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Learjet 35A veers off runway in Scottsdale, collides with parked Gulfstream G200

Aerotime

pic.twitter.com/C6v8unSfBZ — air plus news (@airplusnews) February 11, 2025 The Learjet lost control midfield and entered an area close to the Southwest Jet Center private hangar complex at the airport where the Gulfstream was parked. Le pilote est dcd, et 4 autres blesss bord.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

On the final approach to the target, I turned over control of the plane to the bombardier by means of the auto synchronization of the autopilot and the Norden bombsight. This meant on the final approach to the target the bombardier was flying the plane through the bombsight.” 5 and Guroaitei No.

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Lessons Learned: When Not to Fly

Inspire

Crazy wind gusts on final approach with very poor visibility through the windshield made for a very close call that could have been a disaster. The post Lessons Learned: When Not to Fly first appeared on Hangar Flying. A summer thunderstorm in Tennessee quickly turned a very nice sunset flight into a landing nightmare.

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

Some bucks spent on a hangar, updated paint and exterior, and a little TLC under the cowling, and your 30-year-old Cessna 172 will keep up with a brand-new one, for a lot less dollars. Maybe this is due to the slide rule and drafting table generation that designed them.

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Rarefied Prismatic Air

Photographic Logbook

Preflight complete, hangar door closed, ready to go. Hello and Goodbye Final approach, runway 27L, Oakland County International ("Pontiac"). Because of low fog covering southern Michigan, Detroit Approach assigned me the RNAV-27L instrument approach procedure into Oakland County.

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Painted Cloudscapes to Saratoga Springs

Photographic Logbook

I had already fueled and readied the Warrior for departure, it was just a matter of pulling her out of the hangar. As we maneuvered for the approach, we passed through an invisible rain shower in the darkness of sufficient vigor that the sound of rain ticking on the windshield penetrated our headsets. Ground team!

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7 tips for your cold weather flying

Flight Training Central

If your flight needs to get out early in the morning, the airplane should be hangared overnight and pulled out just before departure. You’ll quickly learn the importance of speed control on final approach and how to make real-world use of the soft-field takeoff and landing techniques.

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