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Getting Back in the Air

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It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar. The plan was to shoot an instrument landing system (ILS) at the military airport next door, but clearance delivery told us they were landing the other direction.

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

The Legacy General Aviation Fleet The beauty of so many legacy single-engine GA aircraft is that, when cared for properly, their aluminum airframes are quite resilient and resistant to fatigue. Maybe this is due to the slide rule and drafting table generation that designed them. So, what is an aircraft owner-operator to do?

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