Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2025

The horizontal stabilizer structure adjacent to the elevator position where the counterweight plug would have been installed displayed dents and paint scrapes consistent with contact with the counterweight plug. Photos of the horizontal stabilizer structure adjacent to the left elevator counterweight plug show a dented washer and scrapes.

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Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Airplanes 122

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 29, 2025

This wing configuration also contributed to improved aerodynamic efficiency and stability. Lindbergh in the cockpit of a Vought F4U-1 Corsair, Green Islands, Solomon Sea, May 1944. Navy and Marine Corps, and it became one of the most successful carrier-based fighters of the conflict.

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

. “The G5000 PRIME avionics suite is completely optimized for crewed operations and includes deeper systems integration, and advanced automation and connectivity features that will reduce crew workload and streamline workflow in the cockpit,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin vice president of aviation sales, marketing, programs and support.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

(image via AirCorps Aviation) The larger, freshly painted parts shown here include the brake cylinders (lower left center), brake pedals above them, the vertical stabilizer fairing on the near right center, and the horizontal stabilizers center tube on the far right. The empennage’s framework has been fitted to the fuselage.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 9, 2025

But the reality is that, aside from the bronze green cockpit, wartime B-17s had bare metal interiors. Built by Gerad Blume, who does the project’s woodwork and graphic design, this cockpit door was recreated strictly according to the original blueprints. How many surviving examples today have green interiors? Almost all.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

Image courtesy of Lucas Ryan Cockpit and Nose Section Progress One of the primary areas of focus since the last update has been the aircrafts nose section. Meanwhile, inside the cockpit, Mike and Chris have been working to reinstall control pulleys that route cables for the aircrafts control surfaces and engine systems.

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Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

A large portion of the tail, including most of the vertical stabilizer and the entire horizontal stabilizer, also broke away from the aircraft. However, the pilots could not use the flight deck door, and they were forced to use the escape hatch on the cockpit ceiling which was now positioned towards the ground.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. With this type of aircraft, the functions of longitudinal stability and control are incorporated into the main wing. A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2025

One of the vertical stabilizers from Maid of Athens, still in her Morrison-Knudsen colors. Various components are temporarily placed in the cockpit of Maid of Athens. On a road trip to the New England Air Museum in 2023, we were joking about dream projects, Blume recalled. Eric said hed love to restore a B-24. The yoke is on loan.

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WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

These include: Fuselage Wings Cockpit Engine Propeller (in some aircraft) Tail Assembly (Empennage) Landing Gear Understanding how these parts interact is essential to grasping the basics of aerodynamicsand its one of the first steps in becoming a safe and informed pilot. These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

Despite its small size, it was equipped with two cockpits and had maximum takeoff weights of 5,700 to 7,000 pounds, depending on whether it was expected to transition to forward flight outside or within ground effect. Courtesy: Jason McDowell] Unfortunately, a lack of stability hampered the Avrocars progress.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2024

(image via AirCorps Aviation) Over the past few months, most of the work on the AT-10 involved the cockpit section, the main fuselage, and the vertical fin. Indeed a major milestone saw the cockpit section mounted to the main fuselage! image via AirCorps Aviation) The cockpit section as it looked following painting prep.

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Rudder Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 111

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The restoration team removed, refurbished (or remade) and reinstalled each component from the original vertical stabilizer, one-at-a-time, so everything stayed in alignment, negating the need for a fixture. AirCorps Aviation’s CAD department has produced a rendering of the AT-10’s horizontal stabilizer.

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Professional Pilot

MARCH 14, 2025

PRESS RELEASE P rogressive, Proven, Professional: A completely new cockpit, innovative safety functions such as Autoland, Smart Glide and Electronic Stability, plus a new interior finishes and color schemes. Exterior visibility has been improved by removing the Direct Vision cockpit window frame.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Note the radome above the cockpit.

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Ask Captain Lim

JUNE 1, 2025

Airlines encourage passengers with medical training to identify themselves to the crew, as their assistance can be invaluable in stabilizing a patient before landing. Finally, communication between the cockpit, cabin crew, and ground support is important. Another key aspect is the availability of advanced medical kits on the plane.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Larger DSLR cameras and lenses can be bulky and heavy, which makes them more distracting and more difficult to mount in the cockpit. Zoom capability The ability to zoom in on a particular area of the cockpit can create more dynamic lesson footage. Stability Image stabilization makes all the difference for a smooth, clear picture.

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Stability Cockpit Airplanes Ceiling 98

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. Army Air Corps fighter with all-metal construction, retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. The Spitfire Mk.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

While some wreckage was recovered within days, it took nearly two years to retrieve the flight and cockpit voice recorders from the ocean floor. First, confirm there are VFR conditions below the deck, and second, establish the airplane in a stabilized pitch, power, and trimmed condition before entering the clouds.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 2, 2025

Competitive Salary and Benefits Financial stability is a critical factor in any career change, and aviation delivers a compelling proposition. Imagine swapping a computer screen for a cockpit window, where youre greeted by breathtaking vistas of mountains, coastlines, and city lights thousands of feet below.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The weapon was guided by the launch aircraft through the manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) method, with the pilot tracking the flight of the missile via two bright flares on the weapon’s tail and making corrections using a small joystick in the cockpit.] Each Thud is loaded with a pair of AGM-12C Bullpup B air-to-ground missiles.

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Pilot Cockpit Knot Stability 105

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

Keeping with the American theme, Wichita, Kansas-produced Garmin G3X Touch instrument packages come standard for the front and rear cockpits. As I climbed into the aft pilots seat, I was immediately impressed by the minimalistic, clean cockpit and the fit. Philipp moved here to the U.S.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Not Studying Enough Outside of Flight Lessons The Mistake: Many student pilots believe that learning to fly is all about time in the cockpit, neglecting the equally important ground school and self-study. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

As the propeller spins, it creates a spiral pattern of airflow that wraps around the fuselage and strikes the left side of the vertical stabilizer (rudder). Since most aircraft have clockwise-spinning propellers (as seen from the cockpit), this means a pitch-up change causes a force that yaws the airplane to the left.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Designated NT-33A, the T-Bird was used to study flying qualities, cockpit displays, control sticks, and flight control design of many, widely varied aircraft from the X-15 to the F-22 as it could be programmed to simulate the flight of a completely different aircraft by giving the flight controls the artificial feel of the selected aircraft.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Langewiesche provides one of the clearest expositions of aerodynamics and flight control, breaking down concepts like angle of attack, lift, stability, and stalls. Ganns narratives put readers in the cockpit, illustrating the many variables that early commercial pilots had to manage.

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Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

In addition to instructing him on proper throttle management, I tried using my left hand as a brake on the throttles in the rear cockpit to resist his large, sudden inputs. At pattern altitude, I leveled off, and our airspeed stabilized at 300 KIAS. I once had a T-38 student pilot who was constantly moving the throttles.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Cockpit Layout and Avionics The cockpit of the Piper Seminole is designed for ease of use and accessibility, with flight instruments arranged for quick scanning. Full flaps provide maximum lift and stability, allowing the aircraft to fly slower without stalling. This is a critical step when learning how to land a Piper Seminole.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Because the aircraft would be hanging from the structure of the Transportation Gallerys balcony, the left wing was removed from the aircraft, with only the right wing brought inside for reattachment, along with the tail stabilizers and the engines. On the nose of the cockpit section, the aircraft also bears the name of Captain William R.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Cockpit and Flight Characteristics The Piper Seneca has a larger cockpit , offering more space for passengers and cargo, and is equipped with more complex avionics and systems. On the other hand, the Piper Seminole is known for its simpler cockpit design, with less complex avionics. Which aircraft is better for pilot training?

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2025

Langley was particularly focused on structural loads, while Ames concentrated on dynamic stability. The door to the cockpit area is open, showing a view of the ladder that folds down to be used by the pilots to enter and leave the area. NASA Photo

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

With its distinctive three-engine configuration, the aircraft was known for its stability and safety, quickly becoming a favorite for airlines of the time. Note the open cockpit. As a pioneer of passenger aviation, the Ford Tri-Motor introduced a new era of transportation that connected cities and nations like never before.

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Stability Cockpit Airlines Airline 98

AV Web

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Synchronizing available information from the Black Hawks flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) is ongoing, as is the effort to transcribe audio from the cockpit voice recorders from both aircraft.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Combining the data shown on your cockpit instruments helps you make better judgments. One example is Indicated Airspeed (IAS), which is the airspeed you read directly from cockpit instruments. Using the VSI and Altimeter for Stability The vertical speed indicator and altimeter are your best tools for maintaining a steady altitude.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

NACA laboratories had an interest in B-47A NACA 150; Langley Memorial Laboratory wished to study the impact of aeroelasticity upon structural loads and Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, the impact of aeroelasticity upon dynamic stability. Operation of the aircraft from either Center was not practical because of runway length.

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Fear of Landing

JANUARY 10, 2025

The CL-415 has an updated cockpit, improvements to the aerodynamics and an updated water-release system. The upgraded turboprop engines have been placed closer to the fuselage, with winglets added to improve the directional stability caused by the repositioning of the engines.

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Stability Cockpit Weather Pilot 109

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Because most contemporary hangars were not high enough to accommodate the Constellation if it had a single tail, three vertical stabilizers were fitted to provide sufficient longitudinal control while being able to access pre-existing hangars at airports around the country. Cockpit of the Lockheed Constellation.

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