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From Twinjet to Glider: Varied Experience Comes in Handy in Unwanted Transition

Flying Magazine

Subscribe Now I texted my twin jet crew to get to the airport as soon as possible, then quickly planned the flight, ordered the fuel, and completed the preflight while my fellow crewmates arrived and got their pre-mission tasks accomplished. Rudder trim fixes the yaw issue, but surprisingly we do not have a single caution or warning light.

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Best-Laid Plans

Plane and Pilot

Feet on rudder pedals. I felt I was strapped into a runaway jet. I crossed the runway threshold at 70 mph and let a little more speed bleed off as I attempted to stay a few inches off the runway with the nosewheel slightly up. My breathing quickened as I gripped the stick, applying power with my left hand. It happened so fast.

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LSA Step-Downs: Training Is a Must

AV Web

With type ratings in Canadair Challengers and Embraer Phenom jets, plus lots of experience teaching in LSAs, gyroplanes and in the AirCam twin-engine LSA in both land and sea configuration, Wilkinson has seen all kinds come through the door—from senior astronauts to film stars to jamokes like me.

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Solo, But Not Alone

Air Facts

I’d ridden in helicopters, C-130s, and even a white, unmarked Air Force jet outfitted with school bus seats and no toilet during various deployments. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. A crosswind gust nudged me left; I corrected with right rudder. I noticed I was a little low. I rolled to a stop, no brakes needed.

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. Just before our appointed entry time, a privately owned performance jet somehow missed the approach to the 12,000-foot-long runway and then declared a low-fuel emergency.

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A Bristol Bulldog Biplane Fighter is Once Again in the Sky

Vintage Aviation News

And then when you get down near the threshold, you just hold it off and gently let the wheels down. You have to use a lot of rudder—I mean you have to be rabid as far as using the rudder to control the airplane, and it wheel lands very nicely.” It’s the rudder that is doing everything.

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My Experience in the Naval Aviation Cadet (NAVCAD) Program

Air Facts

To get a little better view approaching the threshold I leaned to my left and stretched up to maybe see a little more of the runway. And there it was, a bracket with both hydraulic lines from the rudder pedals only about 1 apart and 8 of flexible line to the brakes. The view from the rear seat is mostly out the side window.