Inspire

JUNE 15, 2021

Crazy wind gusts on final approach with very poor visibility through the windshield made for a very close call that could have been a disaster. Thanks to a lot of luck and a little bit of pilot skill, both the airplane and I made it home safely. The post Lessons Learned: When Not to Fly first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Even slowed by a 25 knot headwind, the airplane still saved time. I had already fueled and readied the Warrior for departure, it was just a matter of pulling her out of the hangar. We worked together to bundle up the airplane and minutes later, we were travelling into downtown Saratoga Springs by Uber. Ground team!

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Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Most modern training airplanes provide a comfortable, warm cabin up in the air, even as the temperature approaches 0° F outside. If your flight needs to get out early in the morning, the airplane should be hangared overnight and pulled out just before departure.

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ABEAM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

We prepped the airplane. This time, he was able to bring his van very close to the airplane so we could fuel partly by gravity directly into the tanks. We taxied to the whole other end of the airport to the FBO Hangar Q60 which served avgas. Here were we … in the middle of nowhere and that left engine does not start !!

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

A few years ago, I got the bug to fly small airplanes again. We fly our new-to-us Piper to Florida often (the airplane could probably find Orlando on its own), and we agreed it was time for something more adventurous. Our Aircraft Our family’s airplane is a 1976 Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six.

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JULY 7, 2024

Approach called the Cirrus again -- because of course it was a Cirrus -- and issued him another vector away from Warrior 481. By now, we had a visual on the other airplane and all three of us kept careful watch on it. Failing in this, Syracuse turned us due east over Syracuse. It was busy, but Tower had it all well in hand.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground. Normally, when approaching a non-towered airport like Williamson Sodus, air traffic control will instruct the inbound aircraft to "squawk VFR" (i.e., I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane.

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