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The Corsair C172-V8 Experiment Update #3—Reader’s Suggestions

Air Facts

Our goal was to demonstrate that there are practical solutions to the challenges facing general aviation (GA), specifically its piston engine segment, which could potentially come from small, passionate entities and even individuals.

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Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators

iPad Pilot News

To get started, ensure your computer firewall and Wi-Fi router are not blocking UDP traffic port 49002. You’ll have to consult your router and firewall support documents to configure your settings appropriately. Once you have that setup, you can use a few different plugins to connect Flight Simulator 2020 to your EFB.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

Pretty much the only metal parts are the landing gear legs, stainless firewalls, engine mounts, engines and hardware. It’s worth noting the Gweduck team is maximizing composite construction as the total lack of corrosion in the prototype is a complete game changer and they want to emphasize that advantage. Pricing You would have to ask.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Post-accident assessment of the aircraft revealed substantial damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) firewall bulkhead, resulting from the aircrafts aft fuselages contact with the runway surface.

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Return to Form

Plane and Pilot

General aviation is driven by myriad forces. Its even better here, with generous hip- and legroom between the convex doors and the structural center console that runs from the firewall through the cabin to the baggage bulkhead. Then theres the sales and marketing footprint.