Air Facts

MAY 26, 2025

2) Crosswinds: Most Bahamian runways are oriented north-south, but prevailing winds are east-west. Be comfortable with crosswind landings. Customs at your entry airport an hour before arrival, provide your tail number, eAPIS confirmation, ETA, and get the officers name or code. Dont expect email replies; texts are hit or miss.

Crosswind

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. As at higher altitudes, the vortex movement near the ground is affected by crosswinds. Crosswinds can push the downwind vortex into your approach path.

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Helicopters use a small rotor mounted on the tail that produces sideways thrust to counter the main rotors torque reaction. The tail rotor pushes air to one side ( action ), and the tail moves the other way ( reaction ). Other Designs The tail rotor is not the only way to solve the torque reaction problem.

Torque

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As we pushed back, the colors popped on the various tails parked down the row of gates, and we sat in line for takeoff with the low sun angle perfectly lighting a yellow Spirit Airbus against an ominous dark sky, save for the rainbow that arched high across the vista.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. The so-called Hershey Bar wing marks this as a pre-Archer model. To say that the PA-28 as a core design was successful vastly understates the case.

Approach

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Most of the ailerons mass lies behind the hinge, making it tail-heavy. Tail-heavy ailerons droop downwards when they arent being pulled by the control system. potentially reverting the aileron back into a tail-heavy state. These aircraft have three engines; one on each wing and one mounted on the tail ahead of the rudder.

Aileron

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 27, 2025

The Collections SE5A was also scheduled to join them, but gusty crosswinds grounded several of the smaller, lighter aircraft, including this one. The bright red Comet looked magnificent against the blue skies, and its polished performance was capped with a well-executed crosswind landing. G-AAPZ), the only airworthy example worldwide.

Crosswind

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.

Cockpit

Jetwhine

JUNE 2, 2025

Somehow the fear is the back of the plane wanting to go first and swap ends or at least that was what Bob and I had been told about those notorious tail wheel airplanes. Maybe in another 22 years he’ll finally nail those crosswind landings if we’re lucky. His and my job is still a work in progress, I guess.

Airplanes

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

I sat in the cockpit of the old Tecnam P92-JS Echo, tail number I-GITR. The plane was one of the earliest of its model built by Tecnam, and the tail number was an homage to former Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti. Tail number I-GITR. A crosswind gust nudged me left; I corrected with right rudder.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. The upper Midwest scenery can be spectacular. As I got on downwind, the ADS-B went totally nuts.

Weather

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. I was anticipating that the plane would move to my right (down-slope).

Density Altitude

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Van’s has made a lot of improvements to the RV-12 over time, including ones that beef up vulnerable components like the landing gear, tail section and engine mounts. Then there’s the overall appeal of flying a modern, sporty airplane. The published 75-knot best rate of climb provides a comfortable deck angle.

Gross Weight

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. At Ocracoke, North Carolina, an RV-6 (tailwheel version of 6a) landedtechnicallywith a 90-degree crosswind. Needless to say, but investigators said, the copter was done fer, as that young bull moseyed toward admirin cows with luvin in their eyes.

Pilot

Air Facts

JUNE 6, 2025

With its sleek, cantilever wing and raked tail, it seemed like a step up from the more pedestrian Skyhawk. With a couple of strong backs pushing down on the tail, we raised the nose and found the culprit: the nose wheel had jammed in the wheel well due to a broken torque link bolt. A crosswind would have made things far more difficult.

Runway

AV Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The plane’s wings and tail detached but the fuselage remained intact. In media interviews all reported a firm arrival on Toronto’s Runway 23 in a howling wind that was gusting to 40 knots from 270 degree although fire officials said the runway was dry and there was no crosswind. local time. Most of the occupants were U.S.

Crosswind

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds.

Crosswind

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

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. Which brings up a point about gusty crosswinds. What to do? More likely it’s random.

Crosswind

AV Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

I once had the opportunity to fly my vintage V-tail Bonanza to Washington-Dulles International Airport to report on the opening of a Signature Flight Support facility there. In any event, with winds from the north, Approach vectored me to a crosswind to downwind for Runway 01R, which was convenient for the GA ramp at the north end.

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

That is the story of the Bellanca Aries T-250, an efficient, T-tailed travel machine that rivaled the Beechcraft Bonanza and Piper Comanche in speed, load-carrying capacity, and elegant design. Their first design, the Anderson Greenwood AG-14, was a 90 hp, twin-tailed, two-seat pusher.

Tail

Photographic Logbook

MAY 19, 2025

Nevertheless, I was anxious about managing a 15 knot gusty crosswind for my first taildragger stick time in seven years. As with any taildragger, each rudder input required positive cancelation with opposite rudder to prevent the tail's momentum from yawing the airplane more than intended. Chop and drop!" That was awesome!

Rudder

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. With a design dating back to the late 1930s, the Ercoupe was designed with fun, safety, and economy in mind.

Rudder

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

From misjudging the flare to battling crosswinds, these mistakes can challenge pilots of all experience levels. As the airplane contacts the ground, the tail will be forced down very rapidly by the back-elevator pressure and by inertia acting downward on the tail.

Airplanes

Air

MAY 21, 2025

Crosswind: The Sideways Challenge A crosswind blows across your intended flight path , being most critical during the takeoff and landing phases. Every aeroplane has a maximum demonstrated crosswind component it’s certified to handle. The good thing is that it can also be trained intensively in our crosswind simulator.

Crosswind

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance. Micro vortex generators are also a popular upgrade, optimizing airflow over the wing and tail surfaces to enhance control.

Knot

NAFI

MARCH 3, 2024

Right on top of that we received "[Airport], [Tail number] five north, landing." It then turned into a game of 20 questions, the most important on my part being "[Tail number] what altitude are you at right now?" This got our attention. This is so we wouldn't end up in a stand-off when we did turn in.

Runway

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The side is printed with the FARs pertaining to night flighting, and a focusing head makes it easy to throw light up high on the tail of an aircraft. Crosswind Flight Gear Bag —The most popular student pilot bag has enough space for a headset and books, yet is small enough to not throw off your weight and balance.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As we pushed back, the colors popped on the various tails parked down the row of gates, and we sat in line for takeoff with the low sun angle perfectly lighting a yellow Spirit Airbus against an ominous dark sky, save for the rainbow that arched high across the vista.

Runway

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

As air flows over it, a force like lift results, and the tail is pulled in the opposite direction of the deflection. But instead of an upward force of lift on a wing, it’s a horizontal force pushing the tail of the plane causing the nose of the plane to move left and right. This is especially vital during crosswind landings.

Rudder

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. Using full flaps enables you to land at the slowest possible speed.

NOTAMs

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. The upper Midwest scenery can be spectacular. As I got on downwind, the ADS-B went totally nuts.

Weather

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

dove for pattern altitude, and managed the noise sensitive areas around the airport as best we could by entering the pattern on a midfield crosswind for runway 33. We cancelled IFR (but kept the squawk!), Gilead and Alyssa landing at College Park in Eight One Six.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

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. The greater the crosswind, the steeper the aircraft’s bank into the wind.

Crosswind

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Unfortunately, during preparations to present the aircraft at Airbus’ CASA centennial, a combination of factors—crosswinds, rotor control issues, and a tail skid—led to an accident, damaging the autogyro. However, the dedicated team didn’t let this setback end their journey. They’ve rebuilt the C.4,

Lift

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

I chose runway 14 (the UGN crosswind runway) and the crash and resuce vehicles moved onto the adjacent taxiway. We slowed, tapped the tail first, and the nose came down solidly, causing the now open passenger door to come off in Diane’s hand. There was no one else on the taxiways or in the airspace. And she was not kidding.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

While these did several passes in formation and then tail chasing a de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk performed aerobatics overhead. There was a fickle crosswind and it was interesting to see Dodge’s first landing attempt given away when caught by a gust just before touchdown and to come back and make a perfect landing the second time.

Crosswind

Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

The weather was hot: the METAR for the crash time (VAAH 120700Z 25006KT 6000 NSC 36/19 Q1001 NOSIG) shows a slight crosswind for runway 23, with good visibility and temperature of 37°C, standard conditions for June in Ahmedabad. The aircraft backtracked to the end of the runway before beginning its take-off roll.

Runway