Hangar Knot True Airspeed 
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125.
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