Aileron Hangar Tail 
Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
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. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by Tessa Waghorn, Ians wife, who serves as the head administrator for TacAero.
Vintage Aviation News
MARCH 5, 2025
Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. It just so happened that 92460 was available, so a deal was made and the center section was sent to Texas along with the tail cone. “We were able to trade the oil coolers and exhausts to Chuck Whal for non-airworthy parts and ailerons.”
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Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 17, 2025
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. Work is advancing forward from the tail, with repairs completed or underway on internal frames, longerons, and skin.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. 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.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 20, 2025
As first designed, the plane had a sharp upper line to the top of the fuselage from the cockpit to the tail, resulting in the “razorback” nickname. The “bubbletop” was less laterally stable than the “razorback,” so starting with the P-47D-27-RE a shallow fillet was added ahead of the vertical tail.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
Depressions in the vertical stabilizer and rudder, as well as stabilator skins and ailerons, all help increase panel stiffness while allowing less under-skin structure. The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks.
Flying Magazine
JULY 17, 2025
Hangar kept for the last 20 years under single-family ownership, the straight-tail airframe sports a striking red, white, and blue paint scheme that pairs perfectly with its Horton STOL kit. The aircraft sports a King CDI with glideslope receiver as well as a King KT-76A transponder and uAvionix tail beacon ADS-B transmitter.
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