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Lufthansa Technik rolls out fully renovated 1957 Lockheed Starliner in Hamburg

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Lufthansa Technik The restoration includes fully functioning lighting and flight controls, with steel cables connecting to fully movable rudders and flaps. Additionally, the cockpit has been meticulously recreated to appear as it did when the aircraft was first delivered in 1957.

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

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(image via AirCorps Aviation) Over the past few months, most of the work on the AT-10 involved the cockpit section, the main fuselage, and the vertical fin. Indeed a major milestone saw the cockpit section mounted to the main fuselage! image via AirCorps Aviation) The cockpit section as it looked following painting prep.

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World’s Only DC-3 on Floats Returns to the Skies

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Floatplane pilots know well the importance of water rudders to their maneuverability on water, and though it’s the world’s largest floatplane, the DC-3 on floats is no exception, albeit with its peculiarities.

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

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The team also applied a second coat of varnish to various wooden parts, along with the fuselage assembly and cockpit floor. image via AirCorps Aviation) Here we can see that the newly-made third rib and a 1/16” plywood reinforcement strip for the rudder hinge installation are glued and clamped in place.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. “I was 46 years old the day I walked into that cockpit,” he said. “I The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

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Lufthansa Celebrates The Roll-Out of Lockheed L-1649A “Super Star”

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A special highlight of this static restoration is the meticulously recreated 1950s cockpit. The lighting and controls are functional, and cables connect to movable rudders and flaps, providing a true-to-original experience. The cabin reflects 1950s style but incorporates modern technology.

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B-25 ‘Huaira Bajo’ For Sale After Near-Full Restoration

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In March 2013 the cockpit area had been stripped and cleaned and the old glazing removed, the wings were being worked on with a skin removed, cleaning up, corrosion removal and treating and then repainting. Some of the systems were starting to be put in place and in the cockpit the rudder pedals and control columns were installed.

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