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Lufthansa Technik rolls out fully renovated 1957 Lockheed Starliner in Hamburg

Aerotime

The re-assembly process in the hangar in Hamburg was always destined to be a painstaking and lengthy process. Lufthansa Technik The restoration includes fully functioning lighting and flight controls, with steel cables connecting to fully movable rudders and flaps.

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Analog, For the Right Reason

AV Web

Cold winds, low clouds, and scurfy ice accumulations on the few hangars there indicated that not only would the groundhog see his shadow on his official day, but he would probably find himself frozen with a coating of light rime ice on his fur. Tom is one of the lucky few around here who has an insulated and heated hangar.

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Lufthansa Celebrates The Roll-Out of Lockheed L-1649A “Super Star”

Vintage Aviation News

Shortly after, the largely restored aircraft was shipped from the USA to Germany and stored in a hangar in Bremen. Lufthansa Technik) ( www.digroaero.com ) Today, Lufthansa Technik has completed the extensive assembly of the Lockheed L-1649A and rolled it out to a large hangar in Hamburg.

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Rebirth of FG-1D Corsair 92460

Vintage Aviation News

Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. The newly painted rudder and horizontals now re-installed on 92460. They contacted CASC and asked that if the museum supplied the materials, and a place to plug in their camper, they would recover the horizontals and rudder fabric for nothing!

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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

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.

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Elements of Survival

Inspire

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.

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Subtle Distractions

Inspire

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Roberts Stick and Rudder column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. A charter pilot loaded […] The post Subtle Distractions first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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