Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

He was thrilled and sent me a picture of her by the new hangar. The new owner was thrilled and sent me a picture of the Cardinal by its new hangar. Like many local GA airports, we have a group of pilots (mostly older, retired aircraft owners) who congregate most days in one hangar or another. And that’s it isn’t it?

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Pilot General Aviation VOR Cockpit 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Off Sodus, I briefly leveled at 2,500 feet to remain visual until I received my instrument clearance from Rochester Approach. South of Buffalo, I tried to assist Approach by alerting them to a Citabria west of the Perry-Warsaw Airport that was trying to reach them. Looking north to the east end of Lake Erie and Buffalo, NY.

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Runway Approach Knot Drag 82

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Climate Scientist T he pilots of the intercontinental business jet had just finished transmitting their position report from FL330 over the Philippine Sea when one noticed the contrails of a commercial jet approaching their position a few thousand feet above their altitude.

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Turbulence Weather Jet Pilot 40

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. Soft” IFR is what you plan for, and “hard” IFR is what you might get.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

He went to the hangar and did a pre-flight walkaround of the 172, including checking the fuel. Satisfied, he pulled the 172 out of the hangar and started the engine. ” The pilot taxied to the holding point, checked the skies for any approaching aircraft, and lined up on the runway. “The more we have, the better.”

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Runway Pilot Knot Weather 52

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Pilots often “refresh” METARs when approaching an airport with poor weather to monitor trends and have the most current decision-making information available. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots.

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

In fact, we have a window over the stove that looks into the hangar. As I approach 10 nm out, I make a call on 122.7 The radio is quiet as I approach, and the turn to the 45 degree entry is easy and smooth. A cruise climb as I make my crosswind turn, then downwind, more radio calls on the way.

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Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

Can you fly a zero-thrust, single-engine approach to minimums today? I have one airplane in my hangar that can only carry 500 pounds of payload with the fuel tanks topped off—that’s it, if I’m going to respect the max-takeoff-weight limit, and I will. That optimistic outlook doesn’t apply to pilots with rusty skills.

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Density Altitude Airplanes Wind Shear Pilot 61

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Thaws, rain, snow, and strong crosswinds can temporarily close the airport. Not Cool, Man After transitioning across multiple sectors of Boston Center's vast airspace, the home stretch found us on with Boston Approach under a crisp, blue New Hampshire sky. Despite its acclaim, the ephemeral airport leads a finicky existence.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But it was apparent the smallest Grumman flying boat was too small and full of quirks—the cabin door won’t open if the flaps are down, for example—to justify something approaching a direct copy. At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Airtime inhabits a large hangar at the Tulsa Riverside Airport (KRVS) where newly imported CTs are prepped, and ongoing maintenance and upgrades are carried out for aircraft in the U.S. It was our completion center for our CF23 version of the aircraft, but it was a small hangar and warehouse. distributor for Flight Design aircraft.

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Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98