Crosswind Rudder VOR 
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
Skills Developed: It enhances coordination and control precision, forcing students to make small, deliberate inputs on the yoke and rudder. Crosswind Takeoff and Landing: Handling wind coming from the side is a skill every pilot must master. Learning slow flight builds confidence and prepares you for stall recognition.
Flying Magazine
JULY 1, 2025
Some do well while others struggle as they get used to the feel of real controls, refine their rudder coordination skills, and attempt to tune radios and VORs without the option of hitting a “pause” button. Rudder Pedals Are Not Optional Too many home pilots skip rudder pedals. It’s what they used, and how they used it.
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Flying Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. Scenario 4: Crosswinds If only flight instructors could control the weather, we’d have the learners practicing crosswind takeoffs and landings on a regular basis. Next, introduce the VOR.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
NTSB ERA22LA169 describes a funny engine noise that prompted an earlier than planned turn to crosswind for an anticipated return to the airport. If the runway could not be made my plan was to put the aircraft down in the field west of the airport close to the VOR. That return did not make it to the airport.
Air Facts
APRIL 10, 2024
The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. Rudder stomping landings in the Cessna 180 that hated to stay in a straight line on the ground. And then the landing near Palm Springs when I became a test pilot for the 182RG crosswind component.
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