Initial flight testing explores the characteristics of the airplane as it is initially configured. At this point, the designers have done their best to create a machine that is safe to fly, meets all ...

I’m going to speak for just myself here. Maybe I’m the problem. To me, current instruction on tail plane icing is not simple, straightforward or easy to implement. I also think it may not accomplish ...

Credit: NASA I wrote on the topic of ice-contaminated tailplane stall a while back and apparently did not understand the problem. It is now years later and I still feel the same as I did then. I ...