Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 29, 2025

For over ten years, the project has been underway, with museum volunteers having built a pair of wings to the same dimensions as the first set of wings on the original, and have built the fuselage, cockpit, and tail surfaces, along with the retractable skid rather than a wheel that Hughes had installed on the original H-1.

Cockpit 116

Cockpit Firewall Aileron Rudder 116

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

Depressions in the vertical stabilizer and rudder, as well as stabilator skins and ailerons, all help increase panel stiffness while allowing less under-skin structure. Even though the CFI immediately firewalled the throttle, a wingtip hit the ground and ended the flight. The student then closed the throttle.

Approach 73

Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 73

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. Left unchecked, the fire consumed most of the aircraft; just the tail and outboard wing sections survived the blaze.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. But you can see the change to separate ailerons and flaps is just one part of preparing the F2 to grow into a four-place airplanebuying aerodynamic benefits now to spend later on a heavier, more powerful model. Well see about that.

Rudder 98

Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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. The Mallard—it’s a trike—has a tail stinger because it otherwise falls on its tail when loading.” Pricing You would have to ask.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2025

The bulge in the back side of the firewall provides clearance for the oil tank. Forward of these controls are the rudder trim and aileron trim wheels. The wheel on the side adjusts aileron trim. image via AirCorps Aviation) The natural metal object seen here is the tail wheel axle in the retracted position.

Rudder 98

Rudder Cockpit Aileron Firewall 98