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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar. As I adjusted the rudder pedals to my 5-foot-4 frame, Waghorn ran through a few last-minute details before climbing up the wing to the front passenger seat.

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Rebirth of FG-1D Corsair 92460

Vintage Aviation News

Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. “We were able to trade the oil coolers and exhausts to Chuck Whal for non-airworthy parts and ailerons.” The newly painted rudder and horizontals now re-installed on 92460. She is not going back outside as was the original plan.

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The Albree Pigeon-Fraser: The First American Fighter

Vintage Aviation News

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.

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Centerline, centerline, centerline

Air Facts

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.

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A Rare Robin

Plane and Pilot

Its owned by Lee Smith, 69, who keeps it hangared at Long Island Airpark (NC26), in North Carolina. The Robin has a placard that reads: Rudder in fully opposed direction; Elevator control pulled fully back; Ailerons in neutral position. A hint of the Robins aerobatic pretensions might be the size of the rudder.

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Nothing By Chance: The Return of Parks Biplane N499H

Vintage Aviation News

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.”

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What to Expect in Your First Flight Lessons

Plane and Pilot

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.

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