Air Facts

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Most contacts requested information on ordering a firewall forward kit, and/or asking if we had kits for other types of piston aircraft, especially the C182, C210, C206 and Piper PA28 series. So, we decided to seek FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to allow owners to swap their old airframes to our firewall forward engine kit.

Firewall 98

Firewall Checkride Pilot General Aviation 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

The power plant modifications plate on the engine bay’s firewall. Today, Ens. Johnson is interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Tail 119

Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Air Facts

APRIL 7, 2025

Then, simultaneously, he released the brakes and gently but firmly eased the throttle forward until it stopped at the firewall. Our nose was pointed in the general direction of the SilverCrest restaurant, a popular steak house on the opposite shore. My heart raced. Our takeoff roll had begun. This one for whatever reason was special.

Firewall 52

Firewall Pilot Descent Cockpit 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Pretty much the only metal parts are the landing gear legs, stainless firewalls, engine mounts, engines and hardware. A significant investment in heavy, water-jet cut steel tooling means repeatedly accurate wings come off the Composite Creations table. Everything that can be composite is, all the way down to the engine baffling.

Airplanes 77

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 rate per million sectors.

Runway 255

Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer 255