Aerotime

MAY 16, 2025

It features a forward-swept main wing, plus a smaller set of horizontal canard-style stabilizers mounted on the forward fuselage. The aircraft also has twin-boom vertical stabilizers to the rear and a monocoque cabin that can accommodate up to six passengers, plus the operating pilot.

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Gross Weight Stability Payload Knot 259

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

Wings: The Source of Lift The wings are what make fixed-wing flight possible. As air moves over the curved top surface of the wing and the flatter bottom, lift is generated, allowing the plane to rise. Regardless of placement, the principle remains the same: wings generate the lift that makes flight possible.

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Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

When taking off of aircraft carrier decks, these jets could push their wings forward, enabling them to fly with stability at lower speeds and capitalize on the additional lift generated. This versatile fighter jet concept would be able to operate off the decks of Navy aircraft carriers with unparalleled efficiency.

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Stability Lift Jet 119

Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

One sunny upstate New York afternoon, he lifted off gracefully for a local flight. During the initial climb, the engine and propeller provide a significant amount of the excess lift required. Back in the day, a good friend (I will call him Bill) scraped together just enough cash to purchase a beautiful little Piper Apache.

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Airplanes Pitot Tube Pilot Lift 92

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

Studying historical aircraft helps students understand the development of flight and learn from early engineers about problems of lift, propulsion, stability, and material constraints. Often touted as the first successful powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer (1903) clearly shows lift, propulsion, and control.

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Drag Lift Jet Stability 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The faster an aircraft goes, the more lift it generates. Lift is the upward force that keeps you in the air. If airspeed is too slow, the aircraft could lose lift and stall. Meanwhile, lower altitudes demand that you be extra careful with airspeed to maintain lift and prevent stalls. miles per hour.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 11, 2025

They flew a total of 313 missions, collecting invaluable data on pitch stability, lift, drag, and buffeting in transonic and supersonic flight. Crossfield flew the Skyrocket 20 times, collecting critical data on longitudinal and lateral stability. In 1953, U.S. Both aircraft display early examples of swept-wing airfoils.

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Drag Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airfoil 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Though the German Zeppelins were inflated with hydrogen, which was a more readily available and lighter lifting gas, it was flammable when mixed with oxygen, which doomed many a Zeppelin to a fiery end. While flying high over West Texas, the sun heated and expanded the helium lifting gas, forcing the Macon to rise up.

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Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 58

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Approach speeds typically range from 80 to 90 knots depending on weight and flap settings, while full flaps are often used to provide the necessary lift during landing. Full flaps provide maximum lift and stability, allowing the aircraft to fly slower without stalling.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. At pattern altitude, I leveled off, and our airspeed stabilized at 300 KIAS. I lowered the nose, pushed the throttles to 100%, lifted off again, and cleaned up the airplane. I wanted him to make minor correctionsand only when necessary.

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AGL Crosswind Final Approach Threshold 52

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Flaps, which help to lower an aircrafts speed while providing additional lift at those lower airspeeds, are lowered in stages, as adding too much flaps at once can upset the aerodynamics and thus stability of the aircraft. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 262

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. Key themes: The text was first published during the mid-20th century, yet its clear explanations remain applicable for anyone who wants to grasp basic flight principles.

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Rudder Pilot Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2025

Langley was particularly focused on structural loads, while Ames concentrated on dynamic stability. Although the B-47A appeared structurally sound upon arrival, flight testing revealed notable shortcomingsparticularly buffeting issues that limited both its top speed and achievable lift.

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Gross Weight Airfoil Drag Stability 63

Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

The pilot lowered the collective lever by 50%, which decreases the pitch angle of the main rotor blades and thus reduces the lift generated by the rotor. Reducing the lift and decreasing the torque effect helped to stabilize the helicopter. The helicopter, still powered, briefly lifted off again.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 111

Flight Training Central

MARCH 3, 2025

When the airplane is stabilized in the approach attitude and speed, begin to smoothly and slowly bring the nose up to an attitude which will cause a stall. If the bank increases, the loss of vertical lift component tends to lower the nose. As the airspeed slows into the white arc, extend the wing flaps.

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Rudder Aileron Airplanes Accelerated Stall 96

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). When the aircraft is in a climb, the descending blade meets the relative wind at a greater angle, producing more lift (thrust). The result? A yawing force to the left.

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

CFI Academy

MAY 12, 2025

During slow flight, the aircraft requires a higher nose-up attitude to counteract reduced lift at slower speeds. Instructor Tip: Use terms like stabilize and scan or set and observe to reinforce the importance of patience during these exercises. What to teach: Introduce the concept of lag time in aircraft response.

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Drag Stability Approach Lift 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

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Weather Pilot Drag Rudder 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

This meant the airplane, if were to carry anything, had to be built from very light materials incapable of providing support for a wing long enough to generate the needed lift. The bi-wing design allows two shorter wings to be braced against one another with a series of struts and wires providing the strength and lifting surface required.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

CFI Academy

MAY 12, 2025

During slow flight, the aircraft requires a higher nose-up attitude to counteract reduced lift at slower speeds. Instructor Tip: Use terms like “stabilize and scan” or “set and observe” to reinforce the importance of patience during these exercises. What to teach: Introduce the concept of “lag time” in aircraft response.

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Drag Approach Stability Lift 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

This can cause you to lose lift. Remember Bernoulli’s Theorem and how lift is created. The loss of lift causes the aircraft to stall and lose altitude. But in a power-off stall, you have to pitch down to allow the airspeed to increase and stabilize the aircraft. Why Practice Power-off Stalls?

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Descent Approach AGL Lift 52

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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Stability Airfoil Airplanes Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 7, 2025

Noting that the application of fertilizer and other chemicals often corroded a conventional tail, Pellarini simply attached two tail booms that each carried its own horizontal stabilizer and elevator. While these acted as one, they were not joined at the center. Of course, speed is not the goal of this kind of aircraft. Photo: Warner Bros.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Gross Weight Rudder 54

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

It may be necessary to add a slight amount of power to keep the airspeed from decreasing excessively and to avoid losing lift too rapidly. By adding power, thrust can be increased to keep the airspeed from decelerating too rapidly and the wings from suddenly losing lift, but throttle must be closed immediately after touchdown.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

In the summer months, this lifting action can trigger cumulonimbus clouds. Depending on the stability of the warmer air mass, the cloud type may change. This type of front moves slowly, typically at about 10-25 miles per hour. Precipitation is light to moderate, accompanied by poor visibility. However, cumulonimbus clouds may develop.

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Weather Turbulence Approach Pilot 52

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. Some new student pilots think the rudder and vertical stabilizer are the same thing. The vertical stabilizer is a vertical fixed part of the plane’s empennage. Why is the rudder so important?

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Aerodynamic Differences Fixed-Wing Aircraft (Airplanes) Airplanes , or fixed-wing aircraft, generate lift through their stationary wings as they move forward. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Air

MARCH 10, 2025

It’s triggered by a disruption , like a gust of wind, impacting the aircraft’s stability. The leading wing experiences increased lift , causing a roll in the opposite direction. Aircraft with higher roll stability are more prone to experiencing Dutch roll. This initial yaw shifts one wing ahead of the other.

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Longitudinal Axis Stability Lift Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Waghorn laughed and said as soon as youre stabilized, full power, and lets try again, now that you see what Im talking about. Before rolling out on the runway, I confirmed my plan with Waghorn based on our ground school session earlier in the day. Sounds good.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Generate Lift With Airplane Wings One of the most valuable airplane parts that connect to the fuselage is the wings. The wings work with other sections of an aircraft to increase lift and adjust stalling speed. All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Moreover, even the airfoil shape of the duct interior proved to be an effectual idea as it provided the aircraft with additional lift, a very low landing speed of 42mph, and a higher rate of climb. Piloted by Bryce Wolff, the aircraft managed to replicate the stability and performance described by Italian test pilots nearly 70 years earlier.

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Airfoil Rudder Drag Stability 98

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2025

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, has confirmed its high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (HSVTOL) concept has completed stability and control wind tunnel testing. Aurora announced on April 29, 2025, that the 20% scale model completed the wind tunnel testing in March 2025, at a Boeing facility near Philidelphia.

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Lift Stability Runway Cargo 184

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Proper AOA management affects lift generation and stall prevention. It is one of the main factors affecting lift, and airplanes need a constant source of lift to fly. As we stated a little while ago, understanding the angle of attack is fundamental to understanding aerodynamics and how lift is generated.

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Lift Turbulence Drag Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. The more the wings shape is able to change the direction of the flow of air over the surface, the more lift it will produce. Why does this increase the lift? How Do Ailerons Work?

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Flight Training Central

MARCH 29, 2024

What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect? Inability to climb Increase in stability Decrease in thrust required to maintain flight Correct! Aileron down on the upwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron up on the downwind wing Correct!

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Aileron Crosswind Ground Effect Thrust 52

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The Twin Otter is very powerful, but its fixed landing gear, wing struts and various hinges, plus the thick high lift wing gave lots of places for the ice to accumulate. With 10 passengers and luggage on board the airplane, it was well under gross weight, but it soon became apparent we could not out climb the ice buildup.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. Feather the blades to generate lift from the upward flow of air during the descent (instead of pushing the air downwards in powered flight).

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98