Gary's Flight Journal

JANUARY 26, 2025

I did an abbreviated video at the hangar yesterday showing some of my preflight, off camera I did an extensive check of the plane, she is good to go. Once reaching 153 degrees I was ready to taxi to runway one-four. We each saddled up and taxied for one six, Charles was first then I pointed down the runway for home.

Runway 98

Runway Pilot in Command Knot Hangar 98

AV Web

MARCH 16, 2025

It turns out the single runway at the Bern Airport (14/32) is only 5,676 at 1,673 feet ASL and a fully loaded Global 7500 needs about 5,700 feet at sea level. Also, the government hangars at Bern are too small for the plane, which is 111 feet long.

Runway 98

Runway Jet Hangar Airplanes 98

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. Before rolling out on the runway, I confirmed my plan with Waghorn based on our ground school session earlier in the day. I reset the trim to neutral and did a control check.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Gary's Flight Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When I arrived at the hangar It was pretty comfortable inside so I didn't bother to preheat. Winds were calm so I decided on runway three-two for departure. According to the AWOS the winds were calm at Cape May so I set up for runway one and continued inbound. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar. Simmons trip.

Runway 92

Runway Tail Hangar Approach 92

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The initial phase of the project includes the construction of a 56,000-square-foot hangar on airport property located south of the Santa Maria Radisson Hotel. An architectural drawing showing the basic size of the new hangar which Planes of Fame will begin building (hopefully this year) at Santa Maria Airport.

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Pilot Hangar Runway 111

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. The ramp is empty, so I ask if hed like to taxi us to the departure end of the runway. The main road between the houses is the old runway.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

After one aircraft lands, the tailwind pushes the vortices forward into the runways touchdown zone. This lateral movement of vortices is important to know for pilots flying into airports with parallel runways. This distance is measured when the preceding aircraft is over the runway threshold.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Benton's airport is a smooth, beautifully maintained grass runway located in the hills of northeast Pennsylvania. At 2200 feet long, the runway is shorter than most of our club members are accustomed to, but is nonetheless manageable. The day was clear, calm, and dry -- a perfect combination for an excursion to a grass runway.

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Runway Airplanes Pilot General Aviation 76

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 18, 2025

Image via Wikipedia According to director Jean de Meuron, the production team meticulously studied the appearance of Edwards Air Force Base in the 1960s, including its hangars, runways, and military facilities. though it is currently undergoing conservation work at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F.

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Pilot Hangar Runway 97

AV Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Things like clearing turns on the ground and in the air are basic safety maneuvers but having to learn the boundaries of the airspace and how much a light sport can weigh may use up brain cells and attention that might be best used keeping the airplane on the runway’s centerline. My hangar guest was a youngster—at least compared to me.

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Airplanes Hangar General Aviation Pilot 96

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The runways are barely visible, and few souls are in sight. Other recent additions include Hangar 743s TBM Avenger, Lou Horschels F4U Corsair, a B-25, a PBY Catalina, and several P-51 Mustangs. Conditions are IFR, but thats irrelevantD52 lacks instrument approaches. But dont be fooledGeneseo is just getting warmed up.

Runway 89

Runway Approach Hangar 89

AV Web

MARCH 2, 2025

So, I’ve asked DOT what, exactly, Duffy meant when he threw his thumb over his shoulder in front of the cameras in an Oklahoma City hangar last week. The answer, if I get one, will give us a clue about how all this will go down for the next few years. I’ll let you know. The post One Strike And You’re Out?

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Approach 105

Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Warrior 481's wheels even sampled five different grass runways in 2024, which is more than usual. Landing on five different grass runways (Woolsey Memorial, 5D5; Basin Harbor B06; Shelburne, VT8; Benton, PA40; and Green, 4N7) in four different states (MI, VT, NY, PA) with three of them being new to me.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway Weather Pilot 91

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

“When I heard we were in the first wave of six planes going down the runway at 200 feet, I elected to sit on mine,” he said. After the 8 1/2 hour, 1,182-mile flight from Midway, Connolly led the first six planes down the runway at Wake in a stepped-up V-formation. 5 and Guroaitei No. But lets not forget its big advantage!

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Inspire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was a blue sky morning at Westerly State Airport (KWST) in Rhode Island, a nontowered airport with two intersecting runways, 07/25 and 14/32. A charter pilot loaded […] The post Subtle Distractions first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Rudder Runway Hangar Pilot 52

Inspire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For a newly minted private pilot, the approach to Runway 35 at Sky Acres (44N) in New York looked pretty scary. The runway was somewhat narrow and sloped upward […] The post An Uphill (and Downhill) Struggle first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Rudder Runway Approach Hangar 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 27, 2025

Their parents, Leigh and Kamilla Hubner, who are natives of Australia, are some of my closest friends, and they just so happen to own a home with a runway in their backyard at Mallards Landing Airport (GA04) in Locust Grove, Georgia. The hangar is going to be very full, but were not moving.

Airplanes 96

Airplanes Runway Pilot Hangar 96

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The solution resulted in the Lynch STOL 26 modification, which drastically improved the already versatile Invader’s short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities, a crucial feature for short runways in the high elevations of Montana and Idaho. View of the Museum of Mountain Flying’s hangar in Missoula (Museum of Mountain Flying)

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Hangar 105

Inspire

JULY 26, 2024

With a fresh pink paint job only 1 week old, the L-39 Albatros is already attracting many viewers on the runway. On Friday, Make-A-Wish sponsored a young 8-year-old […] The post Pretty (and Strong) in Pink first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Runway 98

Runway Airplanes Hangar 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. Nobody answered on unicom, and the facilities were at the west end of the airport, so I decided on left traffic for Runway 27. I turned base early, slipped the RV-9A as hard as it would go, landed halfway down the runway, and stood on the brakes.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 80

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Then they put in the original runway, 0TX1.” Pecan Plantation sports around 3,000 homes, which includes around 400 lots between its two runways (0TX1 and 66TE). A hangar home at Pecan Plantation. Some buyers have even planned well in advance for their retirement, snapping up lots years before building their dream hangar home.

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Runway Hangar Pilot Tail 116

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Ronald Herman, benefactor, and others break ground for a restoration hangar. Note the TBF in the background, awaiting its place in that hangar. The runway was asphalt paved in 1936. Photo via DeLand NAS Museum Archives There are probably dozens of small aviation museums that are totally volunteer operated.

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Jet Hangar Cockpit Weather 116

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 17, 2024

Press Release There’s a full weekend of events coming up at Cole Palen’s Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, from old-timey baseball to a hangar dance and World War I living history! Watch the Saugerties and Kingston Guard vintage base ball clubs play in old time fashion on our runway!

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Hangar Runway 98

AV Web

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Also, engineers continue working to assess with flooded and damaged hangars are safe to enter. The airport authority reported that operations at Tampa Executive resumed yesterday (October 14) as runways and taxiways were not heavily affected. At Plant City Airport, operations resumed yesterday, though some hangars were damaged.

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General Aviation Hangar Runway 98

Inspire

JANUARY 25, 2023

The post The Long and Winding Runway first appeared on Hangar Flying. Thirty-five years after beginning his initial pilot training, Paul Maloy’s journey to his certificate finally reached a successful conclusion, but not without some bumps in the road.

Runway 40

Runway Hangar Pilot 40

Inspire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The post Chapter 1267 Creates Airmarked Runway Art first appeared on Hangar Flying. Members of Chapter 1267 airmarked an 80 foot compass rose onto its home airport, with a little help from their friends.

Runway 40

Runway Hangar 40

Cranky Flier

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They kept media in a separate room where we just listened to the webcast like everyone else until the execs came in for a Q&A that afternoon followed by a walk over to the hangar to see an aircraft outfitted with the new seats and configuration. So, what did I take away on a high level?

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Airplanes Airline Airlines Runway 235

Inspire

JANUARY 9, 2020

We like to think that at a nontowered airport, choosing the best runway for departure or landing is a simple matter of determining the wind direction and picking the runway best aligned with the wind. The post More Than Just Wind — Factors in Choosing the Best Runway first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Runway 40

Runway Hangar 40

Inspire

APRIL 1, 2021

The post Where the Rubber Meets the Runway — Part 2 first appeared on Hangar Flying. In this column, as originally featured in the February 2021 issue of EAA Sport Aviation, Vic talks you through changing tires and brakes.

Runway 40

Runway Hangar 40

Simple Flying

JANUARY 23, 2025

Operators typically use tow bars to pull their aircraft out of the hangar and onto the runway apron prior to taking off. Shortly after taking off, it was discovered that the turboprop -powered general aviation aircraft still had its nose gear tow bar attached to the nose landing gear.

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General Aviation Runway Hangar 85

Inspire

MARCH 4, 2021

The post Where the Rubber Meets the Runway — Part 1 first appeared on Hangar Flying. I’m always amazed at the condition of some of the tires we see when an airplane comes to our shop for a condition inspection. Sometimes, they are downright scary and close to a catastrophic failure.

Runway 40

Runway Airplanes Hangar 40

Inspire

JULY 16, 2018

The post The Story Behind the Colored Runway Dots at KOSH first appeared on Hangar Flying. Landing on the dots at Oshkosh is a rite of passage for many EAA members. It is the ultimate, thrilling signal that you have arrived at the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.

Runway 40

Runway Hangar 40

Aviation Bussiness News

AUGUST 16, 2024

DHL Express has announced a major investment exceeding €40 million in Vitoria-Gasteiz to establish a new state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance hangar. The new hangar will initially create approximately 50 jobs, with a focus on attracting skilled aviation technicians from the local area.

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Hangar Thrust Runway Cargo 75

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. A very brief 2022 season for the ice runway eliminated opportunities to return that year. The Bear was furious that she missed out. The Bear and me flying to Alton Bay!

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Flyertalk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Both aircraft are currently in Delta hangars for evaluation. According to Reuters, FAA administrator Mike Whitaker touted new technologies earlier in the day that could provide alerts if aircraft were on a wrong runway or taxiway, potentially preventing incidents on the ground.

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Tail Runway Jet Hangar 98

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. After one last check to my left to make sure there weren’t any yahoos on an unapproved short final (old habit), I took the runway then pressed the throttle in to full power.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Air Facts

JUNE 5, 2024

With a father who took flying jobs in Southeast Asia, Africa and other unusual locations, hundred dollar hamburger stops often were red dirt strips in the Congo or Sudan or ice runways on the north slope of Alaska. The hangar talk was different, too. Dad wasn’t much of a storyteller and probably was humble by pilot standards.

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Pilot Hangar Runway Descent 98