Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar. As I adjusted the rudder pedals to my 5-foot-4 frame, Waghorn ran through a few last-minute details before climbing up the wing to the front passenger seat.

Knot 111

Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Inspire

MARCH 20, 2025

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Roberts Stick and Rudder column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. We learn […] The post Elements of Survival first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 52

Rudder Hangar Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The familiar yellow Taylorcraft is parked by a galvanized corrugated steel roof shed-style hangar. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo. In addition to repairing the left gear leg, the right gear and rudder were removed for recovering. How often do you fly her?

Airplanes 97

Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 97

Inspire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Roberts Stick and Rudder column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The runway was somewhat narrow and sloped upward […] The post An Uphill (and Downhill) Struggle first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 98

Rudder Runway Approach Hangar 98

Inspire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every now and then we encounter a flight that requires us to consider factors beyond […] The post A New Set of Factors first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 97

Rudder Hangar 97

Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

Sam Sessler, a private pilot from Seattle, has created a new way for fellow aviators to share their aerial adventures with one another in a mobile app he created called Hangar. Sam Sessler is the founder of Hangar, a social-sharing platform for pilots. Hangar is a social sharing platform for pilots. per month or $59.99

Pilot 122

Pilot Hangar Groundspeed Rudder 122

Inspire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

EAA Chapter 245 President Mark Richardson takes us through the inception and creation of the rudder trim system he’s installing on his scratchbuilt Bearhawk. The post Bits and Pieces: Creating a Bearhawk Rudder Trim System first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 40

Rudder Hangar 40

Inspire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.

Rudder 72

Rudder Hangar Pilot Weather 72

Inspire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The NTSB report on the fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter […] The post Bad Choices first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 52

Rudder Hangar 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This particular example has a remarkably low 1,345 hours on the airframe and has always been hangared. If you’re looking for arguably the best airplane for pure stick-and-rudder fun—and one that has been particularly well cared for—few examples offer the balance of qualities as this Cub.

Rudder 94

Rudder Airplanes Pilot Hangar 94

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When you discover too late that the old rudder lock doesn’t fit the new rudder… The local hardware store had pool noodles, PVC tubing, and rope. Photo: Ed Wischmeyer] Didn’t make the first turnoff, barely, but was quickly at the hangar to unload the interlocking baggage and enjoy the humid, 92-degree Georgia summer.

Weather 74

Weather Runway Knot Rudder 74

Inspire

JUNE 4, 2024

In his latest piece, Bits and Pieces contributor John Wyman discusses the work hes doing to rebuild two damaged wings and a rudder, and some of the struggles hes had. The post Ruffled Feathers: Multiply by and Then Add Some first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 52

Rudder Hangar 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

This didnt correct the problem sufficiently, so the tail was completely revised, giving the horizontals dihedral and capping each with a large oval fin and rudder arrangement much like that of its Consolidated stablemate, the B-24 Liberator. The hull was also redesigned to improve hydrodynamic performance. 5 and Guroaitei No.

Horizontal Stabilizer 111

Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Inspire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. After all, some landings are going to be bad, so […] The post Target Practice first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 52

Rudder Hangar 52

Inspire

JULY 17, 2024

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In command was the owner and operator […] The post Low and Slow first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 52

Rudder Hangar 52

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. I didn’t get the thumb into the wind and I didn’t immediately get on the left rudder pedal to steer us back to the centerline. That was poor airmanship on my part.

Aileron 98

Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

There are no hangars for gliders in Boulder and tie down space is limited. In thermals the V3M is even easier and more stable than the V2 (which requires more rudder to remain coordinated). Easy rigging and ground handling. Easy rigging is therefore a necessity, not just something that’s nice to have.

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Cockpit Tail Runway 98

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 17, 2024

Any dust, dirt, and debris that may have accumulated while being worked on in the hangar was first washed off. Using a sprayer system that does not create much overspray, the aircraft would be painted in place in the museum’s main hangar. Next came the process of acid etching the aluminum surface.

Cockpit 105

Cockpit Rudder Hangar Tail 105

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Taxiing procedures: Moving the aircraft to the runway involves steering with your feet using the rudder pedals. Postflight procedures Youll also help secure the aircraft, either at a tie-down or in a hangar, check out and pay for the flight, and log your flight time. Its an unfamiliar but fun experience.

Rudder 97

Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 97

Air Facts

OCTOBER 9, 2024

I love flying with the clam shell door and windows open with just the stick in my right hand, throttle in my left, and feet dancing on the rudders, taking in the sights and smells of the world below. The ability to share this with my wife makes it that much more enjoyable. Days like these are the reasons I learned to fly.

Weather 94

Weather Hangar Rudder Tail 94

Inspire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Right Rudder Aviation made a stop in Oshkosh on their tour of the United States showing off Pipistrel’s Panthera. The post Pipistrel’s Panthera Comes to Oshkosh first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 40

Rudder Hangar 40

Inspire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Lessons in maneuvering flight as shared from Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the January 2021 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The post Tale of Twin Tragedies first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Rudder 40

Rudder Hangar 40

Inspire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The full unit includes the simulated panel and a pair of rudder pedals. The post EAA’s Attic — ATC-510 Personal Flight Simulator first appeared on Hangar Flying. The ATC-510 Personal Flight Simulator was manufactured in the 1970s by Analog Training Computers Inc.

Rudder 40

Rudder Hangar 40

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

Liberty Belle’s surviving rear fuselage, however, was sent off for rebuild with Hangar 13 in Asheville, North Carolina. Hangar 13’s owner, Ray Moore, is rebuilding his own B-17 (B-17F 42-3455 Lucky Thirteen ) and has collaborated with a number of other B-17 owners in the rebuilds of their aircraft.

Tail 126

Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar. Not really a problem, as the CFI and I had a great chat for an hour about things aeronautical.

Pitot Tube 80

Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 80

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Painted in the silver and yellow of pre-war USCG aircraft, N81234, having once been based at our local airport, was now hangared on the other side of the country. Their radio work is often atrocious, their stick and rudder skills lacking, and bad habits are being passed along with no one there to correct them.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Pilot Checkride Rudder 98

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

You’d think pilot problems would be all about stick-and-rudder skills here,” he said. The L–39’s Fowler flaps are clearly visible during the preflight inside Gauntlet Warbird’s hangar at Aurora Municipal Airport (left). Hold full right rudder and gently grab the handbrake. But good jet flying is still demanding.

Knot 52

Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

He was thrilled and sent me a picture of her by the new hangar. The new owner was thrilled and sent me a picture of the Cardinal by its new hangar. Like many local GA airports, we have a group of pilots (mostly older, retired aircraft owners) who congregate most days in one hangar or another. First loop in the Citabria.

Pilot 52

Pilot General Aviation VOR Cockpit 52

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

But space in the main hangar is incredibly limited and that relegates several other aircraft to sitting out in the weather. Unfortunately, the close confines of the MAAM hangar made getting a good photo of the unique artifact quite challenging. There is no room in the hangar to attach the Black Widow's wings outboard of the tail booms.

Torque 52

Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At the airport, there was ice and snow to remove from in front of the hangar door, fuel to add to the Warrior now resting on three fully inflated tires (the left main had a new tube), and then there was the moment when I slipped on ice while pulling the airplane from the hangar and landed flat on my back. We had a deal.

Runway 89

Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When you discover too late that the old rudder lock doesn’t fit the new rudder… The local hardware store had pool noodles, PVC tubing, and rope. Photo: Ed Wischmeyer] Didn’t make the first turnoff, barely, but was quickly at the hangar to unload the interlocking baggage and enjoy the humid, 92-degree Georgia summer.

Weather 52

Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Parked in front of my first hangar in South Haven, 05 April 2004. When I first brought the airplane home to her new hangar at the South Haven Area Regional Airport (0D1/KLWA), I was immediately faced with a geometric challenge. Soiled hangar floor visible at the South Haven Airport, 25 September 2004. Out darn (oil) spot!

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Knot Avionics Master Switch Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This was the same aircraft where the Bellanca Aircraft Company set up its factory and where Air Service had built a new hangar in 1935 on the site of one that had burned in 1934 (Today, Air Service’s 1935 hangar now serves as the home of the Bellanca Airfield Museum). I went by Tom’s hangar to get his opinion.

Firewall 98

Firewall Airplanes Hangar Annual Inspection 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 2, 2025

Its owned by Lee Smith, 69, who keeps it hangared at Long Island Airpark (NC26), in North Carolina. The Robin has a placard that reads: Rudder in fully opposed direction; Elevator control pulled fully back; Ailerons in neutral position. A hint of the Robins aerobatic pretensions might be the size of the rudder.

Rudder 74

Rudder Pilot Airplanes Center of Gravity 74

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

9” on its rudder. Although Palen recovered the fabric on the Pigeon, the ORA never installed a new engine or flew the aircraft, and today the Albree Pigeon-Fraser is suspended inverted from the ceiling of one of the Aerodrome’s hangars for static aircraft. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.

Tail 98

Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 10, 2025

But there was also the project to build the new hangar to do the work in, which was completed at the end of 2011, so now the work could begin in earnest. Two months later in September, 2011 I was back again, observing the progress on the aircraft and the hangar nearing completion. The nose art had also now been applied!

Cockpit 111

Cockpit Hangar Pilot Rudder 111