Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

image by Jason Fuller) MA: “So we were just saying that after the accident, the airplane came back to Douglas and he had to face a tough decision, rebuild the airplane or not. And then we made the decision that we wanted to rebuild the airplane and continue to fly and let people enjoy it all over the U.S.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Under its wings, stood Garry and Janne Ackerman of Plano, Texas, the owners of this magnificent machine, who told attendees all about the story of this airplane and the effort they helped start to return a basket case of an airplane back to its former glory. The last owner prior to the Ackermans was Wilson Cary Selden of San Jose, CA.

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Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 28, 2024

According to the Navy accident report, the airplane hit the water at a near vertical angle on its back. In the process, she lost her outer wing panels, engine section and a number of other components, so what remains today consists mostly of the fuselage, from the firewall back, and the tail feathers. SBD-5 BuNo.36175

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Firewall Tail Approach Pilot 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 21, 2024

” [Photo by Mark Watt] Work ahead of the firewall was facilitated by Ezell installation kits. ” On July 30th, 1994, Dennis performed the first flight and once flight tests were complete a “19” was applied to the bare metal fuselage and they took the airplane to Reno. We’ll get them approved.’ The rest is history.

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Cockpit Airplanes Tail Firewall 105

iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators iPad Pilot News Are you stuck at home and separated from your airplane or just experiencing an unlucky stretch of bad weather? To get started, ensure your computer firewall and Wi-Fi router are not blocking UDP traffic port 49002.

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Rudder Approach Firewall Pilot 52