Aileron Hangar Tail 
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 26, 2024
Photo copyright Russell Munson] On April 26th, 1964 a radial-powered biplane with wings and tail in Champion Yellow and Stearman Vermillion-painted fuselage took off from an airfield near Lumberton, NC. Interestingly, that F-24R – formerly NC77647 and later G-FANC – was exported to the UK but was destroyed in a hangar fire in 2003.”
Air Facts
OCTOBER 7, 2024
It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. Dropping like an inverted dart tail first, Morris, from his aft cockpit perch exclaimed,“Wheeeee!”
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Vintage Aviation News
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Inside a former Luftwaffe hangar packed with dozens of historic aircraft, restoration workers at the Flyhistorisk Museum in Sola, Norway are now in the final stretch of rebuilding the world’s last surviving Caproni Ca.310 By 2012, the wing spars were reconstructed inside the museum’s carpentry shop. 313 was similar to that on the Ca.310.
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
Vendors set up to sell souvenirs and parts, and the new International Stearman Community Hangar hosts its own gift shop, historical library, and museum inside. It’s white and blue stripes along the wings, tail and fuselage stand out as unusual because it’s not the typical stearman scheme we are used to. The Recall Stearman.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 6, 2024
Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. Left unchecked, the fire consumed most of the aircraft; just the tail and outboard wing sections survived the blaze.
Photographic Logbook
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
In an effort to sidestep the Wright Brothers' patent on wing warping, Curtiss implemented ailerons as a practical solution for roll control that are still used by most modern aircraft. I spotted something new incongruously placed in the Curtiss hangar. He's at full takeoff power and he's got the tail up! The Fokker D.VI
Flying Magazine
MAY 6, 2024
I’ve seen a single person lift a Tiger Moth by the tail to take it out of its hangar. Courtesy: Patrick Chovanec] The silver knobs on the left control throttle, fuel mixture, and aileron trim. However, the trickiest part of takeoff for most tailwheel airplanes is still when the tail comes up.
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