete package an airline needs for a flight. This analysis considers the maximum capacity of the runway(s), aircraft parking positions and terminal capacity, but also factors in airspace limitations and environmental restrictions. But why are slots necessary?

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Airlines Airline Runway Stability 254

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Airport information, such as the length of the runway and the approach lighting pattern. FAA charts also add an airport diagram section showing the runway layout and lighting information. Airport/Runway Information Box This section first provides basic information about the approach. Approach minima. Hazards in the area.

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Approach Descent Runway Final Approach 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In March 1939, a new owner, Alhambra resident Warren Knox Layne, added a tailwheel to better operate from paved runways as opposed to the original tail skid. In February 1938, owner William Fred Linne of North Hollywood reported making repairs to the aircraft and recovering the fabric on the controls.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes 111

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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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 14, 2024

Sure enough, when the aircraft approached runway 17, the pilots didn’t have the runway in sight, so the first officer called for a go around. Once the situation stabilized, the pilots first entered a holding pattern, and then made the decision to return to Honolulu, where the plane landed just under 85 minutes after it first departed.

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Thrust Pilot Weather Runway 123

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

As the propeller spins, it creates a spiral pattern of airflow that wraps around the fuselage and strikes the left side of the vertical stabilizer (rudder). The same way you would counteract any of the other left turning tendencies By applying right rudder pressure to keep the nose aligned with the runway.

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

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. Why It Happens: Nervousness and lack of trust in the aircrafts stability. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit.

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

In the traffic pattern, youll need to ensure that you maintain a course in relation to the runway. In the traffic pattern, this is the runway. Tips Stability First: Ensure the aircrafts stability and trim are set before entering the maneuver. The shallowest bank is required as you face directly into the wind.

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Crosswind Airplanes Aileron Rudder 52

Ask Captain Lim

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

One possible consideration is whether the captain could have declined the last-minute runway change from the original plan to land on Runway 1. The pilot-in-command has ultimate authority over the aircraft’s safety and can refuse a runway change if it compromises safety.

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Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control AGL 59

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

NACA laboratories had an interest in B-47A NACA 150; Langley Memorial Laboratory wished to study the impact of aeroelasticity upon structural loads and Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, the impact of aeroelasticity upon dynamic stability. Operation of the aircraft from either Center was not practical because of runway length.

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Stability Airplanes Airfoil Pilot 98

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

These forces must work in harmony to maintain flight stability. Proper use of the throttle , maintaining alignment with the runway, and achieving the correct airspeed are essential steps. It requires managing descent rates, aligning with the runway, and controlling speed for a smooth touchdown.

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Weather Pilot Drag Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. centimeters) for greater longitudinal stability, and the cabin could now accommodate between 7694 passengers and crew compared to the L-749A’s 4763 occupants.

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Tail Stability Pilot Hangar 116

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. The pilot is not to descend below these altitudes until they can see the runway lights. View of GPS track when viewed from landing runway (NTSB) At about 1.25 miles from the runway and left of the runway centre-line, the Mooney struck high-voltage power lines.

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Approach Runway Descent Air Traffic Control 97

Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Some complain the view of the airport is blocked during the base to final turn in a high wing and this is true, but I haven’t experienced a runway moving during this turn. By incorporating more dihedral, the longitudinal stability can be increased to match that exhibited by the high wingers.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). If you choose to fly a Circle-to Land approach to a runway without a VASI or PAPI, you are greatly increasing your vertical flight error path (possibility/probability). How is this determined without vertical guidance? No later than).

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

At about 50 meters (165 feet) above the ground, the pilot turned left, planning to fly over the grass runway as the start of his routing. Reducing the lift and decreasing the torque effect helped to stabilize the helicopter. They crashed into a field east of the runway, breaking the skids off.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 111

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Old Prop Strike A friend of mine had the misfortune to suffer a prop strike, one of those aw-shucks moments when the plane was allowed to stray off the runway and chew up a frangible runway light. As far as steep turns go, practice makes perfect, taking care to stabilize on the proper attitude.

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Stability Annual Inspection Crosswind Runway 88

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls. Older jets without winglets or shorter wingspans are much faster in roll and lack some stability in bank. There was no inherent stability. The spectacular BBJ-700 by PMDG was abused for this demo.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

It shows the helicopter flying normally, aligned to the runway, and then begin a gentle climb. The pilot told the airport tower controller that he may need the runway. The controller asked the pilot to report when two miles out and to expect runway 28. It rotated several times before crashing into the grass north of runway 28.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. Some new student pilots think the rudder and vertical stabilizer are the same thing. The vertical stabilizer is a vertical fixed part of the plane’s empennage. Why is the rudder so important?

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 23, 2024

83393 towards runway 36 at the Naval Proving Grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Gilbert arrived at runway 36 and after receiving permission for take-off, he pushed the throttle smoothly forward and the Helldiver began roaring down the runway. Gilbert, with RM3 (Radioman third class) Edward J. NARA photo) As Lt.

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Cockpit Runway Drag Pilot 130

Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

The provision of stabilizer floats at the ends of each wing, which could be retracted for streamlined flight, added to the design’s efficiency. The last of 33 PBY-4 variants to be rolled out was fitted with amphibious landing gear for the first time, to increase the type’s versatility and enable it to operate from land-based runways.

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Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Clearance 286

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sure, there are the removable wings and an unusual-for-an-RV stabilator out back for pitch control, but there’s nothing revolutionary in the concepts or execution. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance. The RV-12 is, of course, all metal.

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

A bounced landing is a condition where the aircraft lands on the runway, but instead of rolling on the surface after touchdown, it rebounds/bounces off the ground. This can happen for several reasons: Landing Too Fast At high speeds, your aircraft may be unable to slow down enough before touching down on the runway.

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Descent Runway Rudder Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

You can only begin improving the touchdown if you’ve mastered positioning your aircraft above the runway threshold correctly. The easiest way to achieve this is by flying a stabilized approach. So, what is a stabilized approach? This lets you set the distance between the aircraft and the runway on the downwind leg.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Managing these elements requires continuous adjustments by the pilot to maintain stability and control. Anti-torque pedals manage the tail rotor’s thrust, countering the main rotor’s torque to maintain directional control and stability. Unlike airplanes, they can hover, move sideways, and land without a runway.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

On a standard day, with a full load and at sea level, the Cessna 172 can take off in roughly 1,500 feet of runway. It balances speed with stability and control. Takeoff and Climb Performance The Cessna 172 Skyhawks takeoff and climb performance is a key metric to consider when evaluating its overall performance.

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Knot General Aviation Weather Gross Weight 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. This allows them to safely operate into and out of these tight runways. You’re not alone.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Flight Training Central

MARCH 29, 2024

What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect? Inability to climb Increase in stability Decrease in thrust required to maintain flight Correct! Aileron down on the upwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron up on the downwind wing Correct!

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Aileron Crosswind Ground Effect Thrust 52