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.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 17, 2025

Theyre built stronger than you would see today in most airplanes. Many small components were pilfered and the weather took a toll on the airframe. “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.

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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.

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Firewall Checkride Pilot General Aviation 98

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.

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