How It Works

A parking brake on a general aviation aircraft is not rigged separately from the main brakes, as with a car. Instead, it is part of the main system.

Air, fuel, and heat are the essential ingredients in combustion. Increase the air going into the cylinder of a piston engine, and you can increase the power coming out.

The antenna on the tail of your aircraft knows something. And it is pretty important. It receives signals from nearby VOR (very high frequency omnidirectional range) ground stations.

By Jacqueline Shipe

General aviation aircraft fly at altitudes from sea level up to many thousands of feet. In order to maintain a combustible fuel mixture, each carburetor must have a way of maintaining the proper fuel to air ratio throughout a wide range of altitudes and atmospheric pressures.