Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

propellers) or thrust (i.e., Weight-Shift Control Weight-shift control is a category of powered aircraft, such as an ultralight trike, with a pivoting wing and fuselage that is only controllable in pitch and roll through the change of the center of gravity (i.e., Airliner) Category D: Between 141 knots and 165 knots.

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Weight-Shift-Control Knot Approach Lift 96

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

The requirement applies to private, commercial, and airline transport pilots, as well as flight engineers and navigators who fly internationally. While not a ticket to an airline job right away, a CPL allows you to earn money as a skydiving, photography, or pipeline patrol pilot among other entry-level aviation jobs. What does it take?

Pilot 86

Pilot Weight-Shift-Control Lift Airplanes 86

Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

The Weather Vane It mostly comes from the vertical stabilizer (fin) and the sides of the fuselage behind the center of gravity. The reflexed shape of the airfoil usually causes a positive (nose-up) pitching moment coefficient at its aerodynamic center. This also means resisting unwanted side-to-side nose movements.

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Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

From simple mechanical linkages in small aircraft to high-tech fly-by-wire systems in airliners, ailerons have evolved with aviation itself. You might be surprised to learn that tiny four-seater Cessna 172s and 140-passenger Boeing 707 airliners both use simple cables for moving the ailerons and elevators! What Is Aileron Trim?

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Pilot Institute

JUNE 2, 2025

Airliners may take a couple of minutes for a single oscillation. In 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123s tail section blew out from explosive decompression, cutting all the aircrafts hydraulic lines. This disabled all flight controls, leaving the crew to maneuver the aircraft with engine thrust only.

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Stability Tail Pilot Descent 52

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Airlines of all flags have shared woes recently. Business aircraft operate like quasi-airlines, blazing creative trails to folly. In a cacophony of thrust reversers and maximum braking, the Falcon overran the end of the runway onto a gravel pad where the landing gear collapsed. Thats FA tenacity.

Pilot 52

Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52