Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

At around 17:00 local time, an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland (Oregon) to Ontario (California), operated by a three-week-old Boeing 737 MAX 9, returned to Portland International Airport (PDX), after the left mid-exit door (MED) plug departed the airplane, leading to a rapid decompression. There were no injuries.

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 14, 2025

The State of Alaska is a paradise of stunning and rugged landscapes, national parks, wildlife… and airplanes. In 2008, the aircraft was purchased by Mike Schilling of Kenai, Alaska, and trucked to Geraldton, Ontario, where it was completely restored from the firewall back by Recon Air. It’s literally a one-finger airplane.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JULY 16, 2025

I flew as Kim’s first officer a few times before upgrading to captain, and we immediately struck a chord as small-airplane geeks. She and Nick have owned a slew of airplanes—their current fleet including an Aeronca Champ, Cessna 310, Extra 300 project, and there is some sort of sailplane hanging in the rafters as well.

Firewall

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Current L-4/J-3 Cub owners are not inexperienced cadets, so they often choose to accept the nose-over risk and retrofit their airplanes with Grove disc brakes under an FAA-approved Supplemental Type Certificate. The L-4’s firewall forward section is considered to be part of the fuselage assembly. That is the case with 44-79780.

Firewall

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 28, 2024

According to the Navy accident report, the airplane hit the water at a near vertical angle on its back. In the process, she lost her outer wing panels, engine section and a number of other components, so what remains today consists mostly of the fuselage, from the firewall back, and the tail feathers. SBD-5 BuNo.36175

Firewall

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 17, 2025

Theyre built stronger than you would see today in most airplanes. “There was no firewall forward, there were no motor mounts or oil tank, no fuel tanks,” Devries said. He packed up his family and put the airplane in the garage. I had a hangar in San Luis Obispo, and Id moved the airplane down here.

Cockpit

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?

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JULY 9, 2025

The airplanes we fly are hollow, with items like engines, instrument panels, fuel tanks, and humans taking up some of the space within the aluminum, composite, or fabric-covered structure. In older models, like Piper’s Cub and Aeronca’s Champ, the fuel tank is mounted above the pilot’s feet, between the firewall and the instrument panel.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

image by Jason Fuller) MA: “So we were just saying that after the accident, the airplane came back to Douglas and he had to face a tough decision, rebuild the airplane or not. And then we made the decision that we wanted to rebuild the airplane and continue to fly and let people enjoy it all over the U.S.

Tail

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Most contacts requested information on ordering a firewall forward kit, and/or asking if we had kits for other types of piston aircraft, especially the C182, C210, C206 and Piper PA28 series. So, we decided to seek FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to allow owners to swap their old airframes to our firewall forward engine kit.

Firewall

Air Facts

APRIL 7, 2025

Then, simultaneously, he released the brakes and gently but firmly eased the throttle forward until it stopped at the firewall. Our nose was pointed in the general direction of the SilverCrest restaurant, a popular steak house on the opposite shore. My heart raced. Our takeoff roll had begun.

Firewall

iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators iPad Pilot News Are you stuck at home and separated from your airplane or just experiencing an unlucky stretch of bad weather? To get started, ensure your computer firewall and Wi-Fi router are not blocking UDP traffic port 49002.

Rudder

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. The last owner prior to the Ackermans was Wilson Cary Selden of San Jose, CA.

Firewall

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 21, 2024

” [Photo by Mark Watt] Work ahead of the firewall was facilitated by Ezell installation kits. ” On July 30th, 1994, Dennis performed the first flight and once flight tests were complete a “19” was applied to the bare metal fuselage and they took the airplane to Reno. We’ll get them approved.’ The rest is history.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

A power-on stall occurs when the airplane’s nose rises too high, and the angle of attack becomes too steep, disrupting the airflow over the wings. To the Firewall (Power) Quick and smooth power application is also required to minimize altitude loss during stall recovery. They might feel scary at first, especially on your stomach.

Stability

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Since then, the team has advanced the airplane into a kit, one made out of carbon fiber and incorporating more than 1400 hours of the prototype’s operation. But now they are, and as no other Experimental—or certified airplane for that matter—can do what the Gweduck can, it’s time to take a good look at the program.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes. General aviation is driven by myriad forces.

Rudder