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The Owner-Assisted Career

AV Web

Frosty air combined with wet leaves blowing up against my hangar door signaled that this is the season for an owner-assisted annual for my humble Cessna 140. Henry, my IA, was busy looking at my aileron cables while talking with me about the wisdom of frequent air filter changes for my mighty 85-horsepower plant.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

When the aircraft encounters a vortex and its strong enough to induce roll, the pilot counters it by using the ailerons against the roll and tries to fly out of the wake as soon as possible. If the aircrafts wingspan is long enough, its ailerons will extend beyond the vortex diameter, and counter control would still be possible.

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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

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. The airplane is incredibly sensitive, thanks to sweeping, full-span ailerons and an unnaturally tall stick that exaggerates any and all inputs.

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Easy on the Eyes—and Your Wallet

Plane and Pilot

A week later, I met Hunton and his wife at the Hangar Hotel at Gillespie County Airport (T82) in Fredericksburg to try the Jabiru 230-D on for size. You will still have full aileron control by moving your arm side to side, and you’ll have brakes too.” Twist my arm,” I thought. Hunton and McLeod pilot the J-230D around South Texas.

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B-17 Restoration Progress Report From the Erickson Aircraft Collection

Vintage Aviation News

Before the rear spars could be extracted from the inner wing panels, the trailing edge sections—housing the ailerons, flaps, and aft portions of the wing—had to be removed. The fuselage of B-17G 44-85718 is pictured inside the Erickson hangar in late May 2025.

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Rebirth of FG-1D Corsair 92460

Vintage Aviation News

Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. “We were able to trade the oil coolers and exhausts to Chuck Whal for non-airworthy parts and ailerons.” Serendipitous Happenings It is now been 17 years since 92460 came in from the cold. ” Corvino continued.

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Fly Fast, Hit Hard, Take a Punch: A Brief History of the War-Winning P-47 Thunderbolt

Vintage Aviation News

But all of the lessons learned in combat were rolled into the redesigned P-47N, a long-range version that featured a new, longer-span wing with integral fuel storage, enlarged ailerons, a larger tail fillet, beefed-up landing gear and an upgraded engine. As winter of 1944 set in, the P-47s were crucial in keeping the Germans off balance.