Post-Maintenance Test Flights, Flight Controls Part 1

Patrick Veillette, Ph.D. February 08, 2021
It was an invaluable lesson to get hands-on experience (under the direct supervision of an A&I) with the inner workings of a conventional cable-and-pulley flight control system. Removing worn components and reinstalling new ones provided great insight into the many possible failure modes of wear and fatigue that could eventually lead to flight control malfunction.
Credit: Patrick Veillette
Perhaps many of you can relate to my “retirement goal.” I hoped to enjoy flying a simple taildragger out of an uncontrolled field. For four years, two able partners and I worked to restore an Aeronca Champ. I couldn’t have asked for better partners. Both were retired captains from a major airline...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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