Rudder Rudimentaries

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Misuse of the rudder on American Airlines Flight 587 departing John F. Kennedy International Airport on Nov. 12, 2001, killed all 260 people aboard the Airbus A300 and five people on the ground in Belle Harbor, N.Y. The NTSB noted the pilot applied four full alternating rudder inputs, and after the...

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