Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

Fearsome metal airplanes helped win a global conflict, yet pilots came home to variations on prewar designs of tube-and-fabric construction and modest performance. For pilots who routinely flew with two or three passengers, the Cherokee 180s extra margins meant all the difference. Oregon pilot Randy Widell agrees.

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Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 68

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 28, 2024

He was too slow on his approach and was given “come on” signals by the Landing Signals Officer; when he was issued a subsequent “wave-off” command, the pilot banked away from the carrier with too little power, leading to a crash. The pilot was lucky to survive with just a few deep cuts to his forehead.” SBD-5 BuNo.36175

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Firewall Tail Approach Pilot 98

Air Facts

JULY 3, 2024

Stubbornly, I firewalled the black knob. What an embarrassing end to the second leg of my Private pilot solo long cross-country. —it seemed the stick got a little heavier. I added some more throttle, but there was no change in power and I absolutely needed more back pressure on the stick. I prepared myself for landing short.

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Firewall Runway Approach Cockpit 98

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Piloted by Mike Wright, the Corsair competed in the Unlimited Class, qualifying in 28th place with an average speed of 305.667 mph. The engine was replaced with a newly overhauled R-2800-43/51 by Anderson Airmotive, and the entire firewall forward was overhauled. John Glenn flying his U.S.

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Firewall Tail Pilot 111

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The focus of our mission was to eliminate the need for leaded fuel, increase the availability of older aircraft in rental fleets that most pilots could afford to rent or buy, and overall reverse the decline in GA participation. which is the real solution for saving GA.

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Firewall Checkride Pilot General Aviation 98

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

This early canopy limited visibility for the pilot, leading to later models adopting a more streamlined, blown canopy for improved situational awareness. The limitations of the early canopy are clearly seen in this near-pilot’s eye view. The power plant modifications plate on the engine bay’s firewall. Today, Ens.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 17, 2025

The retired Pan Am pilot spent nearly a quarter of a century rebuilding the classic sport trainer with the help of his late brother Bob and a small army of collaborators, returning it to the air after 50 years. “There was no firewall forward, there were no motor mounts or oil tank, no fuel tanks,” Devries said.

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Cockpit Airplanes Firewall Tail 115

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. For pilots coming from the certified side, its all-metal construction is comforting.

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 97

Air Facts

APRIL 7, 2025

Belted in, all wide-eyed, I sat enthralled by the complexity of the instrument panel, and by the skill the pilot must have to know how to handle such a complex machine. The pilot proceeded to taxi to the end of the ice strip, pausing momentarily to do what I later learned was a standard preflight check. Then it got better.

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Firewall Pilot Descent Cockpit 52

iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators iPad Pilot News Are you stuck at home and separated from your airplane or just experiencing an unlucky stretch of bad weather? Many flight simulators today integrate directly with EFB apps including ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, FlyQ, and Stratus Insight.

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Rudder Approach Firewall Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

With a crew of three (pilot, copilot & flight engineer) and four volunteers aboard, Liberty Belle took off, bound for Indianapolis. The pilots quickly found a farmer’s field and made a successful, gear-down landing just southeast of the airport. All seven occupants escaped without serious injury.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

The Extra was piloted by an experienced aviator with more than 6,000 hours. The accident pilot and his wife had bought the airport in 2013, so he was certainly familiar with the local area. The 2017 Extra EA300 LC was purchased about a year ago, and, according to friends, the pilot limited himself to basic aerobatic maneuvers.

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Runway Final Approach Pilot Firewall 92

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The couple would serve their country during the war, with Joe flying overseas and Pinky serving as a member of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), graduating in Class 44-W-9 and being assigned to Minter Field near Bakersfield, CA. Some parts were re-fabricated at Faribault, such as the firewall.

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Firewall Airplanes Hangar Annual Inspection 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 21, 2024

” [Photo by Mark Watt] Work ahead of the firewall was facilitated by Ezell installation kits. Between 2017 and 2021, Smoot piloted Argonaut in thirteen races, scoring one win. Certainly, the technology to fix that section existed at the time, but it hadn’t trickled into the warbird scene at that point.

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Cockpit Airplanes Firewall Tail 105

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Power-off stalls can be anxiety-inducing for student pilots when they first experience them. As a result, a power-on stall is nerve-wracking for student pilots because it features a very high pitch angle, especially with full engine power. There are very obvious indications the pilot receives of an impending stall.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When spelled geoduck it represents a grotesque, oversized mollusk, or clam to we pilot simpletons. Much depends on the aircraft’s weight, pilot skill and, surprisingly, “how much abuse you want to experience. Checking the oil is the main attraction to the pilot. The airplane will handle more than you want to.”

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

While LSAs in general have been tagged for having slightly underbuilt landing gearone of the more common accident scenarios is a newly transitioned pilot not managing the slickness of this kind of airplane and wiping out the gear during a botched landingthe goal is for the F2 to be unusually robust. More lessons learned.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

However, right from the start of the year, this figure would have been significantly higher but for pilot professionalism, improved aircraft technology, and, of course, a dose of good fortune. A pilot was killed, one person was seriously injured and two more suffered minor injuries. Neither pilot was injured.

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Runway Airlines Airline Horizontal Stabilizer 258

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2025

The bulge in the back side of the firewall provides clearance for the oil tank. image via AirCorps Aviation) This is the hydraulic hand pump which the pilot uses (if the engine-powered pump fails) to operate the flaps, radiator scoops, or the landing gear. image via AirCorps Aviation) Progress on hydraulic lines shows in this image.

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Rudder Cockpit Aileron Firewall 98