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Flight planning for a weekend getaway

Flight Training Central

Are hangars available if the weather becomes an issue such as frost on a cool morning or if thunderstorms develop? Are hangars available if the weather becomes an issue? And not just the physical place to tie down, but the ropes or chains to secure the aircraft? If not you may have to bring a tie-down kit along.

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Chairman’s Note * Madrid’s First Premium GA Hangar at LEMD!

Universal Weather

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are extremely excited to share that Universal Aviation Spain will develop Madrids first premium general aviation hangar at Barajas Airport (LEMD). Wishing you smooth flights and continued success in 2025! Greg The post Chairmans Note * Madrids First Premium GA Hangar at LEMD!

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Hawaii Mars Taxiing Around

Vintage Aviation News

photo by Rob Frolic) A flight plan is expected to be widely publicized, allowing people along the route to see the plane fly one last time. The museum is raising funds to build a new hangar on land donated by the Victoria Airport Authority to house the Hawaii Mars and other B.C. firefighting aircraft.

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Seville, Spain: 2025 Business Aviation Destination Guide

Universal Weather

Universal Aviation Spain coordinates directly with airport authorities to obtain PPR, ensuring that operators receive a PPR number, which must be included in Box 18 of the flight plan. Given the high summer temperatures, operators should plan for adequate aircraft cooling and hydration for crew and passengers.

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Flight Test Files: A-5A Vigilante

Vintage Aviation News

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex.

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Passing the torch

Air Facts

Each day, 12 students spent two hours in a fabrication hangar where they cut/folded/riveted a sheet of aluminum into a wing component. One was at the controls of an airplane alongside a CFI, and was preceded by flight planning and a preflight inspection. The participants also received a post flight debriefing.

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High-Tech One Upmanship

Air Facts

Now, instead of showing up in flight ops and finding my flight planning had all been done for me by my dispatcher, I was now the dispatcher. KMPO is an non-towered field as are several other places I fly to and from on an IFR flight plan. My learning curve was not steep , it was vertical!