Inspire

APRIL 13, 2023

EAA Lifetime member Tre’ Landrum teaches some of the ins and outs of weather to a group of homeschooled students. The post Shining the Spotlight on Weather first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Inspire

JANUARY 25, 2022

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Vic Syracuse takes us through his journey to the National Stearman Fly-In and the weather challenges he faced along the way in a recent column. The post When Weather Changes Its Mind first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Inspire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The post A ‘Fowl’ Weather Day first appeared on Hangar Flying. In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the dangers of bird strikes and how to avoid them.

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Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

PRESS RELEASE Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum is excited to announce the return of its 3rd annual Christmas at the Hangar event on Saturday, November 30th from 10 am to 4 pm. The event had been on hold during the hangar’s roof replacement project which is now completed.

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Aviation Bussiness News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

TARMAC Aerosave has opened its fourth maintenance hangar at its Teruel site in Spain. Built in just nine months, the metal-textile hangar measures 95 metres long, 85 metres wide, and nearly 34 metres high, making it the largest of its kind globally.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone hunters are specialized aircrews that fly directly into tropical storms to collect crucial weather data. Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters. Farnsworth of the Galveston Commercial Association.

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Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Are hangars available if the weather becomes an issue such as frost on a cool morning or if thunderstorms develop? Are hangars available if the weather becomes an issue? Lastly, have a plan of what you will do if the weather will not let you depart as you planned. If not you may have to bring a tie-down kit along.

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Inspire

MAY 30, 2024

As warmer weather settles in throughout the Midwest, EAA chapter and flying activities ramp up. The post A Weekend of Midwest Flying first appeared on Hangar Flying. On Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19, Bruce Jacobsen, EAA 1060967, of Rockford, Illinois, EAA Chapter 22, enjoyed not one, but two days filled with flying fun.

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AOPA

MAY 2, 2024

Ample warning from the National Weather Service saved many lives in tornado outbreaks on April 26 and April 27, though five people were killed and more than 100 injured in Oklahoma, Iowa, and Nebraska, where one tornado ravaged hangars and tossed aircraft into tangled heaps.

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AV Web

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has responded to numerous requests from members for advice on how best to prepare an aircraft for surviving extreme weather, such as the hurricanes that are savaging the U.S. AOPA offers eight bullet points for securing an aircraft parked on a tiedown.

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Pitot Tube Aileron Lift Hangar 96

Inspire

JULY 23, 2024

Sue arrived Thursday in Oshkosh after a weather delay of three days, flying her 2017 turquoise AutoGyro Cavalon, for a long trip of more than 1,000 miles from Stow, Massachusetts, to AirVenture. She […] The post From Massachusetts to Oshkosh first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

After a quick debrief, the 70-year-old Beech was pushed back into the hangar. Photo by Gary Daniels The Saturday of week 106, December 7 th , was cold with deteriorating weather as the aircraft was tugged to the tarmac for another attempt to start the right engine. Number two was shut down and they called it a day.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 25, 2024

After months of meticulous preparation and overcoming various weather-related delays, the eagerly awaited day finally arrived. In 1988, a new hangar was built at the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF) including a museum and meeting room. On May 15, 2024, the PT-19, N60112, was flown to its new home in Iowa.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Almost as an afterthought, we told them that while we’d be busy building our hangar/apartment for the 2022-23 season, we’d come fly with them in December 2023. Soon after we landed, Jo McCaughan emailed to say that they were rejiggering the itinerary to go to Milford Sound and Fiordland on day one, thanks to a brief weather window.

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Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

However, years of exposure to weather and souvenir hunters caused significant damage to the airframe, prompting the Lacey family to remove it from display and initiate restoration efforts. By 2014, the organization had raised sufficient funds to dismantle the aircraft and move it off the pylons into a hangar. Art Lacey and his wife.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 30, 2024

Vulcan XH558 Engineering Last month’s newsletter mentioned that XH558 would be moved inside hangar 3 for a short period. The necessary maintenance work, which included raising the aircraft on jacks, was better suited to being done indoors, given the unpredictable UK weather. XH558 inside 2Excel Aviation’s Hangar 3.

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Air Facts

JUNE 5, 2024

The hangar talk was different, too. In Cambodia hangar talk would more likely be practical information shared between an informal group of pilots who called themselves the Phnom Penh Pig Pilots Association. Dad wasn’t much of a storyteller and probably was humble by pilot standards. My Fairfield Flying Club buddies are my Pig Pilots.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 6, 2024

Photo via Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome] “Building army forts in the woods behind the hangars, climbing trees to load airshow pyro with my dad, playing Dogfight boardgame in real life sitting in cockpits in the hangars…my buddy in one of the other planes. Had great weather the whole way and that made it easy.

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Weather Airplanes Hangar Pilot 92

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 2, 2024

Photo by Nick Chismar] After a few days of a break, Doc opened to excited crowds on Thursday May 9th, however Pennsylvania’s weather isn’t always the most cooperative. Friday’s weather took a turn with seemingly endless rain, but while some may have stayed home there was still a crowd lining up at the airport.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is “rain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.”

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Air Facts

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This particular Sunday, the weather was forecasted to be a gem of a day. Autumn weather in the Northeast is the best time to fly in my opinion; cool crisp mornings usually followed by temperatures in the mid 70’s with low humidity. Instead of a Sunday Drive, we opted for a Sunday Flight. We admired the horse farms and houses below.

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iPad Pilot News

JULY 2, 2024

As you’d expect, there’s a full list of Exhibitors , which is searchable and identifies the location of the company’s exhibit on the Airventure grounds and hangar maps. You can also filter by product or service type, allowing you to find all the exhibitors offering aviation headsets, for example.

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Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

This is especially true at Ted Stevens International Airport (ANC) in Anchorage where within the span of just 30 minutes, almost regardless of weather, you’ll see float planes of every ilk sharing the sky with 747s and C-47s. However, as we rounded a hangar we were greeted by a beautiful, albeit propless DC-3, in Ozark Airlines livery.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 1, 2024

This year’s 33rd Annual World War II Weekend took place June 7th, 8th, and 9th, and the combined near-perfect weather with fantastic air displays alongside endless encampments and reenactors. Many visitors stay at the show well after the airshow itself comes to a close as the hangar dance takes over on both Friday and Saturday nights.

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Weather Hangar Lift Pilot 111

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The weather on the run-in to the show was very changeable with exceptionally heavy localized rain all the way up and down the eastern states, and notable cloudbursts and varying volumes of rain at Temora on the Thursday and Friday. Warbirds Downunder (WDU) returns for the first time since 2018, the long gap caused by the Covid pandemic.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

My student sat at the briefing picnic table outside my t-hangar and, with a “humph,” laid out the sectional chart, the dead reckoning planning chart, and his solar/battery-powered flight computer calculator thingy. It represents the cutting edge of mid-twentieth-century flight. “Oh great,” he said.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Gulfstream G650ER/G550 Captain Simon Hangar Carmel IN A djusting to all of the issues regarding congestion is the way to go. Citation CJ1S/CJ1/CE650/I & Fairchild F-27/227 Chief Pilot & Chairman Cherokee Co Airport Authority Canton GA W e brief weather, notams, density at the airport, and any other concerning issues.

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AV Web

MAY 23, 2024

FBO chain Atlantic Aviation announced today (May 23) it is making unused ramp and hangar space available at discounted prices for aircraft operators whose home-base airports and/or hangars were damaged by recent storms. Atlantic cited tornados, heavy rain, and flooding that have hit the U.S.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is “rain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.”

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Universal Weather

JUNE 7, 2024

SBSP Airport : Offers plenty of hangar options, but slots are harder to secure. You’ll need to use private hangars for overnight GA parking, as ramp parking is unavailable for non-commercial flights. Prices vary for private hangar parking but generally range between 1000 and 1500 USD/per night.

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Inflight Pilot Training

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Is the hangar dirty? Location and Weather Conditions The location of the flight school can impact the frequency of your training. Schools in regions with consistent weather conditions, such as sunny climates, allow for fewer delays due to weather. Take a look around the facility. Are the planes well-maintained?

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

The gate agent remembered that the weather was terrible: thunderstorms with rain and hail. The bad weather continued to plague them and the crew were concerned about the lightning, icing and turbulence associated with thunderstorms. One was a Japanese engineering student studying locally. Geneva Fraley was the only woman on board.

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AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

The lights change color to indicate weather conditions based on METAR reports via internet. Either way, METAR is a format for reporting weather observations. ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) or older AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System) stations automatically collect the data used in METARs. Take your pick.

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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).

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Clearance Weather VOR Hangar 52

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. Coordinating schedules and weather took almost six months. One of the hangars still stands out of line with the modern homes.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 71

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I also secured hangar space for the week to the tune of $75 a night. The weather is perfect with a cool breeze as we searched for sone late lunch. Wednesday 5/1 I’m up early and as all pilots do, I’m checking weather for our return home. Mary and I went through our list and decided we would explore Savannah. What a nice guy.

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