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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

A steam gauge airspeed indicator, Garmin G3X, autopilot, Garmin G5, transponder, fuel selector, accelerometer, and steam gauge altimeter were centered directly in front of me. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Ill accelerate and rotate at 80, and pitch for 100. Sounds good. Lets go, Waghorn replied.

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53rd National Stearman Fly-In

Vintage Aviation News

They go through great lengths to preserve history, yet allow modern items of safety and convenience, such as LED lighting, radios, transponders and ADS-B equipment. 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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How to get an IFR clearance at a non-towered airport

Flight Training Central

Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. I remember doing exactly this during my instrument training at a very remote airport: the nearest pay phone was about a mile away from the airport ramp, so it was quite the accomplishment to lift off before my timer expired. Today there’s a better way.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

pic.twitter.com/eI2MjTSlO7 — Transponder 1200 (@Transponder1200) March 31, 2024 April Representing the only event to meet our criteria in April 2024, on April 13, 2024, a WestJet Encore De Havilland DHC-8-Q400 suffered a tailstrike on landing at Calgary International Airport (YYC). No hay heridos. degrees, the vertical load 2.47g.

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