in the nose as a tractor and the other in the tail as a pusher. Development began in the late 1950s, led by Cessna engineers under the leadership of company president Dwane Wallace. By February 1961, the first prototype of the Cessna 336 took to the skies, featuring a fixed landing ...
but not at landing in some remote destination. “Next time you fly,” advises one pilot, “try touching down with your eyes closed. That’s about the way it is out in the bush in the dark.” Without runways, you don’t
to fly safely, such as how to avoid a stall, takeoff and landing procedures, avoiding wake turbulence from large aircraft, compensating for high altitude and/or high temperature takeoffs or landings, and little things like landing at the correct airport on your first cross country fli...
The spoilers can be very useful when slope flying as they permit landing in very restricted areas. Instead of flying behind the slope into the normal sink area, turn closer in and extend the spoilers. This technique is a lot easier on the model than landing in the trees or trying to fly...
There are existing methods and devices for alerting pilots of the risk of a runway excursion (i.e., the airplane going off the end of the runway) during landing. However, the existing methods and devices rely on pilot perception and interpretation of the alerts as well as various landing in...
landing system), Holding Pattern (in which the plane will keep itself stable in the air), and Virtual Fence (which will prevent the plane from leaving a set area.) Included accessories like oversized tundra tires and optional flaps will also allow this RC plane to travel anywhere in any ...
After incorporation with a couple dozen townsfolks, completion of the airplane mid-year, and a shaky maiden flight to 20' high and 1,500' in length (during which Parker also hurriedly learned to fly) followed by a crash-landing, an exhibition tour was planned. Those plans were cut short ...