Founded on its desires to promote Beagle Pup and Bulldog
aircraft, and provide for these fine flying machines with effective
product support, the Beagle Pup & Bulldog Club has grown
steadily since their formation in 1983.
The control column in an aircraft on which the control wheel is
mounted. Back and forth movement of the yoke moves the elevators,
and rotation of the control wheel moves the ailerons.
“The purpose of the rolling vertical landing is
for landing at expeditionary sites or in case of inclement
weather... We’d only do the landing if the wind was
pushing north, and if the wind was really bad we would divert to
another airfield. Al Asad’s primary runways lead the same
direction. So, we’re practicing landing on a taxiway leading
a different direction as the primaries.”
Source: Lt. Col. John Sisson, Marine Attack
Squadron 542's commanding officer, talking about the need to
practice RVLs in the AV-8B Harrier.
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