Plane and Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Another person drove to the final approach end of Runway 27 and hiked into the woods, looking for the missing plane. It had crashed a quarter mile short of the runway. degrees left of the runway centerline. The couple knew that for Runway 25, the sun could be blinding as it set in the west. The pilot was dead.

Runway 93

Runway Final Approach Pilot Firewall 93

Air Facts

JULY 3, 2024

The time when I almost landed short Air Facts Journal The runway alingment and airspeed were good, but I was drifting below glideslope. Stubbornly, I firewalled the black knob. We regained the desired glideslope and made an adequate landing—on the runway. The engine did not respond and—how odd!—it

Firewall 98

Firewall Runway Approach Cockpit 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance. It’s not difficult to use the standard step to ease into the left seat. But it’s not difficult to learn. It actually feels slower.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Gary's Flight Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I did give the firewall and gear a once over after taking a peek at the runway for miscellaneous parts that may have been left behind. I saddled up and followed a Cessna Cardinal to the runway for departure. I did my typical couple of swipes up nose trim then somehow got slow. There were no leaks from the gauge install.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude Firewall Runway Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. So the temptation is to fly too fast and float down the runway, which the RV-12 will do for quite some distance. It’s not difficult to use the standard step to ease into the left seat. But it’s not difficult to learn. It actually feels slower.

Airplanes 97

Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 97

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Some parts were re-fabricated at Faribault, such as the firewall. While the project had come with the original firewall, it was manufactured with asbestos insulation sandwiched between the aluminum panels. The new firewall that was added to the Stinson was a stainless steel piece.

Firewall 98

Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 21, 2024

” [Photo by Mark Watt] Work ahead of the firewall was facilitated by Ezell installation kits. Certainly, the technology to fix that section existed at the time, but it hadn’t trickled into the warbird scene at that point. People didn’t have that kind of equipment to do that type of work.”

Cockpit 105

Cockpit Airplanes Firewall Tail 105