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Ten Types of Aviation Maintenance Checks

Northstar VFR

Every airline/operator must establish a Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP). These checks take a full working day, so the aircraft is usually parked inside of a hangar. These checks require many more man hours, tools, hangar space, and aircraft downtime.

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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. Cherokee Six instrument panel Like my airline job, I fly nearly paperless using an iPad Mini and the ForeFlight app for navigation charts. Santa Fe is located 6,349 feet above sea level.

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. A prop lock is required on all aircraft parked outside of a hangar at the MD-3 airports, though throttle locks provide an alternate means of compliance. Cherokee Four Eight One is cleared direct Baltimore, then direct destination."

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North to Ottawa | Part 1, With a Little Help from Kingston Radio

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I filed a route of BRUIN to ART (Watertown VOR) to Kingston to avoid overflying significant portions of Lake Ontario. On the ramp at Kingston with the former airline terminal and control tower. I filed a route from Kingston via the Ottawa VOR (far left of the chart above) then direct to Rockliffe to avoid the restricted areas entirely.

Runway 52
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Savannah, Georgia

Gary's Flight Journal

I also secured hangar space for the week to the tune of $75 a night. I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. Once south of Myrtle Beach I was turned direct Charleston VOR. Our original plan was to head to Galveston but with my knee giving me fits we thought it best to make a shorter flight.

Runway 102
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North to Ottawa | Part 3, Caution: Wet Paint

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I was escorted outside by a docent who was supposed to have led the 2:30 pm Reserve Hangar tour, but was available because no one signed up for it. My filed route to Ogdensburg was via YOW (the Ottawa VOR) and IKLAX. Yes, I missed an opportunity for a one on one tour! Though completely unintentional, I liked the effect and kept it.

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Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Fear of Landing

Lola was among the first female commercial pilots, breaking barriers in aviation when airliners were almost exclusively male territory. Lola went on to become a commercial airline transport pilot, flight instructor, SCUBA divemaster, and an award-winning author and photographer. ” He drawls, “Don’t bother.

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