Airplanes Annual Inspection Firewall 
Plane and Pilot
MAY 19, 2025
Another pilot flying in the airport traffic pattern reported that the accident airplane appeared too high and fast to land on Runway 23. The witness saw the accident airplane subsequently enter a left base for Runway 5 at low altitude and stated that the airplane appeared slow.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?
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Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Under its wings, stood Garry and Janne Ackerman of Plano, Texas, the owners of this magnificent machine, who told attendees all about the story of this airplane and the effort they helped start to return a basket case of an airplane back to its former glory. It is not known, however, for how long the aircraft was flown by Baird.
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