Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The Ercoupe design featured an interconnect between the full-span ailerons, rudder, and steerable nosewheel. In a crosswind, you fly an Ercoupe down the runway with whatever crab angle you need to track the centerline and let the gear figure it out upon touchdown. Push and pull for pitch. The ERCO Ercoupe was an immediate success.

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

We want to clear that 200-foot pine tree off the end of the runway by going up, not moving rapidly toward it, so flying at V X , found close to stalling speed but still well away from it, is our best option. Putting your right foot on the rudder pedal and neutralizing the ailerons cancels the drag and the VS1 goes up a little more.

Descent

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. On my relatively high powered Vans RV-9A , flaps are not a critical item, unless the runway is short. Flight controls and engine controls are the obvious ones.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 26, 2025

You will still have full aileron control by moving your arm side to side, and you’ll have brakes too.” Gillespie traffic, Jabiru 570BL departing Runway 14, Gillespie,” I announced on frequency. With more of a “mush” than a stall, I moved the ailerons to the left and right and still had complete control.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 23, 2025

Inbound from the south, the single-engine, retractable-gear Beechcraft entered an uneventful downwind leg for Runway 26. The Bonanza lay crumpled up in an empty lot just 2,400 feet from the approach end of the runway. The pilot continued the turn to final but overshot the extended runway centerline. It’s just above stall speed.

True Airspeed

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Your instructor will introduce you to the basic components of the aircraft, including the fuselage, wings, ailerons, rudder, elevator, and landing gear. In addition to learning about the aircraft itself, you will also review airport procedures, runway markings, and basic safety guidelines.

Aileron

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. Ailerons, located on the wings, control the plane’s roll. Elevators, found on the tail, manage its pitch, or up-and-down motion.

Aileron

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Use ailerons and rudder together to maintain coordinated flight. Pilots glide from a point abeam the runway, turning 180° to land on a specific spot without throttle. Confirm glide distance, then prepare for the base turn once aligned, using visual references to ensure you’ll reach the runway. What is a power-off 180 maneuver?

Pilot

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lets break down the main control surfaces and how they use action-reaction: Ailerons Ailerons are flaps placed on the wings trailing edges. They work in opposite pairs: when one aileron goes up, the other goes down. The raised aileron on the right wing deflects airflow upward ( action ).

Torque

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Landing the 727 at Meigs Field would be a challenge, as the runway there was just 3,900-feet (1,200 m), but the airline had a capable crew to take N7017U on its final flight, with Captain B.C. After a low pass for the public and the press that had gathered to watch, Captain Thomas made the approach on runway 36 north.

Cockpit

Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

Only one aileron and one wing spoiler were operating. The crew was able to descend to runway 25L when the rate of descent increased to 4,000 feet per minute.

Aileron

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. At least the Cherokee gave the pilot a better view of the runway from the patternno wing in the wayand lacked the high-wing Cessnas pitch change with flap deployment.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

He then taxied to the runway and experienced an extended ground delay with the engine running at idle engine power settings. The airplane then descended back to the runway and bounced before lifting off nose-high again toward the end of the runway. The right aileron sustained substantial damage.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Example of a Proper Radio Call: Minneapolis Ground, Cessna 172, N12345 at Inflight Aviation, ready to taxi to Runway 12 for departure. Forgetting to apply rudder and aileron corrections simultaneously. When unsure, ask ATC to repeat or clarify instructions instead of guessing. Feeling overwhelmed during short final and flare.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

On the landing approach, Saari, tightened the strap on his goggles, opened the cockpit, and stuck his head into the slipstream to see the runway, setting the Thunderbolt down safely and rolling to a stop. Saari had no forward visibility, and flew on instruments for the 50-minute flight home.

Tail

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

On the walkaround, you doubtlessly noted the full-span flaperons (flaps plus ailerons as one unit). So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance. Right until liftoff, takeoffs are fairly uneventful. It’s common to overcontrol for the first few minutes.

Airplanes

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Proper pitch, power management, and alignment with the runway are emphasized. Techniques like the crab method or wing-low method help maintain runway alignment and control. Short and Soft Field Operations: Flying into airports with short or unpaved runways calls for precise speed control and power management.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

JULY 22, 2025

Well, it was a combination of just doing it and learning to use my peripheral vision to judge my relative location on the runway and height above the ground,” I replied. It was a far cry from the sharp and snappier aileron movements I was used to. Just keep it in the center of the runway.” asked Finkbeiner. Thanks,” I replied.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

READ MORE: We Fly: Skyryse One In the event of engine failure, Smart Glide picks the optimum airport for conditions, holds best glide speed, and brings the airplane overhead. Preflight is conventional and gives one an opportunity to look at the excellent fit and finish of the airframe.

Rudder

Pilot Institute

MAY 8, 2025

Instead of rolling on wheels, the aircrafts underside makes direct contact with the runway. Depending on your options, you may be forced to land on a runway, a field, or even water. Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Runway debris can damage landing gear mechanisms during takeoff or landing. Thats why its called a belly landing.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

In the traffic pattern, youll need to ensure that you maintain a course in relation to the runway. In the traffic pattern, this is the runway. Use coordinated aileron and rudder pressures to swiftly, but not excessively, angle into this turn. Uncoordinated use of aileron and rudder, leading to slips or skids.

Crosswind

Flying Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

Ailerons are actuated by pushrods that run through the wing struts, reducing aerodynamic drag and giving the responsive ailerons a solid feel. The pushrod ailerons are solid and quick, and nicely harmonized with the elevator and rudder. As would be expected, there is adverse aileron yaw, but much less than we anticipated.

Gross Weight

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

Wings also include movable surfaces like ailerons (used to roll the plane left or right) and flaps (used to increase lift at lower speeds, especially during takeoff and landing). Whether it’s rolling down a runway or taxiing to a parking space, the landing gear absorbs impact and supports the aircrafts weight.

Lift

AV Web

DECEMBER 22, 2024

I did not fly through tropical storms, hurricanes, or blizzards; the only inversions I have experienced were voluntary aileron rolls or the occasional intentional spin. Many runways in various states have felt the wrath of my main gear tires as they smote a mighty blow on their surfaces.

Airplanes

AV Web

MAY 20, 2025

The base had switched runways from Runway 35 to Runway 17, so that when I came back into the base I was approaching the traffic pattern from the north. But I somehow had it fixed in my mind that I was approaching from the south, to Runway 35. Never mind the instruments that showed me flying south. All I saw was blackness.

Runway

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Student pilots get a free pass, because theyre adorable skittering off runways in Loss of Directional Control (LODC) events that vex the best among us. During the second landing attempt, NTSB notes, the airplane touched down and bouncedmultiple times as it continued down the runway and subsequently nosed over. Sorta the Wrong Runway?

Pilot

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Michael Derrer Fuchs / Shutterstock Once the pushback is complete and the engines are running, the crew will contact ATC again for taxi clearance, effectively asking the tower for the route they are required to follow and which taxiways to use to reach the active runway.

Cabin Crew

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

What is the purpose of the runway/runway hold position sign? Denotes intersecting runways. Denotes area protected for an aircraft approaching or departing a runway. Denotes entrance to runway from a taxiway. Aileron up on the downwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron down on the upwind wing Correct!

Density Altitude

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

We started up the engine, got the weather, asked the tower for our instrument flight plan, and began to taxi from the T-hangars on the east side of the field down the familiar route of “Hotel, Echo” to runway 18 right for a departure to the north with a turn to the east. Destin Tower told me to expect a right base for a landing on Runway 12.

Aileron

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. A very brief 2022 season for the ice runway eliminated opportunities to return that year. I pointed to the ice runway as we cleared terrain hiding it. There it is!"

Runway

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

He then taxied to the runway and experienced an extended ground delay with the engine running at idle engine power settings. The airplane then descended back to the runway and bounced before lifting off nose-high again toward the end of the runway. The right aileron sustained substantial damage.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

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 off to the other runway for a full stop.

Pitot Tube

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The worst time to find out how the plane handles fully loaded is when it has a full complement of your loved ones, the air is gusty, the runway is short, you’re feeling only kind of OK, and stress factors are starting to get out of hand. Every now and again, planes go off the side of the runway. Why might that be? Hopefully not.

Crosswind

Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If ailerons affect the longitudinal axis of the plane, then how do they turn the plane? Ailerons control the roll of the plane by turning around its longitudinal axis. Ailerons (“little wings” in French) are like smaller wings attached to the trailing edges of the main wings. Mostly affects runways found next to bodies of water.

Longitudinal Axis

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. I announced our departure intentions, receiving well wishes from the airport attendant who had come out to admire the plane, and Wilkins once again pointed us down the runway and into the blue sky.

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Although it is sort of heavy on the ailerons,” Storo said. At that point, you’re simply looking down the runway, and then it lifts off. You just make one great big U-turn, that way you can kind of watch the runway the whole time. “The first flight was kind of interesting.

Crosswind

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls. XP12’ has great instant replays from the runway environment to showcase your landings.

Crosswind