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Broke Down at AirVenture?

Plane and Pilot

But if you’ve got a leaking brake line, a flat tire, or other issue that needs attention for a quick fix, or if you need to prepare for a ferry flight home, these folks are who you need to be looking for. Emergency Aircraft Repair is located near the Hangar Café along the flightline, midway down runway 18/36.

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Broke Down at AirVenture?

Plane and Pilot

But if you’ve got a leaking brake line, a flat tire, or other issue that needs attention for a quick fix, or if you need to prepare for a ferry flight home, these folks are who you need to be looking for. Emergency Aircraft Repair is located near the Hangar Café along the flightline, midway down runway 18/36.

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Reflection 2024: A Grassroots Year

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Warrior 481's wheels even sampled five different grass runways in 2024, which is more than usual. Landing on five different grass runways (Woolsey Memorial, 5D5; Basin Harbor B06; Shelburne, VT8; Benton, PA40; and Green, 4N7) in four different states (MI, VT, NY, PA) with three of them being new to me.

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Martin Mars: Interview With British Columbia Aviation Museum Project Lead

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The ferry flight to the museum , tentatively scheduled for August 10th this year, will likely mark the type’s final ever journey skyward under its own power. Transport Canada will do all of the approvals… And then, there might be a practice flight. I’m still waiting to hear about that.”

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Awesome at 80: Europe’s last Catalina flying boat remains air show favorite 

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The last of 33 PBY-4 variants to be rolled out was fitted with amphibious landing gear for the first time, to increase the type’s versatility and enable it to operate from land-based runways. Conclusion At the end of the 2024 air show season, G-PBYA ‘Miss Pick Up’ will return to winter hibernation in one of the hangars at Duxford Airfield.

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Rare C-49 ‘WildKat’ Makes First Appearance at Reading World War II Weekend [NEEDS PHOTO SWAP]

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The weekend is action-packed with daily airshows, aircraft displays, military vehicles, WWII veterans, speakers, presentations, vendors, entertainers, Homefront education, mock battles, 20-plus acres of WWII encampments, nightly big-band hangar dances, and of course, the reenactors. WildKat returned to flight in the summer of 2018.

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