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Airplanes Used for Flight Instruction
Pre-Flight Inspection for Airplane
Visual Flight Rules for Flying Airplane
Exterior Parts of an Airplane
Interior Parts of an Airplane
Choosing a Flight School
The Cost of Flight School
In-Flight Equipment to Fly Airplane
Your First Solo Airplane Flight
Private vs. Commercial Pilots
Pilot Restrictions While Flying Airplane
How to Take Off in Airplane
How to Keep an Airplane Level
How to Make Turn in an Airplane
How to Land an Airplane
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Mike Camelin has been a pilot for 10 years. He flies various kinds of aircraft, and has taken several hours of aerobatic flight. Mike co-founded SunState Aviation, Inc. along with CEO...read more
"Hi, I’m Mike Camelin with SunState Aviation Flight School in Kissimmee, Florida for Expert Village and today we’re going to be talking about the main parts of the exterior of the aircraft. Now the main body of the aircraft is what is referred as the fuselage, attached to the fuselage are the other various parts of the airplane including the callin with the engine and the propeller, the wings of the aircraft, the landing gear of the aircraft and then towards the rear of the aircraft or the after the aircraft is what is referred to as the empennage. Now attached to the empennage we have some control surfaces, the horizontal control surface that we have attached to the back of the aircraft is what is known as the horizontal stabilizer and it has the elevator control surface attached to it. The vertical surface that we have attached to the aircraft is what is known as the vertical stabilizer, which also has the control surface attached to it which is known as the rudder. "
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