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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. 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.

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This Boldly Styled 1957 Cessna 172 Skyhawk With STOL Prowess Is an ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Flying Magazine

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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Approachable Excellence

Plane and Pilot

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.

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The Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Reborn: CAF SoCal’s Mission to Restore a Navy Icon

Vintage Aviation News

Inside the hangars of the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing (CAF SoCal) in Camarillo, California, a rare and legendary warbird is undergoing a complete transformation. We had aileron linkage problems, wing fold lockdown problemsthe list is massive, McMahon said. The aircraft, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (BuNo.

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53rd National Stearman Fly-In

Vintage Aviation News

Vendors set up to sell souvenirs and parts, and the new International Stearman Community Hangar hosts its own gift shop, historical library, and museum inside. 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.

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

The J-4, also known as a Cub Coupe, had been dropped off in Kennett for annual in 2008 by its then-owner and ended up becoming a permanent resident when Hurricane Ike stretched inland all the way to the Missouri Bootheel, lifting it from the ground and depositing it on top of the FBO’s maintenance hangar.

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Return to Form

Plane and Pilot

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.,