Aileron Hangar Jet 
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
When the aircraft encounters a vortex and its strong enough to induce roll, the pilot counters it by using the ailerons against the roll and tries to fly out of the wake as soon as possible. If the aircrafts wingspan is long enough, its ailerons will extend beyond the vortex diameter, and counter control would still be possible.
Vintage Aviation News
MARCH 5, 2025
Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. “We were able to trade the oil coolers and exhausts to Chuck Whal for non-airworthy parts and ailerons.” Serendipitous Happenings It is now been 17 years since 92460 came in from the cold. ” Corvino continued.
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Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
The rich can dream of jets and warbirds. 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. The rest of us fantasize about swinging a Piper Cherokee. Eventually that partner wanted to sell and Widell found Brian Bishop.
Plane and Pilot
MARCH 2, 2025
Its owned by Lee Smith, 69, who keeps it hangared at Long Island Airpark (NC26), in North Carolina. The Robin has a placard that reads: Rudder in fully opposed direction; Elevator control pulled fully back; Ailerons in neutral position. and has, in fact, owned Six Zero Zulu twice.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 6, 2025
Adam Estes) As the 1980s approached, the aircraft itself was nearly 40 years old at a time when business jets became more affordable for companies such as Union 76 to purchase or charter for their purposes. Douglas DC-3 N760 “Spirit of Seventy Six” at the Flight Path Museum and Learning Center, Los Angeles International Airport.
Air Facts
MAY 24, 2024
Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. Pointing my thumb into the wind to get my ailerons around I counted one…two…three, and still, no upwind main touching down. At that point, I decided to go around.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Out in the practice area, I did some of my favorite beyond-ACS but still normal category exercises—alternating steep turns with full aileron deflection, extended low speed flight, and Dutch rolls to 45-degree bank each way, again with full aileron deflection. Then the CFI gave me a few unusual attitudes, and all was well.
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