N. Kent Beckham N. Kent Beckham

ON BEING THREE

I sat there - in the Harvard cockpit, exhausted but satisfied after shutting down on the grass. Not a soul in sight, just me and the sounds of gyros winding down, metal clinking and clanking with different rates of contraction as it cooled….

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N. Kent Beckham N. Kent Beckham

GROUND LOOP — How not to fly a Harvard

Ground loops result from the loss of directional control. What flight control is most critical for directional control? The rudder you say! What if I told you that the reason Harvards ground loop is because of a lack of aileron usage?…

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