Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Learn the basic structure of an airplane while in flight school at Leopard Aviation. From the navigation display to the wing structure, understanding all segments of an airplane is crucial in the aviation industry. This long, metal tube connects all the main components of an airplane.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

On this day in aviation history, December 15, 1948, the small, white, tailless airplane rose from the Rogers Dry Lakebed into the desert skies of California. The X-4 had no horizontal stabilizer in order to avoid interaction of shockwaves between the wings but had a vertical stabilizer and rudder.

Stability

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ice can affect everything from how the airplane flies to the engines staying functional. It usually happens when you’re flying through freezing rain, where raindrops spread out and freeze upon hitting the cold surface of your airplane. If ice starts building up on your aircraft, you’re looking at a serious problem.

Pitot Tube

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Unable to turn, climb, or descend the aircraft using conventional flight control inputs and effectively left to fly an unflyable airplane, the crew were forced to rely on engine power alone to find and reach a suitable airfield and attempt a landing. With 296 passengers and crew onboard that day, the stakes could not have been higher.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4.

True Airspeed

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

If you’ve ever been on a flight and felt the airplane swaying side to side, you might’ve experienced a taste of what’s known as a Dutch roll. Learning about the Dutch roll can make your next flight feel a little more grounded, even when the airplane isn’t. How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability.

Stability

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

A power-on stall occurs when the airplane’s nose rises too high, and the angle of attack becomes too steep, disrupting the airflow over the wings. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. They might feel scary at first, especially on your stomach.

Stability

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Confirm the gauges reflect full power and feel the airplane quiver in anticipation. Can an airplane feel excitement? FLYING Magazine flew the Aviat Husky thanks to one mans desire to build and sell a serious utility backcountry airplane. He wanted to expand his companys offerings by selling a backcountry airplane.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. We had eight airplanes partially built so they had to be taken out too.

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

Airplanes