Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Contemporary postcard showing Louis Bleriot flying the Bleriot VIII, a forerunner to the Bleriot XI (Wikimedia Commons) By 1908, Blriot developed the Blriot VIII, the first airplane to combine a hand-operated joystick for the aircraft’s pitch and roll axis and foot-operated rudder controls for the yaw axis.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

On this day in aviation history, December 15, 1948, the small, white, tailless airplane rose from the Rogers Dry Lakebed into the desert skies of California. The X-4 had no horizontal stabilizer in order to avoid interaction of shockwaves between the wings but had a vertical stabilizer and rudder.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

BOOP , BOOP, boop," said the airplane as the propeller came to a stop. Scott started the airplane again for Ray. said the airplane again. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021.

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Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

PARE: Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite, Elevator forward. Flat spins are particularly hazardous because the level attitude and reduced airflow over the control surfaces make it difficult to regain control of the airplane. Rudder: Full opposite input to the spin direction. Ready to become a safer pilot?

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Center of Gravity Weight-Shift-Control Aileron Rudder 98

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Unable to turn, climb, or descend the aircraft using conventional flight control inputs and effectively left to fly an unflyable airplane, the crew were forced to rely on engine power alone to find and reach a suitable airfield and attempt a landing. With 296 passengers and crew onboard that day, the stakes could not have been higher.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 297

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Even during his student days, however, Albree was fascinated with airplanes, often to the detriment of his academic studies, and he began to build his own designs. 9” on its rudder. His fourth design under the Pigeon Hollow Company would go on to become the first fighter design taken under contract by the US military.

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Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 93

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The sole probable cause was the pilot’s ‘improper aerobatic maneuver…that exceeded the airplane’s design limits. The pilot died instantly.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 92

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. How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

A power-on stall occurs when the airplane’s nose rises too high, and the angle of attack becomes too steep, disrupting the airflow over the wings. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. This requires rudder input to maintain directional control.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Confirm the gauges reflect full power and feel the airplane quiver in anticipation. Can an airplane feel excitement? Now, release the brakes and feel yourself pressed into the seat as you discover less right rudder is needed than you expect. He wanted to expand his companys offerings by selling a backcountry airplane.

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Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Rudder 78

AV Web

DECEMBER 8, 2024

“The crews continuation of the flight with an unairworthy airplane directly contributed to the subsequent series of [Crew Advisory System] messages, which the crew mis-diagnosed during the climb, resulting in the in-flight upset and loss of airplane control,” the report said.

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Turbulence Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot Rudder 105

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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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

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. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes. General aviation is driven by myriad forces.

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