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Planes of Fame Air Museum to Showcase Rare P-51A Mustang and Battle of Okinawa History at Hangar Talk Event

Vintage Aviation News

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, is set to host an engaging “Hangar Talk” event on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Beginning at 10:30 AM, the “Hangar Talk” will provide an in-depth look at the Battle of Okinawa, which took place 80 years ago. Click HERE for tickets.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

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This horizontal component of lift is called Induced Drag. Its called induced drag since it only exists as a consequence of lift. If youre generating lift, youre stuck with induced drag as well. Increased Drag Moving air around is hard work! What Does the Vortex Strength Depend On? How to Reduce Wingtip Vortices?

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Today in Aviation History: The Long-Range Flight of the P-82 Twin Mustang Betty Jo

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Thacker named the plane “Betty Jo” after his wife, though the painters at NAA had accidently painted it as “Betty Joe” P-82B Twin Mustang Betty Jo inside one of the hangars at Hickam Field prior to the flight.

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Backcountry Flying, STOL Drag Racing at High Sierra Fly-In

Inspire

The post Backcountry Flying, STOL Drag Racing at High Sierra Fly-In first appeared on Hangar Flying. Get a taste of the event in this video, and read more about it in the February 2019 issue of EAA Sport Aviation.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Convair F2Y Sea Dart

Vintage Aviation News

In order to facilitate beaching operations at naval air stations, a pair of small wheels were added to the rear of the skis, along with a tailwheel in order for the aircraft to be towed from a hangar to the launching ramps. The official maiden flight of the Sea Dart took place on April 9, 1953.

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Today in Aviation History: Loss of USS Macon

Vintage Aviation News

Unlike their German cousins, both the USS Akron and the USS Macon were designed to have a 75-by-60-by-16-foot hangar amidships. In service, the USS Macon would carry up to five Sparrowhawks in its internal hangar. Meanwhile, the equally massive structure of the USS Macon took shape in Goodyear’s massive hangar in Akron.

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National Warplane Museum Receives D-Day Veteran Staggerwing

Vintage Aviation News

The offset top wing offered the benefits of increased visibility to the pilot, and it was also claimed to have reduced interference drag between the top and bottom wings (though later evidence would argue the benefit as negligible.) The Staggerwing in her new hangar at the National Warplane Museum.

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