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Ten Types of Aviation Maintenance Checks

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

These checks take a full working day, so the aircraft is usually parked inside of a hangar. These checks require many more man hours, tools, hangar space, and aircraft downtime. There are several ways the VOR can be tested for accuracy of operation, and the results can be performed and logged in an aircraft log by the pilot.

Annual Inspection

Annual Inspection VOR Instrument Flight Rules Altimeter

Savannah, Georgia

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I also secured hangar space for the week to the tune of $75 a night. I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. Once south of Myrtle Beach I was turned direct Charleston VOR. Our original plan was to head to Galveston but with my knee giving me fits we thought it best to make a shorter flight.

Runway

Runway Approach Weather VOR

Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Some bucks spent on a hangar, updated paint and exterior, and a little TLC under the cowling, and your 30-year-old Cessna 172 will keep up with a brand-new one, for a lot less dollars. ADFs, marker beacons, and VOR receivers, each relying on a constantly shrinking population of land-based navaids, fill these dated flight decks.

Cockpit

Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot

Barbados: 2025 Business Aviation Destination Guide

Universal Weather

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Technical Details Runway Length : 11,000 ft / 3,353 m Approach Aids : ILS/DME, VOR/DME Surface : Asphalt Elevation : 167 ft / 51 m Weather Considerations Barbados enjoys a warm, tropical maritime climate year-round, with daytime highs generally between 27C and 30C (80F86F).

Clearance

Clearance Weather VOR Hangar

The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

We were assigned a slightly ridiculous alteration to the route I filed: MANCH T316 LAMMS T608 ROC that had us flying past Sodus to the Rochester VOR before setting up for Sodus. Once on with Syracuse, I decided to rectify the inefficient routing at the end of my instrument clearance and requested direct to Sodus from the Syracuse VOR.

Ceiling

Ceiling Approach Weather Runway

Rubber bands – the reason I quit

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

He was thrilled and sent me a picture of her by the new hangar. The new owner was thrilled and sent me a picture of the Cardinal by its new hangar. Like many local GA airports, we have a group of pilots (mostly older, retired aircraft owners) who congregate most days in one hangar or another.

Pilot

Pilot General Aviation VOR Cockpit

Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

During my drive to the company hangar at the airport, I become increasingly convinced the captain will cancel our scheduled flight. I ignore him, select three VOR stations, determine our radial from each of them, draw it on the map, and determine our approximate position based on the intersection of the lines.

Weather

Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment

Charleston, SC

Gary's Flight Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I checked the hangar and had no bulb in my parts cabinet. a gallon, then secured hangar space for, you best sit down, $100 a night. 7 IMC, finally breaking out into VFR as we approached the CVI VOR. Hovering over the CCV Cape Charles VOR was a line of building clouds. New bulb installed and checked, we are ready to go!

Weather

Weather Clearance VOR Approach

Asheville, NC and the Biltmore Estate

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Reservations have been made, the estate tour is booked, rental car locked in, and hangar space secured. As we approached Barrett’s Mountain VOR you could make out the mountains ahead. Another nice landing and slow taxi to the hangar, it's good to be home. The whole process has become second nature. Mary and I had a fun time.

Approach

Approach Knot VOR Weather

Vero Beach Vacation and Gear Issue

Gary's Flight Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

We departed Ocean City in very strong gusty winds and pointed for Snow Hill VOR. I tucked 3 Tango Charlie in the hangar and we decided to drive to Vero Beach FL. Why do I think this will be like the hangar wait list. Todays routing will be Ocean City (KOXB) to Mt. We were still rolling on three good gear. Lunch was excellent!

Weather

Weather VOR Knot Hangar

The Key West of Ohio

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

West of the Geneseo VOR, I passed high above Silver Lake and the gorge in Letchworth State Park. Behind me, the other Cherokee (a Cherokee Six) landed and aggressively made for the main commercial hangar building. Fortunately, the clearance was a simple one that morning because I was absurdly tongue tied while talking to Rochester.

Runway

Runway Approach Knot Drag

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. Hangar space is sometimes available for under $50/night – a nice option if storms are expected. For this trip, the middle row seats were removed to make the cabin a 1st class four-seater.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. A prop lock is required on all aircraft parked outside of a hangar at the MD-3 airports, though throttle locks provide an alternate means of compliance. Cherokee Four Eight One is cleared direct Baltimore, then direct destination."

Transponder

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation

North to Ottawa | Part 1, With a Little Help from Kingston Radio

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I filed a route of BRUIN to ART (Watertown VOR) to Kingston to avoid overflying significant portions of Lake Ontario. I filed a route from Kingston via the Ottawa VOR (far left of the chart above) then direct to Rockliffe to avoid the restricted areas entirely. Canada Aviation and Space Museum Reserve Hangar.

Runway

Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather

North to Ottawa | Part 3, Caution: Wet Paint

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I was escorted outside by a docent who was supposed to have led the 2:30 pm Reserve Hangar tour, but was available because no one signed up for it. My filed route to Ogdensburg was via YOW (the Ottawa VOR) and IKLAX. Yes, I missed an opportunity for a one on one tour! Though completely unintentional, I liked the effect and kept it.

Approach

Approach Clearance Airplanes Runway

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Savannah, Georgia

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Rubber bands – the reason I quit

Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Charleston, SC

Asheville, NC and the Biltmore Estate

Vero Beach Vacation and Gear Issue

The Key West of Ohio

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

North to Ottawa | Part 1, With a Little Help from Kingston Radio

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