Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. I could turn tail, but things were not much better back further west. Several times I’ve landed smoothly in a strong crosswind, then had trouble keeping the airplane on the runway. I approach using the wing low method in a crosswind.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Then design an airplane and purchase one of the great names in aviation history to produce it. The story begins in 1947 when Anderson and Greenwood formed a company to design and produce inexpensive and innovative airplanes. Their first design, the Anderson Greenwood AG-14, was a 90 hp, twin-tailed, two-seat pusher.

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Tail Airplanes Crosswind Knot 98

Plane and Pilot

JULY 9, 2024

The unique H-tail reduces the left-turning tendencies during takeoff while also minimizing the weathervaning effect prevalent in crosswinds. While the original Ercoupes lacked a rudder and rudder pedals entirely, this example has had them installed as an aftermarket kit, making the airplane a bit more familiar for newcomers to fly.

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Rudder Airplanes Crosswind Tail 92

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

From misjudging the flare to battling crosswinds, these mistakes can challenge pilots of all experience levels. 1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway.

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Air Facts

JUNE 6, 2025

With its sleek, cantilever wing and raked tail, it seemed like a step up from the more pedestrian Skyhawk. The ink was barely dry on my newly earned Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license, and I had zero experience on that particular airplane. The airplane came to rest at what looked like walking speed. I was not that man.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. If youre flying an airplane with a short wingspan, you should do everything you can to avoid severe wake turbulence. Crosswinds can push the downwind vortex into your approach path.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. And on short final at Knoxville, I got chirps from a flock of unrecognized electronic birds, telling me something but not in airplane-speak.

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Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. The yaw of the airplane rotates around its vertical axis. The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. Where is the rudder? Now we’ve rotated and in the air.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Photographic Logbook

MAY 19, 2025

While I have done flight reviews in my airplane and demonstrated stalls, steep turns, and other basic maneuvers for various flight instructors over the years, my preference is to seek out new experiences, gain skills, learn from different instructors, and fly other aircraft types instead. Despite the crosswind, take-off was perfunctory.

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Rudder Crosswind Airplanes Runway 60

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

The aircraft had to land into a 15-knot crosswind, and the plane landed at a speed of 115 mph, well below the standard landing speed of between 150-175 mph. (Historic Chicago) On September 28, 1992, the Boeing 727 took off from Chicagos OHare International Airport on the short flight to Meigs. of airmail in an enclosed cabin.

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Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 2, 2024

2 Headset Airplanes are noisy. Aviation Weather Handbook ($49.95) FAR/AIM ($19.95) Airplane Flying Handbook ($17.95) Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowlege ($17.95) #4 Fuel Tester One of the many pre-flight tasks pilots perform on aircraft involves fuel, and it’s not just confirming you have enough for your flight and required reserve.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. And on short final at Knoxville, I got chirps from a flock of unrecognized electronic birds, telling me something but not in airplane-speak.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

A faster, reduced-flaps approach improves aircraft control during strong crosswinds or gusts. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. It’s okay if you’re pushed off the center by crosswinds as long as you recover. Check out How to Perfect Your Airplane Landings.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Or how do modern airplanes reduce dangerous effects like aileron flutter or adverse yaw? Unstable aircraft designs are better suited for high-maneuverability aircraft like aerobatic stunt airplanes or military fighters. Most of the ailerons mass lies behind the hinge, making it tail-heavy.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Ed and I staged our airplanes on the ramp that morning while Gilead took on avgas for the club's Bold Warrior. But when the virtual airplane depicted on ForeFlight's moving map entered the red tinted virtual space of the FRZ, a kind of cognitive dissonance occurred. But if they do, it will make for an unprecedented photo opportunity.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Application of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation When we talk about airplanes, we focus primarily on two forces: Lift (how the aircraft stays aloft). So, an airplane with a propeller or jet doesnt need to push on stationary air molecules in the atmosphere; it simply grabs and throws whichever air molecules are available backward.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Landing an airplane is not easy, even for experienced pilots. In this article, we’ll cover all you need to know to confidently master crosswind landings. Key Takeaways Manage crosswind landing challenges using the crab and sideslip techniques. Plan for crosswind conditions with step-by-step procedures.

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Air Facts

APRIL 21, 2025

However, the tail went that way, and the nose headed for the trees on the left and things got interesting quickly. I learned right there that a side slope acts like a crosswind, and the tail goes with the slope and the nose points to the hill. It was already on the ground, even though the airplane was pointing down.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

All of which makes picking 10 airplanes for your fly-before-you-die list more than just a bit subjective. Meanwhile, Marc Cook, Plane & Pilot editor in chief, has 43 years in the left seat and had the good fortune to work a decade for AOPA and fly a bunch of interesting airplanes. T-6’s performat EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Thaws, rain, snow, and strong crosswinds can temporarily close the airport. I urged all participants to be airborne by 7:00 am if we were to have any chance of securing limited airplane parking spots on the ice of Alton Bay. Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Mens Epic Duel to Rule the World; by Alexander Rose. It seems obvious now that airplanes would win out over airships, but as Rose describes in this excellent book, it was hardly a foregone conclusion. Is that crosswind too strong? Can I get on top of those clouds?that

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

About halfway to our destination, with the airplane trimmed out nicely for cruise, I had Diane again at the controls, but with a bit more instruction. I chose runway 14 (the UGN crosswind runway) and the crash and resuce vehicles moved onto the adjacent taxiway. Something about declaring an emergency just cuts through any ATC issues.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

If you’ve ever been on a flight and felt the airplane swaying side to side, you might’ve experienced a taste of what’s known as a Dutch roll. Learning about the Dutch roll can make your next flight feel a little more grounded, even when the airplane isn’t. It may feel alarming if you’re not sure what’s happening.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

We live at an airpark, and the airplanes are steps from my kitchen. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. A cruise climb as I make my crosswind turn, then downwind, more radio calls on the way. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Confirm the gauges reflect full power and feel the airplane quiver in anticipation. Can an airplane feel excitement? FLYING Magazine flew the Aviat Husky thanks to one mans desire to build and sell a serious utility backcountry airplane. He wanted to expand his companys offerings by selling a backcountry airplane.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. We had eight airplanes partially built so they had to be taken out too.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 19, 2024

The weather was excellent, although too much of a blustery crosswind for the Edwardians. By Nigel Hitchman On June 2nd another excellent airshow took place at the Shuttleworth collection, this time the theme was military aircraft, though a few civilian aircraft were displayed.

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AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

While hover taxing on the taxiway, NTSB reports, a Cessna airplane taxied onto the same taxiway. It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. The captain took control and applied aft stick pressure to return the airplane to a normal descent pitch attitude to prevent an overspeed.

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World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

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