Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Measuring 804 feet nose to tail, it was larger than the record-setting LZ-127, the Graf Zeppelin , commanded by factory manager Hugo Eckner. READ MORE: 20 Most Famous Airplanes and Aircraft Werline’s father is one of the Navy men who was on hand to help the Hindenburg moor that day. He survived.

Tail 109

Tail Hangar Weather Approach 109

Gary's Flight Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When I arrived at the hangar It was pretty comfortable inside so I didn't bother to preheat. I got the fan turning then set up my video cameras, having forgot my tail tie down camera. We enjoyed a good chat about airplanes and just spent time catching up. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar. Simmons trip.

Runway 86

Runway Tail Hangar Approach 86

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 17, 2024

Any dust, dirt, and debris that may have accumulated while being worked on in the hangar was first washed off. Using a sprayer system that does not create much overspray, the aircraft would be painted in place in the museum’s main hangar. Next came the process of acid etching the aluminum surface.

Cockpit 105

Cockpit Rudder Tail Hangar 105

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

No Buck Rogers,” Darryl says, “I thought if I used the airplane to break the 3km speed record held by the Navy, I could raise a sponsor for the altitude record.” The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard.

Horizontal Stabilizer 124

Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Stability 124

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 22, 2024

Tucked inside the main hangar, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania artist Jennifer “Hot Rod Jen” Thomas was steadying her hand against the side of the P-61. When member’s day came around and the first visitors rounded the tail of the museum’s replica D3A “Val” there was a sense of awe as they spotted the nose art.

Tail 126

Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 126

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

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. By 1952, the Raiden was donated by the Frank Wiggins School to the Travel Town Museum, managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks in Griffith Park.

Pilot 126

Pilot Ceiling Knot Tail 126

Inspire

JULY 23, 2019

Whether it was the German registration, the German flag on the tail, or the combination of those with the P-51 Mustang markings and invasion stripes on the sides that caused you to do a double-take, it was Hermann Schiele’s airplane […] The post A Homebuilder’s Dream Flight: From Germany to Oshkosh — Meet Hermann Schiele first appeared on Hangar (..)

Tail 40

Tail Airplanes Hangar 40

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Kenny Roth was the pilot and fought the plane all the way to the ground, hitting tail first. View of NC9684_s tail, May 2016. By mid September, the team hopes to have the wings completely painted, and to have the outer panels and the landing gear put back on the airplane by New Year’s. 1 (left) and No.

Tail 111

Tail Pilot Airlines Airline 111

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

BOOP , BOOP, boop," said the airplane as the propeller came to a stop. Scott started the airplane again for Ray. said the airplane again. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021.

Torque 52

Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

There are no hangars for gliders in Boulder and tie down space is limited. There’s nothing that can beat it except for highly powered airplanes without glider in tow. A lifting aid is required to mount and remove the tail dolly which is a bit of a nuisance. Easy rigging and ground handling.

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Cockpit Tail Runway 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 22, 2024

Tucked inside the main hangar, Hummelstown, PA artist Jennifer “Hot Rod Jen” Thomas was steadying her hand against the side of the P-61. When member’s day came around and the first visitors rounded the tail of the museum’s replica Aichi D3A Val there was a sense of awe as they spotted the nose art.

Tail 98

Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 98

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 When it returned to the bomber, it could be refueled, rearmed, and ready for the next attack.

Jet 63

Jet Tail Pilot Descent 63

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.

Weather 52

Weather Runway Airplanes NOTAMs 52

NYC Aviation

JANUARY 19, 2022

Tuesday evening saw a significant milestone in Northern Pacific Airways’ path to launch, as they unveiled their first aircraft at a paint hangar in San Bernardino, California. Their first airplane is registered N627NP. The tail of the aircraft, showing the N627NP registration. So how did the 757 land at NPA’s passenger outfit?

Payload 52

Payload Cargo Airplanes Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex.

Pilot 52

Pilot Thrust Tail Hangar 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. On this leg, being able to fly under the clouds was an unexpected gift.

Weather 60

Weather Runway Knot Rudder 60

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. On this leg, being able to fly under the clouds was an unexpected gift.

Weather 52

Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. A prop lock is required on all aircraft parked outside of a hangar at the MD-3 airports, though throttle locks provide an alternate means of compliance.

Transponder 52

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. Left unchecked, the fire consumed most of the aircraft; just the tail and outboard wing sections survived the blaze.

Tail 126

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. One month later, on February 1, it was sold to Air Service Inc.,

Firewall 98

Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Some pilots come to Galesburg, park their airplane and just enjoy the fellowship for the week. Vendors set up to sell souvenirs and parts, and the new International Stearman Community Hangar hosts its own gift shop, historical library, and museum inside. What can you possibly do for a whole week in Galesburg, you might ask.

Tail 122

Tail Airplanes Aileron Transponder 122

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Annual Invitation In 2018 and 2019, we discovered that we were not the only flying club in the region that routinely mustered several airplanes for simple breakfast runs. In 2019, five of us made the flight to Benton in three airplanes and it was a terrific experience. Mary's, PA and Cherry Ridge, PA. 1947 North American Navion.

Runway 98

Runway Airplanes Pilot General Aviation 98

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Torchia stated that he bought the airplane because he wanted an airworthy aircraft that would be in need of restoration. After troubleshooting the engine I determined it was time for an overhaul and pulled the engine off the airplane and sent it to Radial Engines Ltd in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Weather 122

Weather Airplanes Tail Hangar 122

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

A hangar home at Pecan Plantation. Some buyers have even planned well in advance for their retirement, snapping up lots years before building their dream hangar home. Mills learned to fly in the aircraft and has completed a tip-to-tail restoration, sparing no expense since assuming its ownership several years ago.

Runway 116

Runway Hangar Pilot Tail 116

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 23, 2024

” Bob Sturges of Columbia Airmotive in Troutdale, OR won the bid for the aircraft but the bill of sale was unacceptable to the FAA (listed as “one F-40 [sic] airplane” with no serial or registration numbers) so Sturges registered the aircraft as a P-40N by using the identity of a scrapped P-40N (N1009N, USAAF 43-23484/RCAF 877).

Tail 98

Tail Cargo Pilot Airplanes 98

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With a collection seeded by purchase of six WWI era aircraft from the former Roosevelt Field where Charles Lindbergh launched on his historic flight to Paris, ORA is a tribute to founder Cole Palen's (1925-1993) fervent belief that an airplane is only an airplane if it still flies. Over time, he built an extensive flying menagerie.

Airplanes 84

Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 84

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

82 Tiger Moth, the airplane that trained thousands of pilots from across the British Empire to take to the air in World War II. Frustrated at work, in 1909 he received a gift of 1,000 pounds from his grandfather to build his first airplane, just a few years after the Wright brothers had made their first flight.

Airplanes 115

Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

During my drive to the company hangar at the airport, I become increasingly convinced the captain will cancel our scheduled flight. I pony-tail my long hair, disheveled by the tempest brewing across much of central Canada, and say, “We’re in for a treat today. Surface winds are already thirty knots gusting to forty-five.

Weather 96

Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 96

Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 16, 2023

A Fly-In Farmers Market D&L Trail with Slatington Airport hangars to the right. I followed the tail northbound toward the Lehigh Gap. Peeking into the cabin of this decaying V-tail Bonanza, I could not help but contemplate what these dead airplanes represented. At the Lehigh Gap Nature Center.

Runway 52

Runway Airplanes Approach Pilot 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

We live at an airpark, and the airplanes are steps from my kitchen. In fact, we have a window over the stove that looks into the hangar. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

Groundspeed 97

Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 97

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 3, 2024

Brendon Deere and Mustang Two Three in the “Biggin Hill” hangar at RNZAF Base Ohakea. ” Team members with the now-overhauled engine after its return to the workshop in the “Palikulo Hangar”. And once we got the engine back, we were able to mount it and plumb it and all that good stuff.”

Cockpit 122

Cockpit Pilot Hangar Tail 122

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The B-17 is more than just an airplane. Also known as the Flying Fortress, these airplanes flew in every theater from start to finish, but will always be remembered for the job they did in the hostile skies over Europe as the workhorse of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. There are few airplanes as emblematic as the Flying Fortress.

Airplanes 100

Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 100

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

Airplanes 62

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 62

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. We had eight airplanes partially built so they had to be taken out too.

Rudder 87

Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 87

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The new gallery is a 91,000 square foot hangar and provides a 70% increase to the indoor exhibition space. B-24D 41-23908 Hill AFB 19Mar2024 Veronico with restored Martin 250CE turret and tail turret as recovered from Alaska. Guests listen to speakers during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new L.S.

Weather 124

Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

No officers met me at the airplane. The Ottawa controllers liked to use the last four digits of my tail number instead of just the last three, which sounded incredibly unfamiliar and clunky to my ear.) I wondered if US numerical tail numbers are as awkward to parse for Canadians as Canadian all-letter callsigns are for US pilots.

Runway 52

Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Reserve Hangar 1948 Canadair C-54GM North Star 1 ST, a derivative of the DC-4 and the sole surviving example of its type. Before exploring the main museum, I joined the 11:30 tour of the Reserve Hangar. The Reserve Hangar is so large that it easily swallowed this DC-9 airliner in Air Canada livery.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Hangar Pilot Tail 52