Aileron Hangar Weather 
AV Web
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has responded to numerous requests from members for advice on how best to prepare an aircraft for surviving extreme weather, such as the hurricanes that are savaging the U.S. A lap belt secured to the control wheel can serve as a substitute for external aileron and elevator locks.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 6, 2025
However, the design of the museum building was not intended to accommodate the DC-3, and so the aircraft was left outdoors in Exposition Park, exposed to the local weather. Douglas DC-3-362 (c/n 3269, N760) marked ‘Spirit of Seventy Six’ on display at Exposition Park, Los Angeles, December 1991.
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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.
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. As we transitioned from Mobile to Pensacola Approach, I was able to grab the weather report at our final destination airport Destin Executive (KDTS).
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
Vendors set up to sell souvenirs and parts, and the new International Stearman Community Hangar hosts its own gift shop, historical library, and museum inside. The cadets in training would see the recall plane and know this was the signal to get back to base and on the ground, either for weather or other unknown reasons.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 20, 2025
But all of the lessons learned in combat were rolled into the redesigned P-47N, a long-range version that featured a new, longer-span wing with integral fuel storage, enlarged ailerons, a larger tail fillet, beefed-up landing gear and an upgraded engine. As winter of 1944 set in, the P-47s were crucial in keeping the Germans off balance.
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. The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks.
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