Inspire

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The post Model Airplanes Lead to a Pair of Pilots first appeared on Hangar Flying. More than a decade of work went into C.M. Shearer getting his certificate, and although he will turn 77 in October, he shows no signs of slowing down.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

What happened is important, I think, because so many of us fly elderly GA airplanes with key-style ignition switches that may be faulty and not know it. READ MORE: There Was Just Something About Michael So, next time you fly and shut down near the hangar, throttle way back to idle and briefly turn the switch to “off” and then back to “both.”

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Inspire

JUNE 26, 2023

Are you one of those people who when walking down the street and hearing an airplane fly overhead, you are compelled to stop and look skyward to see that airplane? Maybe you once had a private pilot certificate years ago but you haven’t flown for years.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 24, 2024

Getting stranded far from home with a broken airplane might be a pilot’s worst fear. Coming to Oshkosh for Airventure, many of us are flying well beyond our support network, and we’re doing so in airplanes that were handbuilt – whether in a factory or a basement – and many of these flying machines are older than we are.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

If extreme STOL performance and remote backcountry adventures are on your wish list, most airplane types come with significant compromises. Hangared since new, the understated silver and black paint scheme stands out from most other Kitfoxes, creating an aesthetic that’s simultaneously vintage and modern.

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Inspire

APRIL 29, 2021

Ever since I was a little kid, I always remembered my mom or dad taking me to the airport to watch airplanes, air shows, etc. The post Private Pilot Milestone – Marc Bretz first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The cost of getting into flying has always been important to those dreaming of becoming a pilot. One strategy for would-be sport pilots is to take flight training in their own aircraft. The post Learn to Fly in Your Own Airplane first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

I want it because I want to travel through time and I want to fly a difficult airplane and I want to feel the wind when I fly and I want people to look, to see, to know that glory still exists. By Zac Yates “I only know that I want that biplane. I want to be part of something big and glorious.”

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Air Facts

JUNE 5, 2024

A pilot’s path begins with a father’s influence Air Facts Journal Probably the most asked question a pilot gets is: “What got you interested in flying?” Often the response is something like, “My father (or mother) was a pilot, and I spent a lot of time around airplanes with him.” The hangar talk was different, too.

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iPad Pilot News

JULY 2, 2024

Start planning your Oshkosh experience with the 2024 AirVenture app iPad Pilot News The world’s largest airshow starts in a few weeks in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with over 10,000 airplanes descending on Wittman Airport for a week of flying demonstrations, new product announcements and plenty of hands-on learning.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 11, 2024

The arrival of the F-104D marks an exciting moment for the museum, enhancing its display of historic military aircraft and offering visitors a closer look at a piece of aviation history that played a crucial role in training pilots during the Cold War era. We’re excited to add this airplane to our inventory.”

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Air Facts

JUNE 3, 2024

Under the regulations current at the time, the Limited Commercial pilot’s license he held, authorized him to instruct when he had roughly 100 hours total time. My mother, born several years later, told me that he was taxiing an airplane with very poor visibility in a three-point with a man walking at the wingtip to offer guidance.

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AV Web

JUNE 16, 2024

Some of the goofy things I have done in and around airplanes would astound and vex you into wondering how I have lived this long. I have been around flying for a very long time and have faux-pawed so many times I am tempted to write a biography titled “ Two Hundred Stupid Things I Have Done in Airplanes and How I Survived Them.”

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AV Web

JUNE 16, 2024

Some of the goofy things I have done in and around airplanes would astound and vex you into wondering how I have lived this long. I have been around flying for a very long time and have faux-pawed so many times I am tempted to write a biography titled “Two Hundred Stupid Things I Have Done in Airplanes and How I Survived Them.”

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

For the rest of the war, the aircraft was flown at several training bases across the United States, such as Jackson Army Airfield in Mississippi, Terrell Field, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, and Hicks Field, Texas to instruct countless pilot cadets through primary training. While restoring the aircraft, Torchia was not alone in his hangar.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

The private pilot candidate landed long. The airplane rolled to a stop off the end of the pavement, about 10 feet into the grass. Mostly it was done to show the learner that part of being a pilot was being responsible. Mostly it was done to show the learner that part of being a pilot was being responsible.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 24, 2024

Getting stranded far from home with a broken airplane might be a pilot’s worst fear. Coming to Oshkosh for Airventure, many of us are flying well beyond our support network, and we’re doing so in airplanes that were handbuilt – whether in a factory or a basement – and many of these flying machines are older than we are.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Owned by an IA/AP, it has been kept in a hangar, and all airworthiness directives have been complied with. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Twenty years ago today, I bought an airplane. I'm in Oklahoma and I just bought an airplane." Compared to the tired, 100 horsepower, 2-seat Cessna I did my training in, this airplane was a veritable beast and it had a great paintjob, too. Also, weak batteries cannot start airplanes. Bill admonished out of embarrassment.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Safely flying a tailwheel requires much more attention from the pilot than a tricycle-gear airplane, especially during taxi, takeoff, and landing. However, once in the air, a tailwheel airplane is almost no different than any other airplane.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

million youths have taken their first ride in an airplane through the EAA Young Eagles program. At the Wausau Downtown Airport in Wausau, Wisconsin, dedicated pilots and staff have been making dreams come true for even longer. The post Reaching for the Sky first appeared on Hangar Flying. Since 1992, more than 2.3

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 15, 2024

uilt between the dawn of powered flight and 1970 will take place July 22-26 adjacent to the Vintage Hangar. Three pilots will be interviewed each day with their unique aircraft. This year’s headline presentations will focus on antique and classic aircraft from the 1920s to the 1940s and is open to all attending AirVenture.

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Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

Passing the torch Air Facts Journal Pilots are life-long learners, and, per the Feynman Learning Technique, the best way to learn anything is to teach it to someone else. With that in mind, plus a desire to pass the torch to a new generation, some old pilots developed a week-long aviation camp for youth, ages 14-18.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For instance, you’ve been noticing a change in your airplane’s engine—it no longer starts at the first twist of the key, now requiring some extra finagling before springing to life. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar. Why Can’t I…?

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Inspire

OCTOBER 4, 2017

How a rusty pilot with no experience discovered that he really can build an airplane. The post Rusty Pilot Finds New Love for Homebuilding first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

Most of these checks can even be done as the airplane is sitting at the gate because they are minimally invasive, require less tools, and take fewer maintenance personnel. Depending on the maintenance specifications required by the FAA for that airplane, these checks commonly happen after 24-60 hours of flight time.

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Inspire

JULY 3, 2019

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Scaled Composites test pilots Evan Thomas and Zach Reeder to discuss the first flight of Stratolaunch. Evan flew Stratolaunch, the largest airplane by wingspan to ever fly, and Zach was the pilot in command of the chase plane, a Citation.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 6, 2024

” Proudly wearing his khaki pilot’s shirt and helmet to look the part on airshow day, Clay Hammond (aged 7 or 8) stands in front of the collection’s Curtiss Jenny. ” With this background it’s not surprising Hammond became an ORA pilot and has flown many of the aircraft in this unique collection.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

But whether you are an active or pending pilot, or you want to learn to fly, chances are you know someone who could use a little direction on that path. Is it the ability to fly for yourself, with friends and family, for a business, or to own an airplane? registered airplane. Or is it the first stage in an aviation career?

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

February 8, 2017 – Congratulations to 17-year-old Nolan Hart, EAA 1139352, who successfully completed his checkride and became a private pilot on January 14.

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Photographic Logbook

JUNE 16, 2024

Sounding so stereotypical that it could be stock audio from a Looney Tunes cartoon, that rooster's crowing can often be heard from my hangar throughout the morning. Old guys talking airplanes immediately bored The Bear, but she exercised grace and kindly patience. It was The Bear's first time hearing what I call the "airport rooster".

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

A hangar home at Pecan Plantation. READ MORE: New App Helps Pilots Connect, Find New Places to Explore The real appeal here is that it’s an amenity-rich community. Milton said that the relative proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area is a positive attraction for career pilots who fly from area airports.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

Navy had equipped both the USS Akron and Macon airships with a hangar deck and trapezes to carry and launch Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes. So, what kind of airplane might fill the bill?The The pilot sat on top of the engine in an ejection seat, like a cowboy astride a bucking bronco.

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AV Web

MAY 5, 2024

My left hand held the keys to my hangar’s door, and my right hand cradled a three-quarter-full cup of airport coffee—the communion drink of drowsy pilots. There is a certain squint that experienced pilots put on their faces as they put the cup to their lips for the first sip of the day. Every airport has a Frank.

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Inspire

JANUARY 13, 2022

On December 17, 2021, I officially became a pilot. Fittingly, it was the 118th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first successful flight of a powered airplane. The post Checkride Milestone — Christopher Gauger first appeared on Hangar Flying. I have a personal reason to celebrate December 17 from now on.

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Inspire

JULY 30, 2021

“It’s just an airplane.” That’s how the late Jack Bally, EAA 348338, a lifelong pilot and builder, described his one-third scale replica of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — just an airplane. The post A Great Big Little Bomber first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Inspire

MAY 1, 2019

When the vast majority of general aviation pilots (as opposed to purely recreational pilots) think about buying a more-or-less modern airplane, the question of what material that airplane uses in its construction — wood, steel, aluminum, or composites — isn’t a deciding factor.

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