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

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

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.

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Tail Hangar 105

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An aircraft hangar can hold many secrets. Tucked alongside the wall of the “big” hangar at the National Warplane Museum (NWM), in Geneseo, New York is one such example of a tale that deserves to be written and subsequently read. 50 cal was mounted in a tail turret, which was a revolutionary design at the time.

Hangar 124

Hangar Payload Tail 124

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

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 17, 2025

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.

Rudder 130

Rudder Tail Hangar Cockpit 130

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 87

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.

Tail 109

Tail Hangar Weather Approach 109

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 114

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

But the most radical feature of the Pigeon-Fraser was Albree’s all-moving tail design. Albree would consider this design to be his “make or break” aircraft to validate his theory for the Flying Tail design he and Roscoe P. serial numbers 116 and 117, with U.S. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.

Tail 98

Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

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.

Tail 111

Tail Hangar Jet 111

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.

Pilot 111

Pilot Tail Hangar 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 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.

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Cockpit Hangar Pilot 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. 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.

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Runway Tail Hangar Approach 88

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

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

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

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 Tail Hangar 105

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.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 98

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

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.

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Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 59

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After three subsequent moves to Ontario Airport in 1963, then to Buena Park in 1970, and finally to Chino airport in 1973, the Raiden now sits proudly on display inside the Planes of Fame’s Foreign Hangar in Chino, where it has been displayed for the last 50 years.

Pilot 126

Pilot Ceiling Knot Tail 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

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.

Tail 96

Tail Jet Hangar Pilot 96

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 85

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.

Tail 40

Tail Hangar 40

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.

Airfoil 40

Airfoil Tail Hangar 40

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.

Tail 40

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 (..)

Tail 40

Tail Airplanes Hangar 40