Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

With a crew of three (pilot, copilot & flight engineer) and four volunteers aboard, Liberty Belle took off, bound for Indianapolis. The pilots quickly found a farmer’s field and made a successful, gear-down landing just southeast of the airport. Those are completely redone and ready to go back on the airplane.”

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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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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 28, 2024

He was too slow on his approach and was given “come on” signals by the Landing Signals Officer; when he was issued a subsequent “wave-off” command, the pilot banked away from the carrier with too little power, leading to a crash. According to the Navy accident report, the airplane hit the water at a near vertical angle on its back.

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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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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? Many flight simulators today integrate directly with EFB apps including ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, FlyQ, and Stratus Insight.

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