WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. Ever looked out the window before takeoff and wondered what exactly goes into making that aircraft stay in the air?

Lift 52

Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

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. So its been upgraded with a pair of Garmin G5 EFIS displays and a GTN 650 mated to a GTX 345 Mode S transponder.

Approach 76

Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 76

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Hearing no other traffic in the area, Wilkins opted for a relatively straight-in approach to Runway 22, once again dancing on the rudder pedals and wrestling the ailerons as the gusty winds threatened to shove us off the pavement. Images By Gary Figgins. The post White-Knuckle Affair appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98