Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

Chet Smith, who had learned to fly the Coronado as co-pilot to DeLorenzo, said his altimeter over the target indicated less 50 feet. The Coronados wrecked the airfield and destroyed hangars, aircraft, barracks, mess halls, fuel dumps, and communication equipment, as well as the motor torpedo boats Guroaitei No. 5 and Guroaitei No.

Horizontal Stabilizer 111

Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

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. A steam gauge airspeed indicator, Garmin G3X, autopilot, Garmin G5, transponder, fuel selector, accelerometer, and steam gauge altimeter were centered directly in front of me.

Knot 111

Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

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.

Annual Inspection 65

Annual Inspection VOR Instrument Flight Rules Altimeter 65

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

If I see a yellow light, I need to take a close look at winds and runway alignment before driving to the hangar. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots. Compare the flashing lights with the areas of snow in the Foreflight radar image below.

Weather 52

Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. Everything checks out, and you are one happy camper!

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

Better to write it down sitting in your hangar on a rainy day than try to figure it out at 6,000 feet over the Okefenokee Swamp at midnight. However, many older legacy autopilots take their roll commands from various instruments located within the six-pack, most often the turn coordinator, DG, and the altimeter.

Cockpit 105

Cockpit Transponder Pilot Ceiling 105

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Catalina Airport DC3 Hangar photographed by by Don Ramey Logan in 2013. When I saw the altimeter start to climb I raised the landing gear and let out the breath I’d apparently been holding. However, just as the altimeter started to climb, the Baron faltered. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Dinner was excellent.”

Runway 52

Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52