WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight. Pilots learn to manage these systems as part of advanced training.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The YB-49 was an American prototype jet-powered heavy bomber developed shortly after World War II by the Northrop Corporation. The Air Force ordered two YB-35 airframes that were converted to jet propulsion designs and were designated later as YB-49s. Northrop YB-49 (S/N 42-102367) on Dec.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In high-speed and high-altitude scenarios, like for military and commercial jets, compressibility affects the accuracy of your IAS. For instance, an aircraft maintaining a steady IAS at 30,000 feet will have a faster TAS than at sea level due to reduced drag from thinner air. This means less drag and faster ground speed.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Now, this might sound familiar, as this very idea that was born in Italy was an inspiration for modern-day jet propulsion. The unique cylindrical design of the fuselage allowed for a streamlined profile and reduced drag, increasing the overall efficiency. Thus, the benefits in engine efficiency were canceled out.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Intended to be a long-range escort fighter, the Consolidated XP-81 also represented a departure from conventional aircraft, but the rapidly evolving nature of both the Second World War and jet engines would see the XP-81 becoming nothing more than a footnote in American aviation history.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It was the private jet of the 1930s and early 40s, albeit somewhat less in demand due to the after-effects of the Great Depression. In addition to serving as a private executive transport, the Beech Model 17 also found success as an air racer, with its exceptional speed (cruise of 202 mph, Vne of 212) and stability.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. With a lighter corporate jet, that is powerful.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Below are other critical pieces of the wings that help give the plane additional lift, reduce drag, or achieve lower speeds in preparation for landing: Ailerons: A French word meaning “fin” or “little wing,” the aileron helps control the airplane’s roll. What are the basic parts of this section?

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

military made history with its first-ever jet-powered flight. The “Airacomet” became the first American jet aircraft developed during World War II in response to the advancements in jet propulsion made by the Germans and the British. military to pursue a jet-powered flight amidst the ongoing conflict during World War II.

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

TURBO-AE Code During the 1990s, NASA developed a computer code that generates two-dimensional simulations of potential aeroelastic (AE) problems that can occur in jet engine blades. Jet Engine Combustors During the 1990s and early 2000s, NASA improved the technology associated with jet fuel combustion to help engines burn fuel more cleanly.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

What Is Aircraft Stability? Stability is the aircrafts tendency to maintain its attitude or orientation. This means that they have to be effective enough to counter the aircrafts inherent lateral stability. Lateral stability depends on the aircrafts design. What Materials Are Used in Ailerons?

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

Boom boasts that XB-1 is the first privately developed jet to break the sound barrier. Approaching and passing through Mach 1, however, an airplane acquires, in addition to the drag it already has, a new kind of drag, called wave drag. The problem for boomless cruise is that it takes place within the transonic drag rise.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

Aircraft that transform their wing shape mid-flight might sound like something out of a futuristic sci-fi, but they’re actually as old as the jet age itself. Modern jets favor simpler, stealthier fixed-wing designs. This aircraft was an experimental jet fighter with wings that could be adjusted to different sweep angles on the ground.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Convair designed several concepts for water-based jet aircraft, including a swept wing concept known as Projct Skate, but apart from a few scale models, these never left the drawing board. It was also hoped that a seaplane fighter could also operate from remote areas that had no airbases but enough water for seaplane operations.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Drag Stability 98

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 14, 2024

It was certainly a most unusual aircraft, distinguished by its forward swept wing and canard horizontal stabilizers. This was why the strakes were added to the X-29’s tail, in order to reduce drag from using the trim on the canard in the nose.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

Why the F15 Fighter Jet Reigns Supreme in Aerial Combat Why is the F15 fighter jet considered a legend in aerial combat? 1 Ability to accelerate vertically, overcoming its weight and drag with ease Climbing to 30,000 feet in just 60 seconds This is the power of the F-15. Speed and Power With an operational top speed of Mach 2.5,

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How an aircraft handles Dutch roll depends on its dynamic stability. The aircraft’s design influences its dynamic stability. Increased lift on the raised wing immediately creates more induced drag. What’s induced drag? The higher drag on the raised wing reduces its speed relative to the lower wing.

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Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

One notable shootdown accredited to Yeager was one of historys very first air-to-air victories against a jet-powered fighter aircraft. Through their research, engineers at Bell Aircraft discovered that bullets could maintain stability at supersonic speeds due to their shape, leading them to design the fuselage of the X-1 along similar lines.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. At first, you might experience a strong headwind, which briefly increases your airspeed and gives you a false sense of stability. Unable to recover, the jet struck approach lights short of the runway and then towers 8 and 9.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Winging It Aside from the aforementioned desire for a greater aspect ratio for reduced drag, the one-piece Gweduck wing was developed for minimal weight, ease of construction and benign handling. Keeping drag corralled was emphasized as the Gweduck mission is foremost long-distance cruising. Maintenance room is generally very good.

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