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High-Tech One Upmanship

Air Facts

Because of this situation, I had to learn how to flight plan a flight of 1,120 nm up in the flight levels from Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania (KMPO), where the airplane is hangared, to Key West. We filed IFR and got our clearance in the usual way from ground control at Punta Gorda, then flew eastward to the uncontrolled Sebring, Florida airport.

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Two Weeks in the RV

Plane and Pilot

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. Photo: Ed Wischmeyer] Didn’t make the first turnoff, barely, but was quickly at the hangar to unload the interlocking baggage and enjoy the humid, 92-degree Georgia summer.

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From the Bottom of the Sea to Wildwood: The Incredible Story of the F6F Hellcat at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum

Vintage Aviation News

Elcock was at the controls of BuNo 25910, lining up for an approach onto the training carrier USS Sable. During the approach, he came in too low with the right wing at a downward angle, forcing the aircraft off the flight deck. Grumman F6F-3 BuNo 66237 in the restoration and storage hangars at Pensacola before the move to Wildwood.

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Getting Back in the Air

Plane and Pilot

It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar. The plan was to shoot an instrument landing system (ILS) at the military airport next door, but clearance delivery told us they were landing the other direction. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach?

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Photographic Logbook

I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. ATC was great, the FBO (FlightLevel - Beverly) treated us well and charged reasonable fees, and radar services were managed by the perennially capable Boston Approach.

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Across the pond

Professional Pilot

Jet Nassau offers ground support services at NAS (Nassau, Bahamas), with 20,000 sq ft of hangar space and 300,000 sq ft of ramp space. Touchdown in Europe is planned somewhere between Scotland and Norway as you approach the Netherlands and Germany from the North Sea. On this route, THU (Thule AFB, Pituffik, Greenland) at 76.5°

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Across the pond

Professional Pilot

Jet Nassau offers ground support services at NAS (Nassau, Bahamas), with 20,000 sq ft of hangar space and 300,000 sq ft of ramp space. Touchdown in Europe is planned somewhere between Scotland and Norway as you approach the Netherlands and Germany from the North Sea. On this route, THU (Thule AFB, Pituffik, Greenland) at 76.5°

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