Inspire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

2 (USAF tail number 72-01568) following a four-year restoration effort. The restoration was accomplished to recognize the 50th anniversary of the first flight of this aircraft which occurred in May 1974 as part […] The post A Different Sort of Restoration first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Tail 130

Tail Hangar 130

Air Facts

APRIL 4, 2025

The memory: I was doing some work at my hangar and caught a glimpse of a twin-tail plane on final. I finished up at the hangar and drove over to the Signature ramp where I beheld this beauty. The pilot (photographer): John Graham The airplane: Howard 500one o f 17 built to the original specs and one of two still flying.

Tail 52

Tail Hangar Airplanes Pilot 52

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. I got the fan turning then set up my video cameras, having forgot my tail tie down camera. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar. The original plan was to meet at 8:30 but we pushed it back to 9:15 so we could preheat.

Runway 92

Runway Tail Hangar Approach 92

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Following on from several successful previous years’ exhibitions in the Conservation Hall at the front of the Airspace hangar, IWM Duxford has this year staged the “Scramble!” The exhibition features seven aircraft that represent those flown during the summer of 1940 in Great Britain and France, with two Spitfire Mk.1a,

Hangar 139

Hangar Tail Pilot 139

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. Andrew with the Taylorcraft in the 1980s, before it received the checkerboard tail. A few swipes and a tap later sends the latest pics.

Airplanes 97

Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 97

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. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by Tessa Waghorn, Ians wife, who serves as the head administrator for TacAero.

Knot 111

Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. “Very little,” the gunner reported.

Horizontal Stabilizer 111

Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Inspire

MARCH 20, 2019

There are as many tail wheel assembly designs as there are experimental airplanes, or at least it seems that way. Most tail wheels share the same problems, so I’ll talk about the top three trouble areas. The post Tail Wheels — What Can Go Wrong? first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Tail 40

Tail Airplanes Hangar 40

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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. In service, the USS Macon would carry up to five Sparrowhawks in its internal hangar. Meanwhile, the equally massive structure of the USS Macon took shape in Goodyear’s massive hangar in Akron.

Lift 59

Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 59

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In one of the display hangars, they came upon the Aluminum Overcast. ” ) For armament, the Aluminum Overcast was equipped with one remotely operated tail turret with two 20mm M24A1 autocannons. In 1983, at the age of 5, he and his father took a trip to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio.

Cockpit 105

Cockpit Flight Deck Payload Tail 105

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. The tail was the most distinctive part of the Connie’s design.

Tail 116

Tail Stability Pilot Hangar 116

Aviation Bussiness News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

MRO provider Bird Aviation has announced plans to expand its operations at Larnaca’s old airport with the construction of a new maintenance hangar. The project, which recently broke ground adjacent to Bird Aviation’s current hangar, comes in response to increased demand for the company’s services and a growing client base.

Hangar 40

Hangar Tail Airline Airlines 40

Inspire

MAY 12, 2020

The post One Family’s Passion for Vintage Twin-Tailed Aircraft first appeared on Hangar Flying. Navy, the last thing they were thinking of is how one of their aircraft would help a family spend quality time together, but that is exactly what the aircraft is doing for 25-year-old Sydney Ramey.

Tail 40

Tail Hangar 40

Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

The author’s airplane, wearing its original tail number in 1970. She said she did, and a couple of weeks later, I received some color photocopies of my airplane, wearing a different tail number and frolicking among the beaches of the Pacific Northwest. While the paint hasn’t changed over the years, its condition certainly has.

Tail 94

Tail Airplanes Hangar 94

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

All activities are free at the Airbase hangar, 1200 Echo Ct., The Stearman for the first time sees the light of the CAF Airbase Georgia’s hangar. You can see the tail of the unit’s SBD-5 Dauntless. Women at War recognizes all World War II women’s military organizations. 1 at Delta Tech Ops facilities, 1775 M.H.

Tail 111

Tail Hangar 111

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 28, 2024

During the UK winter the aircraft, one of only two flying examples in the world, has undergone extensive pre-planned maintenance activity, including the manufacture and replacement of the entire tail plane. A closer view of one of four Merlin engines fitted to PA474 undergoing maintenance in the unit’s hangar at RAF Coningsby in 2020.

Tail 105

Tail Hangar 105

Inspire

JULY 25, 2019

The previous record was 31 pedal planes, while the goal this year was to go above and beyond with […] The post Pedaling Their Tails Off — PedalVenture Goes for Guinness World Record first appeared on Hangar Flying. By Kayla Floyd The PedalVenture parade took place down Celebration Way on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Tail 40

Tail Hangar 40

Flyertalk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Delta Air Lines says the incident caused the tail of the smaller regional aircraft to be sheared off after colliding with an Airbus A350 bound for Japan. Both aircraft are currently in Delta hangars for evaluation. at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

Tail 98

Tail Runway Jet Hangar 98

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

There are no hangars for gliders in Boulder and tie down space is limited. A lifting aid is required to mount and remove the tail dolly which is a bit of a nuisance. 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

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.

Tail 122

Tail Airplanes Transponder Aileron 122

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.

Tail 126

Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

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.

Torque 98

Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98

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.

Weather 122

Weather Airplanes Tail Hangar 122

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 14, 2025

F-86F Sabre 52-4689/FAB 658 under restoration at the Mary Baken Engen Restoration Hangar of the Steven F. The gallery will feature Campbell’s flight gear that she wore on that mission, and a battle-scarred piece of the tail of her A-10. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Udvar-Hazy Center, November 22, 2022.

Hangar 97

Hangar Stability Tail Aviation Technology 97

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Underneath the cockpit sat the Allison-Chambers J36, a licensed development of the de Havilland Goblin (Halford H-1) turbojet engine, with the intakes being fitted in the leading-edge wing roots, and the exhaust coming out of the tail. This new tail was intended to resolve the control problems encountered on the original prototype.

Tail 93

Tail Jet Ceiling Pilot 93

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.

Pilot 293

Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Clearance 293

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.

Pilot 116

Pilot General Aviation Airplanes Hangar 116

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.

Runway 116

Runway Hangar Pilot Tail 116

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Patrick Mihalek grew up near the Brighton Airport in Michigan, spending his after-school hours at the hangars, trying to involve himself in any way possible. The team moved from a smaller hangar in Brighton to a larger facility at Oakland Southwest Airport, allowing for greater progress on the aircraft. Click HERE to donate.

Hangar 111

Hangar Tail Jet 111

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

21 but really a composit P-51D restoration) showed how best to display at the constrained Duxford site, making great use of the ability to turn around and come in for a nice curved topside pass over the ARC hangar area where the aircraft are still in bright sunlight, as opposed to backlit on the main display line for much of the day.

Tail 98

Tail Weather Runway Hangar 98

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 12, 2025

The tail came up as it gathered speed, throwing up a cataract of red-brown mud. It was as NC965Y, which was adorned with the name Record Breaker that the aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire in Memphis, Tennessee on August 20, 1943. The Wasp engine roared as mud sloshed under the wheels of the crimson red Vega.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Tail Pilot Cockpit 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The team also managed to fix an old hangar damage from a few years ago, caused by a forklift that had damaged the forward fuselage. For example, Steve Schenkel had been working on the tail wheel, discovering and addressing issues like missing metering pins, essential for the aircraft’s shock absorption system.

Tail 116

Tail Approach Hangar 116

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

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Visitors can explore original hangars, operations rooms, and air raid shelters, most of which now house the Imperial War Museum’s collection and are open to the public during the airshow. Another highlight included a graceful tail-chase formation of four Hurricanes, reminiscent of the pre-attack training sequences depicted in the movie.

Tail 116

Tail Hangar 116

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.

Tail 116

Tail Hangar Pilot 116

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.

Tail 126

Tail Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 126

Air Facts

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We dropped my youngest son off at his job at a local garden shop and high tailed it to our hangar at Sky Manor Airport (N40) located in Pittstown, New Jersey. 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