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How Spantech built an A380-sized hangar in less than six months 

Aerotime

Across the board, growth in the aviation industry has been accompanied by the need to develop all sorts of support infrastructure, including hangars and maintenance facilities. Building a new hangar can be a lengthy process if you do it the traditional way, but Belgian firm Spantech is offering a new, more straightforward approach.

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The Last Beechcraft Starships

Vintage Aviation News

The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The Starships lifting surface was positioned aft of the horizontal stabilizer, making stalls unlikely. The company recently expanded its facilities, adding a 60,000-square-foot hangar and component repair space in 2025.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. Its important because the lift is always produced perpendicular to the relative wind. Why is this important?

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Rebirth of FG-1D Corsair 92460

Vintage Aviation News

The FG-1D Corsair is lifted into position back in 1971. Photo by Jerry O’Neill She was lifted off the pole in July 2008 and brought to the CASCs restoration shop. Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. It would remain there for the next 37 years. CASC Photo.

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Exploring the use of robotics and automation to enhance airport ground handling

Aerotime

The Japan Times YouTube Channel Airport employees wore three kilogram robotic suits around their waists to help with lifting heavy objects. The suits worked by sending bioelectric signals from the brain to the muscles, prompting the machine to support the weight being lifted and reducing back stress.

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Milestone reached on ST Engineering’s third maintenance hangar in Pensacola

Aviation Bussiness News

A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place to mark the start of construction on ST Engineering’s third aircraft maintenance hangar at Pensacola International Airport. The new hangar also underscores our longstanding commitment to contribute to the progress of Pensacola’s aviation MRO industry and the region’s economic growth. .”

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Today in Aviation History: Loss of USS Macon

Vintage Aviation News

Though the German Zeppelins were inflated with hydrogen, which was a more readily available and lighter lifting gas, it was flammable when mixed with oxygen, which doomed many a Zeppelin to a fiery end. Unlike their German cousins, both the USS Akron and the USS Macon were designed to have a 75-by-60-by-16-foot hangar amidships.

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