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Ten Types of Aviation Maintenance Checks

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These checks take a full working day, so the aircraft is usually parked inside of a hangar. These checks require many more man hours, tools, hangar space, and aircraft downtime. Unless discrepancies are found, the aircraft can be returned to service in as little as 10-12 hours.

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Mind the Gap: A Visit to Slatington, PA

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Cherokee Four Eight One, Allentown Approach, altimeter 30.48, remain at or above 3,500 feet." A multilayered example of cluelessness, the episode was not a shining moment for general aviation. A Fly-In Farmers Market D&L Trail with Slatington Airport hangars to the right. Where's Waldo Slatington?

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Failure is Not an Option

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Most of the emergency procedures training we do in general aviation airplanes center around just two simple words: “What if?” The average age of the current general aviation fleet is somewhere between 35 and 50 years. As I considered this conundrum one evening, the movie Apollo 13 appeared on the screen.

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“Pioneers of Flight” Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum to open in 2025

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Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, for refurbishment in the UHC’s Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar and to be kept in storage in newly-constructed storage modules at Udvar-Hazy meant to replace the older facilities at the Paul E. Another general aviation design in the form of the Mignet HM.14 It was the first HM.14