Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Out in the practice area, I did some of my favorite beyond-ACS but still normal category exercises—alternating steep turns with full aileron deflection, extended low speed flight, and Dutch rolls to 45-degree bank each way, again with full aileron deflection. Then off to the other runway for a full stop.

Pitot Tube 89

Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 89

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. I announced our departure intentions, receiving well wishes from the airport attendant who had come out to admire the plane, and Wilkins once again pointed us down the runway and into the blue sky.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Once we were ready, we started up, and the instructor radioed the tower before taxiing to the runway. Taxiing procedures: Moving the aircraft to the runway involves steering with your feet using the rudder pedals. This can be a great opportunity to ask lots of questions as you familiarize yourself with the aircraft and its components.

Rudder 98

Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 98

Photographic Logbook

MAY 19, 2025

Enter Tango Whiskey Aviation , an aerobatic flight school with operations at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Area International Airport (KROC) and the Williamson-Sodus Airport (KSDC) where we share bays in the same hangar building. Eventually, we both became Williamson Flying Club members. He was right. That felt incredibly wrong.

Rudder 60

Rudder Crosswind Airplanes Runway 60

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Birr Airfield has just one runway, a grass strip of 570 metres (1,870 feet) running north-south. The runway was firm, although he noticed that his shoes were wet after the inspection. He went to the hangar and did a pre-flight walkaround of the 172, including checking the fuel. They accelerated along the runway.

Runway 52

Runway Pilot Knot Aileron 52

Flying Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

READ MORE: NYPD Taps Drones for Airborne Police Work WSP headquarters is a boxy 1930s-era hangar located on the east side of the airport. The floor of the hangar is painted white, and you get the impression you could do surgery on it without risk of infection. A few minutes later, Smokey was cleared for takeoff from Runway 35.

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Upgraded wheel pants, flap and aileron seals, vortex generators, and a 3-bladed prop have been added. After 50 minutes, we were taxiing to the runway. Hangar space is sometimes available for under $50/night – a nice option if storms are expected. Will this aircraft perform exactly as the factory charts say it should?

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Plane and Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

As I walked down toward the run-up area along Runway 14, I heard the faint sound of a turbine closing in. Upon closer inspection (and with the help of my prescription sunglasses) I looked up and saw a single-engine air tanker above midfield, joining the right downwind for Runway 14. Then we fire up and go.

Air Traffic Control 98

Air Traffic Control Pilot Airplanes Runway 98

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

I showed up early for the first afternoon launch, stopping by the hangar gedunk (pronounced gee-dunk, the sailor’s term for snack bar) to wolf down a cheese omelet chased with a chocolate shake. Because of its diminutive stance, naval aviators dubbed it the “teeny weenie.”

Cockpit 98

Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. Airtime inhabits a large hangar at the Tulsa Riverside Airport (KRVS) where newly imported CTs are prepped, and ongoing maintenance and upgrades are carried out for aircraft in the U.S. distributor for Flight Design aircraft. Owned by Tom Gutmann Jr.,

Rudder 98

Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Naming it Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (ORA), Palen built a turf runway and got those old airplanes flying again. Unfortunately, that airshow was cut short by a landing accident ending with a bruised pilot and a Fleet Model 1 biplane on its back in the middle of ORA's turf runway. Over time, he built an extensive flying menagerie.

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 59