Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. Pointing my thumb into the wind to get my ailerons around I counted one…two…three, and still, no upwind main touching down. At that point, I decided to go around.

Aileron 98

Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

At that time, the disassembled Parks shared a hangar with the Bellanca and I could just about hear my Bellanca say ‘you never read bedtime stories to me!’ Interestingly, that F-24R – formerly NC77647 and later G-FANC – was exported to the UK but was destroyed in a hangar fire in 2003.”

Airplanes 105

Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Taxiing procedures: Moving the aircraft to the runway involves steering with your feet using the rudder pedals. Postflight procedures Youll also help secure the aircraft, either at a tie-down or in a hangar, check out and pay for the flight, and log your flight time. Its an unfamiliar but fun experience.

Rudder 98

Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar. Not really a problem, as the CFI and I had a great chat for an hour about things aeronautical.

Pitot Tube 84

Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 84

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

9” on its rudder. The Model PG featured larger ailerons and adjustments to the tail design and would be shipped from East Boston to Hazelhurst Field [later known as Roosevelt Field] in Mineola, NY, the intended destination for the Model G Scout back in 1915. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.

Tail 98

Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

I showed up early for the first afternoon launch, stopping by the hangar gedunk (pronounced gee-dunk, the sailor’s term for snack bar) to wolf down a cheese omelet chased with a chocolate shake. Because of its diminutive stance, naval aviators dubbed it the “teeny weenie.”

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98