Vintage Aviation News

JULY 3, 2024

The aircraft’s wings and horizontal stabilizer required only minor repairs. The team installed new electrical systems and hoses, rebuilt the main landing gear and tail wheel, and recovered and painted the fuselage, wings, and flight surfaces to restore the aircraft’s original appearance.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Pilot 124

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. The tail was the most distinctive part of the Connie’s design. The prototype Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, N67900 over Burbank.

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Tail Stability Pilot Hangar 98

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. It shows that the aircraft had border stripes following the contours of its tail surfaces and wings, with a single stripe down the length of each side of the fuselage.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes 111

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The white light is located on the aircrafts tail and sometimes additionally on the wingtips, facing backward (aft). Logo Lights Logo lights are lights mounted on the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and point upward toward the vertical stabilizer, illuminating the airlines logo. These lights are not a legal requirement.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Runway Pilot 111

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The initial version had a “fastback” fuselage that lacked a rear window and a large, unswept vertical stabilizer. The most modern versions incorporate a rear window and swept tail. This example, built in 1960, combines the fastback of earlier models with the swept tail of later ones.

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Tail Stability Airplanes Pilot 74

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The initial design incorporated wing panels from the North American P-51 Mustang, the tail assembly of the Douglas A-24, and the landing gear from the Vought F4U Corsair. Engineers struggled to stabilize the aircraft’s center of mass, and the V-3420 engine often failed to deliver its expected power output.

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Tail Aileron Approach Stability 105

Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

The Cabri G2 comprises a shrouded tail rotor, usually referred to as a “Fenestron” (a registered trade mark of Eurocopter) that was proven to provide excellent maneuverability in every flight condition, in every direction of flight up to 40 kt at least. They crashed into a field east of the runway, breaking the skids off.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 107

Learn to Fly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter features vertical tail feathers and horizontal stabilators made from carbon fiber-reinforced bismaleimide composite. Composites can make up 50 to 90% of a rotorcrafts airframe by weight, including radomes, tail cones and large structural assemblies (Figure 6).

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Stability Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Cargo 73

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. The operator confirmed that the tail rotor had been installed the day before the accident. As it descended it spun around 2-3 times.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 89

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As a 1979 N-model this 172 incorporates the swept vertical stabilizer and rear cabin window, giving it the most modern look of any 172 variants. Custom-painted wheel pants and a sharp paint scheme add to the overall appearance and make it stand out from older, round-tail, fabric-covered taildraggers.

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Stability Tail Airplanes General Aviation 79

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability. The aircraft’s design influences its dynamic stability. To understand the aircraft’s response to a disturbance, you need to understand aerodynamic stability. There are two main types of stability: Static and Dynamic stability.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Renatas Repcinskas / Shutterstock Even if delivery schedules can be stabilized to meet airlines’ expectations in the future, it remains likely that they will still not have enough aircraft to sustain their desired growth. Only a couple of years ago, the scramble to get into the P2F market was rising unabated.

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Cargo Jet Airline Airlines 270

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

That is the story of the Bellanca Aries T-250, an efficient, T-tailed travel machine that rivaled the Beechcraft Bonanza and Piper Comanche in speed, load-carrying capacity, and elegant design. Their first design, the Anderson Greenwood AG-14, was a 90 hp, twin-tailed, two-seat pusher.

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Tail Airplanes Crosswind Stability 76

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane. Vital Components of a Plane in the Tail Assembly The primary function of the empennage or tail assembly of an airplane is to keep the aircraft stable despite the rotational energy of relative wind. What are the basic parts of this section?

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 68

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

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground. Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 65

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Flight Safety Foundation’s approach and landing accident reduction tool kit goes on to point out that an approach is stable only if all the criteria in company standard operating procedures (SOPs) are met before or when reaching the applicable minimum stabilization in height.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 28, 2024

Detail design began in 1941 but was delayed by including an “unsatisfactory” tailhook design and poor directional stability with only one engine operational, but the biggest delays came from the Navy asking Grumman to give priority to the development and production of the Hellcat. Navy Midway -class carriers.

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Payload Stability Tail Pilot 116

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 14, 2025

However, since Convair was also developing the XF-92 delta wing prototype for a future Air Force interceptor, the design team at Convair, led by Ernest Stout, proposed a new delta wing aircraft with retractable hydro-skis for takeoffs and landings, a watertight hull, and a single delta tail.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Drag Stability 96

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A flat spin happens when the center of gravity shifts too far aft (toward the tail), and the aircraft’s rotation becomes more horizontal. The problem is that the airflow from the propeller goes over the horizontal stabilizer, which produces a downward force (and causes the nose to pitch up).

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Center of Gravity Weight-Shift-Control Aileron Rudder 98

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Head on view of the Northrop X-4 Bantam (NASA) The X-4 was a research aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation to test the stability of semi-tailless wing designs at transonic speeds in excess of Mach 0.9. For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Then in 1956 Cessna moved the tail-wheel on the 170 to the nose and the resulting high wing 172, with well over 40,000 copies, became the best-selling civilian aircraft in history. By incorporating more dihedral, the longitudinal stability can be increased to match that exhibited by the high wingers. Why the success of high wings?

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With expander-tube brakes, it is difficult to brake sufficiently to pick up the tail. image via AirCorps Aviation) The transverse tube (highlighted by the red box) is where the horizontal stabilizer’s rear main spar tube passes through the fuselage.

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Firewall Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 105

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This version was equipped with modified flight controls based on lessons learned from the initial prototype, had a larger vertical stabilizer, and several other minor improvements. The large vertical tail completes the picture. Undeterred, Harlow and his merry band of students constructed a second prototype, the PJC-2.

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Airplanes Ceiling Stability Tail 74

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The horizontal stabilizer came from a wrecked F-104G. Navy Darryl’s hybrid F-104 was registered as N104RB and carried the Lockheed construction number of an F-104G.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Stability 124

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, this wasn’t the only unique thing about Cierva Twin; it was outstanding in its class for the following reasons – Coaxial Rotor System – This design eliminated the need for a tail rotor, reducing mechanical complexity and increasing lift efficiency. This allowed for more stability and control, especially in hover.

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Tail Drag Ceiling Cargo 52

Ask the Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

One small hazard might’ve been broken material striking the rear stabilizers. Worst case would’ve been the slat breaking apart further, or detaching completely, unlikely as that might be, but even this wouldn’t crash the plane, so long as the stabilizers or tail weren’t struck and badly damaged.

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Stability Lift Runway Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Speaking of its positive qualities, they felt the cockpit layout was descent, its ground handling was good, the controls were light, the roll rate was adequate, and control and stability was generally effective. However, the overall performance was still underwhelming. Elliot was able to make an emergency landing at Lambert Field.

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Gross Weight Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 98

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance. With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,400 pounds and a maximum gross weight that ensures stability, this aircraft is robust enough to handle a variety of flying conditions.

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 23, 2024

The tail section separated at the rear gunner’s position and was remarkably well preserved. The port outer wing was severed cleanly about three feet from the wing fold, with most of the rib structures and forgings seemingly undamaged, but who’s to say what an X-ray examination may have revealed.

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Cockpit Runway Drag Pilot 130

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Short-coupled with a large horizontal stabilizer, the aircraft was practically a staggered biplane. The twin tail booms, vertical stabilizers, engines, and forward fuselage were years away from being mounted. There is no room in the hangar to attach the Black Widow's wings outboard of the tail booms.

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Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The modifications included replacing the single fin and rudder with a twin-tail design to improve stability. Three prototypes designated 3MT5A were completed, followed by five more 3MT5 models in 1933.

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Weight-Shift-Control Aviation Technology Aileron Rudder 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Holding down the autopilot disconnect button allows you to maneuver past the ESP (electronic stability protection), and in this case, pitch up to a deck angle needed to induce preliminary stall buffeting. All versions come standard with a three-year, 1,000-hour spinner-to-tail warranty that rivals other new piston singles.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Gradually used to replace metals on parts of aircraft tails, wings, engines, cowlings, and parts of the fuselage, composites reduce overall aircraft weight and improve operational efficiency. The original PDF is available for download on NASA’s website.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Many aircraft have heated leading edges on the wings, tail, and propellers.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Expect to put down 20 to 25 percent of the purchase price as your demonstration of financial stability. You may lust after a vintage Beech Staggerwing , but a radial-engine tail-wheel airplane with unique quirks will need to be approached with a careful transition.

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Airplanes Knot Tail Annual Inspection 52