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Spooky Update: Progress Heats Up on the CAF Gulf Coast Wing’s Douglas AC-47 Project

Vintage Aviation News

Photo via CAF Gulf Coast Wing The team is currently focused on completing the annual inspection and making further external modifications to bring Spooky closer to her authentic AC-47 appearance. Volunteer support remains strong, with members traveling from other CAF unitsincluding two experts from Denverto lend their skills.

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Rare 1945 Grumman FM-2 Wildcat for Sale by Platinum Fighter Sales

Vintage Aviation News

Flown regularly, the Wildcat remains in annual inspection and is in excellent flying condition. At some point, modifications were made to add a cabin behind the cockpit, installing four windows for passenger seating. Carlisle in Alabama with the registration N55558, followed by Alfred T. Whiteside in Jacksonville, FL, as N777A.

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“Stearman Mike” A Midwest Warbird Pilot’s Dedication to Keeping a Famous Trainer Flying

Vintage Aviation News

The cockpit of the PT-17 is more streamlined, has a better layout, and is overall more comfortable than earlier biplane aircraft. This cockpit familiarity proved to be vital once the Stearman began being used as a Primary Trainer in WWII. This PT-17 has also opened many doors, or cockpits, for Mike.

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Buying Your First Airplane

Plane and Pilot

Add in the cost of an annual inspection and it is prudent to develop a realistic budget for the first-year surprises that inevitably arise. Get the Pre-Buy Before you start looking for your airplane, find a trusted mechanic to do a thorough pre-buy inspection. You get the picture. Round dials are generally cheaper than glass.

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High-Tech One Upmanship

Air Facts

In 2017, I got hired to be the personal pilot for a family in Pennsylvania flying their high-tech, all glass cockpit $5m, Pilatus PC-12NG single engine turboprop. I got hired to be the personal pilot on an all glass cockpit $5m, Pilatus PC-12NG. In fact, I have been their Chief Pilot for nearly eight years.

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Preparing for Helicopter Practical Test Scenarios

Learn to Fly

Check for any overdue inspections, outstanding Airworthiness Directives (ADs), and the resolution of any previously noted discrepancies. Confirm the last date of the annual inspection and any applicable 100-hour inspections if the helicopter is used for instruction or hire.

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Flying with the Old Breed—Max Karant’s Twin Comanche

Air Facts

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.