| FLIGHT MANEUVERING - YAW | ||
Yaw is the displacement of the tail of the aircraft (remember the aircraft can move in three directions, unlike ground travel). The pilot uses the rudder to yaw the aircraft left or right. The pilot can use rudder inputs to keep the aircraft tracking on a runway centerline during a crosswind (when the wind is not blowing directly down the runway). Sometimes you may see this in high crosswind conditions when it appears the aircraft is not pointing toward the runway, but instead looks like it is flying sideways (called “crabbing into the wind”). |
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