Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

The FAA mandates a minimum number of maintenance checks and inspections to be performed to assure that aircraft are functioning to standards and safe for passengers. Passenger safety is paramount to the FAA, so routine checks and inspections are mandatory. C Checks are a more in-depth inspection of the complete aircraft.

Annual Inspection 64

Annual Inspection VOR Instrument Flight Rules Altimeter 64

Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

High-Tech One Upmanship Air Facts Journal I flew for United Airlines from 1986 to 2015, thus ending a 29-year airline career of dedicated service to my employer. The translation of this saying is that when an airline pilot goes for recurrent simulator training and check ride, failure meant losing ones job if he or she failed the test.

Clearance 96

Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 96

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

They immediately wanted to sign the purchase agreement on that classic Gulfstream II that was only slightly out of annual inspection and hadn’t flown in 2 years. Things like oil and tire changes, engine and avionics reserves, annual inspections, and insurance premiums aren’t discussed with student pilots.

Annual Inspection 52

Annual Inspection Pilot Jet Airplanes 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Higher commitment: Unlike renting, owning means taking on maintenance, inspections, and repairs yourself. Youll need to rent or own a hangar or tie-down spot, which adds to the overall responsibility. Beyond the purchase price, youll need to budget for operating costs and annual inspections. Its condition.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Pilot Annual Inspection General Aviation 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This was the same aircraft where the Bellanca Aircraft Company set up its factory and where Air Service had built a new hangar in 1935 on the site of one that had burned in 1934 (Today, Air Service’s 1935 hangar now serves as the home of the Bellanca Airfield Museum). I went by Tom’s hangar to get his opinion.

Firewall 98

Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Two navigation radios, with #2 being localizer only, round out the avionics.

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98