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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar.

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The Last of the Japanese Thunderbolts, The Story of Planes of Fame’s Mitsubishi J2M Raiden

Vintage Aviation News

The IJN laid down the specifications for an interceptor that would fly at a maximum speed of 340 knots (629.7 There it was mislabeled as a Zero and was displayed outdoors alongside old trains and a few other surplus airplanes, but in 1958, Edward T.

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Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1977 Grumman American AA-1C Lynx

Plane and Pilot

With a 125-horsepower upgrade, this particular Grumman is even quicker, with cruise speeds approaching 120 knots. Reportedly always hangared with all logs, the seller reports that it has no hail damage, corrosion, or debonding of the airframe. The canopy can even be partially opened in flight to introduce fresh air into the cabin.

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Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 2000 Glasair I

Plane and Pilot

In the world of certified aircraft, obtaining something thats younger than 25 years old and cruises at over 160 knots would likely involve a Mooney M20R or Bonanza A36 and would cost a quarter- to a half-million dollars. The prop was custom-designed and optimized for cruise speed, which the seller claims is over 160 knots.

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Buying an Airplane

Plane and Pilot

Good, honest bankers , brokers , and backers who have been through many airplane acquisitions before will know the ropes and can guide you through the rough spots. Many times, people have fallen in love with a certain airplane type early on and will rush out to buy it, any one of it, as soon as they’re able. Believe me, stuff happens.

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Two Weeks in the RV

Plane and Pilot

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. And on short final at Knoxville, I got chirps from a flock of unrecognized electronic birds, telling me something but not in airplane-speak. What else?

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Centerline, centerline, centerline

Air Facts

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. As I went through the preflight inspection, my wife strapped my daughter into the car seat and climbed into the airplane herself. No ceiling so no hold for us today!

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