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

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.

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Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

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.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Hangar 105

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.

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Jet Tail Pilot Descent 78

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.

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Runway Pilot Hangar Tail 116

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 (..)

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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.

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Tail Airline Airlines Pilot 111

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.

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Weather Runway Airplanes Final Approach 52

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.

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Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 126

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 Approach Airplanes Pilot 52

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.

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Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 105

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?

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Payload Cargo Tail Airplanes 52

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.

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Tail Aileron Airplanes Transponder 122

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.,

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Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

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.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

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.”

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Cockpit Pilot Tail Hangar 122

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.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

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.

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Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124

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).

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Tail Cargo Pilot Airplanes 98

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.

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Airplanes Hangar Pilot Tail 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.

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Runway Groundspeed Approach Crosswind 75

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