Airplanes Firewall Tail 
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 2, 2025
Similar work lies ahead for the right wing and the tail section. Years before the airplane arrived in Salem, the nose compartment was the first section to undergo restoration, chosen for its relative simplicity and as a proof of concept. The nacelle for the number 1 engine (left outboard) is nearing completion.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
Airplanes like the Piper Cherokee probably dont get their due. Ask a stranger to think of a small GA airplane, and theyll probably conjure something like a Cub. Fearsome metal airplanes helped win a global conflict, yet pilots came home to variations on prewar designs of tube-and-fabric construction and modest performance.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Vintage Aviation News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
With expander-tube brakes, it is difficult to brake sufficiently to pick up the tail. 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.
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
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 6, 2024
Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. Left unchecked, the fire consumed most of the aircraft; just the tail and outboard wing sections survived the blaze.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 17, 2025
Theyre built stronger than you would see today in most airplanes. But the tail feathers and the landing gear struts were OK.” “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.
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.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
124 
Let's personalize your content