| We have all heard about aircraft spinning out of | | | | from flight very violently, or any number of other |
| control and Hollywood sure likes to ham it up, | | | | bizarre things, but with thrust vectoring in some of |
| especially in dogfight scenes in close air-to-air combat. | | | | the most advanced fighter aircraft the pilot can often |
| Now a days in the modern net-centric battlespace | | | | control it and maneuver the aircraft into a position to |
| with long-range air-to-air missiles generally the aircraft, | | | | gain back airspeed to start flying again. |
| which sees the other aircraft first and if could be | | | | Super light materials, better aerodynamics, morphing, |
| hundreds of miles away launches a missile and kills the | | | | anti gravity wave bursts and trust controls in the |
| enemy. They never get that close anymore for the | | | | future will allow for much better transitions from |
| Hollywood or movie viewer perception of how these | | | | flying with lift or remaining airborne until you are |
| things take place. And jet fighter aircraft do not | | | | actually flying again. UAVs or Unmanned Aerial |
| normally stall like the WWI and WWII vintage aircraft | | | | Vehicles made of foam-carbon nano-tube |
| or putt-putt puddle jumper light aircraft. You see jet | | | | construction are probably going to be first to do |
| aircraft have swept wings and when they stop flying | | | | these maneuvers effortlessly and of course some |
| the aircraft is said to "depart" from flight, often very | | | | super maneuverable missiles already can. One |
| violently. | | | | interesting thing is that some RC modelers have sure |
| Does this mean that aircraft do not spin anymore? | | | | come up with some interesting new designs and flight |
| Well, many aircraft will not spin unless you induce it | | | | maneuvers lately, that previously aerospace |
| first. This is done by kicking the rudder during a high | | | | engineers and pilots would have assumed impossible. |
| angle of attack stall. Swept wing aircraft can depart | | | | Think on this. |