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Heart Aerospace co-founder and CEO on what’s next for pioneering aircraft: video 

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On September 12, 2024, Swedish startup Heart Aerospace held its “Hangar Day” in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it publicly exhibited its new X1 full scale hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrator for the first time.

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

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Korean Air workers’ parents given glimpse at aviation jobs with revived program

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The event included tours of key facilities such as the Operations & Customer Center (OCC), Aviation Medical Center, Flight Training Center, and the in-house hangar. Participants had the opportunity to operate cockpit controls, gaining insight into the complexities of aircraft operation.

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Warbird Academy Prepares To Open Its Hangar Doors To The Public

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With more than 17,000 hours of total flight time, Chris Grounds will open the hangar doors of his Warbird Academy at Douglas Municipal Airport in southern Georgia on November 9, 2024. And Secondly, to provide an opportunity for individuals to experience the joys of flying in military aircraft from an open-cockpit biplane to a 600-mph jet.”

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Open Cockpit Day at The Palm Springs Air Museum: P-47 Thunderbolt

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This Saturday, May 4, 2024 , from 1o:00 AM to 12:00 PM, sit in the cockpit of the P-47 Thunderbolt at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The suggested $5 donation for the open cockpit experience includes a souvenir Air Museum-provided photograph. Production topped any other Allied fighter with 15,683 P-47s produced.

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Lufthansa Technik rolls out fully renovated 1957 Lockheed Starliner in Hamburg

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The re-assembly process in the hangar in Hamburg was always destined to be a painstaking and lengthy process. Additionally, the cockpit has been meticulously recreated to appear as it did when the aircraft was first delivered in 1957. Konstantin von Wedelstaedt / Shutterstock Whats next for the Super Star?

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CEO Of The Cockpit: The Enemies List (Corrected)

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As I drove down the ramp on my way to my humble T-hangar, I noticed someone pulling the prop on the left engine of their old Beech Baron’s left engine. He melted into a puddle of sweat and ignorance after a few attempts and stumbled to the hangar to find a mechanic who could find him a strong battery and troubleshoot the situation.

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