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Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration Report – Winter 2024

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image via AirCorps Aviation) The horizontal stabilizer mounting area almost looks like a piece of furniture. image via AirCorps Aviation) Wooden spacers hold the vertical stabilizer in position as the assemblies are checked for proper fit and clearance. Clear and straight grain is necessary in this application.

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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Northrop X-4 Bantam

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Head on view of the Northrop X-4 Bantam (NASA) The X-4 was a research aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation to test the stability of semi-tailless wing designs at transonic speeds in excess of Mach 0.9. For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines.

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A Crowded House for the Widow of Reading

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Beating the Odds I called for and received taxi clearance to the museum and started rolling. Dan received the same clearance. Dan received his taxi clearance, then offered that the whole process works better when the chocks are removed before engine start. Mere recollection of the incident was enough to make me blush.

Torque 52
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Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder

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We eventually packed up the Gnat and after struggles with the Defense Directorate of Trade Controls, essentially the Congressional arm of the military to get an export clearance, we eventually solved that puzzle and then of course Covid arrived. ” The Gnat departed its temporary Tauranga home for Auckland in December 2021.

Jet 105
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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

From the pilot’s seat it cruises near effortlessly and handles nimbly on land or water with a great combination of stability and modest control pressures. Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other. The aircraft sustained damage to the leading edge of the right-hand horizontal stabilizer and was subsequently repaired. There were no injuries to those onboard.

Runway 256
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Return to Form

Plane and Pilot

The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Out back, theres an entirely new tail.