Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

While restoring the aircraft, Torchia was not alone in his hangar. While not completely unheard of among the warbird community, the paint scheme would be rare enough to attract the attention of fellow enthusiasts, and with many “recall” aircraft being flown by the Navy, the Stearman’s tail code would be repainted as an N2S-3.

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Weather Tail Airplanes Approach 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. Left unchecked, the fire consumed most of the aircraft; just the tail and outboard wing sections survived the blaze.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Measuring 804 feet nose to tail, it was larger than the record-setting LZ-127, the Graf Zeppelin , commanded by factory manager Hugo Eckner. Naval History and Heritage Command] In 1931, a photo was taken of the ship attached to the mooring tower and up on its nose as the tail was caught by a gust of wind.

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Tail Hangar Weather Approach 109

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex.

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Pilot Tail Jet Hangar 111

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 5, 2024

During a subsequent two-day time period the MBCC staff reassembled the Prone Meteor, before moving into Hangar 2 on NAM’s Southfield Site. The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type Local forklift hire was kindly arranged by AEM Lifting from Tuxford, Notts.

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Cockpit Rudder Stability Pilot 119

AV Web

MAY 19, 2024

Our local flying club was having its yearly “Talk Like a Pilot Day” cookout at their hangar, and I was invited to give the keynote address. The public sees us as swashbuckling adventurers bent on destruction and mayhem as we sail our carbon-producing chem-tail-spewing airplanes above their heads. Scratch a pilot, find a pirate.

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Pilot General Aviation Airplanes Hangar 116

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

Navy had equipped both the USS Akron and Macon airships with a hangar deck and trapezes to carry and launch Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes. Its five tail surfaces, one vertical, two angled, and two ventral, fit neatly within the B-36 bomb bay and featured ruddervators similar to a contemporary V-tail Bonanza.

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Jet Tail Pilot Descent 78

Inspire

APRIL 1, 2020

He performed a lot of the build himself, including installing the landing gear, airfoils in the tail, and most of the tedious portions of construction. The post What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Missouri Kitfox 7SS first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Airfoil Tail Hangar 40

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

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. Mills learned to fly in the aircraft and has completed a tip-to-tail restoration, sparing no expense since assuming its ownership several years ago.

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Runway Pilot Hangar Tail 116

Inspire

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

What happens when your tail wheel falls off and everybody knows it but you? The post Camaraderie in EAA South Africa first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Tail Hangar 40

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.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Hangar 105

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

Photo copyright Russell Munson] On April 26th, 1964 a radial-powered biplane with wings and tail in Champion Yellow and Stearman Vermillion-painted fuselage took off from an airfield near Lumberton, NC. Interestingly, that F-24R – formerly NC77647 and later G-FANC – was exported to the UK but was destroyed in a hangar fire in 2003.”

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

READ MORE: There Was Just Something About Michael So, next time you fly and shut down near the hangar, throttle way back to idle and briefly turn the switch to “off” and then back to “both.” The experience went even further south when, tailed into the open hangar, she fired up the 172 with a roar and blew everything all over the place.

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Airplanes Hangar Pilot Tail 99

Inspire

JULY 22, 2019

Only 34 of the tail-wheeled aluminum monoplanes were made. And […] The post There’s Nothing Spartan About This Executive first appeared on Hangar Flying. It’s a Spartan Executive. If any Spartan Executive shows up at AirVenture, it’s cause for interest.

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Tail Hangar 40

Inspire

JULY 23, 2019

Whether it was the German registration, the German flag on the tail, or the combination of those with the P-51 Mustang markings and invasion stripes on the sides that caused you to do a double-take, it was Hermann Schiele’s airplane […] The post A Homebuilder’s Dream Flight: From Germany to Oshkosh — Meet Hermann Schiele first appeared on Hangar (..)

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Tail Airplanes Hangar 40

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 2, 2024

Meanwhile, two Hispano Buchons White Nine (G-AWHH) and Yellow 10 (G-AWHK) had taken off and chased off the P-47, but then were spotted by the three P-51s and we had an excellent tail chase all over the airfield before eventually the Buchons were shot down. MH415 (G-AVDJ), which has been sold to a new German owner just before the show.

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Tail Hangar Pilot 116

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Kenny Roth was the pilot and fought the plane all the way to the ground, hitting tail first. View of NC9684_s tail, May 2016. Ford 5-AT-B NC9645 City of Wichita/City of Port Clinton in front of Liberty Aviation Museum_s hangar (Liberty Aviation Museum) Special thanks to Jody Brausch for his contributions to this article.

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Tail Airlines Airline Pilot 111

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 22, 2024

Tucked inside the main hangar, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania artist Jennifer “Hot Rod Jen” Thomas was steadying her hand against the side of the P-61. When member’s day came around and the first visitors rounded the tail of the museum’s replica D3A “Val” there was a sense of awe as they spotted the nose art.

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Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 126

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

The model has 48 ring frames for the bulkheads, from nose to tail. “I also built the 36 longitudinals, which ran through all the bulkheads from nose to tail, and the fabrication of the cruciform tail fins,” he said. Like so many builders, he opted to move the project out to the airport.

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Lift Ceiling Tail Hangar 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 4, 2024

The JARTS team removes tail fin away from the Sea Harrier The final Sea Harriers were retired by the Royal Navy in 2006 after more than a quarter of a century’s service. It will serve as a testament to those who flew it and a memorial to those who did not return,” he said.

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Tail Jet Hangar Pilot 93

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.

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Torque Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Clearance 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 22, 2024

Tucked inside the main hangar, Hummelstown, PA artist Jennifer “Hot Rod Jen” Thomas was steadying her hand against the side of the P-61. When member’s day came around and the first visitors rounded the tail of the museum’s replica Aichi D3A Val there was a sense of awe as they spotted the nose art.

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Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 105

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If your flight needs to get out early in the morning, the airplane should be hangared overnight and pulled out just before departure. When you come back to your airplane 30 – 60 minutes later, there’s a good chance you’ll find a fresh layer of frost on the wings and tail.

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Weather Runway Airplanes Final Approach 52

Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 16, 2023

A Fly-In Farmers Market D&L Trail with Slatington Airport hangars to the right. I followed the tail northbound toward the Lehigh Gap. Peeking into the cabin of this decaying V-tail Bonanza, I could not help but contemplate what these dead airplanes represented. At the Lehigh Gap Nature Center. Why are all these wrecks here?

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Runway Approach Airplanes Pilot 52

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

The operator confirmed that the tail rotor had been installed the day before the accident. A mechanic had found a worn feathering bearing in the tail rotor hub and blade assembly. The tail rotor’s responses and vibrations are measured in order to adjust the weights of the rotor blades and/or the alignment of the rotor assembly.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 76

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Vendors set up to sell souvenirs and parts, and the new International Stearman Community Hangar hosts its own gift shop, historical library, and museum inside. It’s white and blue stripes along the wings, tail and fuselage stand out as unusual because it’s not the typical stearman scheme we are used to. The Recall Stearman.

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Tail Aileron Airplanes Transponder 122

NYC Aviation

JANUARY 19, 2022

Tuesday evening saw a significant milestone in Northern Pacific Airways’ path to launch, as they unveiled their first aircraft at a paint hangar in San Bernardino, California. The tail of the aircraft, showing the N627NP registration.

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Payload Cargo Airplanes Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

While these did several passes in formation and then tail chasing a de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk performed aerobatics overhead. Today we were treated to a stream take-off and then a formation of three civilian aircraft, G-EBIR the DH.51

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Crosswind Jet Weather Tail 52

Universal Weather

JANUARY 10, 2024

During peak hours (0900-2200 LCL) GA aircraft are limited to one movement per tail number (one arrival or one departure), and no quick turns are allowed. If outside parking is full, they’ll try for the Centralized Parking Area or a hangar space. Curfews, Slots, Parking & PPR Pudong is a 24-hour Airport of Entry. No PPR is required.

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Clearance Fixed Base Operator UTC Tail 52

Universal Weather

MAY 9, 2023

Once the PPR is approved, you will receive a confirmation ID, which will be your tail number and date of operation. Hangar facilities are not available for transient business aviation operations at MROC. This confirmation number is the tail number plus the date of operation (e.g., MROC has only eight GA parking spots.

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General Aviation NOTAMs Tail Weather 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.

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Firewall Airplanes Hangar Tail 98

Universal Weather

JANUARY 29, 2024

While hangars are available for transient business aircraft, space is limited, with availability on a first-come basis. FBOs and Hangarage While hangars are available for transient business aircraft, space is limited, with availability on a first-come basis. EINN is located 14 miles from the nearest major town, Limerick.

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Clearance Weather Weight-Shift-Control Runway 52

Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

For this purpose, the aircraft had its water tanks removed and a hydraulic under-tail integrated airstair installed, along with a 14-seat passenger interior and spectacular rear one-piece Perspex blisters for unrivaled panoramic views of the passing landscape.

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Tail Pilot Ferry Flight Stability 290

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 3, 2024

Brendon Deere and Mustang Two Three in the “Biggin Hill” hangar at RNZAF Base Ohakea. ” Team members with the now-overhauled engine after its return to the workshop in the “Palikulo Hangar”. And once we got the engine back, we were able to mount it and plumb it and all that good stuff.”

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Cockpit Pilot Tail Hangar 122

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The new gallery is a 91,000 square foot hangar and provides a 70% increase to the indoor exhibition space. B-24D 41-23908 Hill AFB 19Mar2024 Veronico with restored Martin 250CE turret and tail turret as recovered from Alaska. Guests listen to speakers during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new L.S.

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Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 10, 2024

But just as Vraciu and his wingman, Ensign Lou Little, who were at the tail-end of the formation and about to make their dives, Vraciu spotted a flight of A6M Zeros between 2,000 and 3,000 feet above him and Little coming from their 7 o’clock position.

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Cockpit Tail Pilot Stability 128

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 12, 2024

The weekend is action-packed with daily airshows, aircraft displays, military vehicles, WWII veterans, speakers, presentations, vendors, entertainers, Homefront education, mock battles, 20-plus acres of WWII encampments, nightly big-band hangar dances, and of course, the reenactors. The team owns and operates two WWII veteran transports.

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Cargo Hangar Ferry Flight Weather 116