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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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Army L-4 Grasshopper colors, this unique airplane was factory-built in 2007 as a light sport aircraft (LSA). This particular example is a two-owner airplane, hangared since new and looks the part. Based on Pipers legendary J-3 Cub and sporting World War II-era U.S. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 30, 2025

When shopping for a new airplane, particularly ones first airplane, its important to find a mechanically sound example for safety. With so many examples produced over several decades, docile handling characteristics, minimal fuel burn, and ample parts availability, certificated airplanes dont get much easier to own than the Cessna 150.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Owned by an IA/AP, it has been kept in a hangar, and all airworthiness directives have been complied with. The panel includes some niceties, such as a Garmin GTX-355 ADS-B out transponder, ensuring all airspace is fully accessible. The paint and interior are said to have been redone in 2009 and 2006, respectively.

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Transponder Airplanes Hangar Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A Garmin 250XL handles radio and GPS duties, and a TT22 transponder provides ADS-B Out capability. With 5,300 hours on the airframe, this Super Cub is well-used but has reportedly been hangared for its entire life. Additionally, all logs and records are included, and the engine has 900 hours SMOH and 100 hours since a top overhaul.

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Transponder Airplanes Hangar Pilot 98

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Some pilots come to Galesburg, park their airplane and just enjoy the fellowship for the week. 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. What can you possibly do for a whole week in Galesburg, you might ask.

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Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

Most of these checks can even be done as the airplane is sitting at the gate because they are minimally invasive, require less tools, and take fewer maintenance personnel. Depending on the maintenance specifications required by the FAA for that airplane, these checks commonly happen after 24-60 hours of flight time.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 15, 2025

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. Well be putting in an AV-30E system, updating the radios, the transponder, ADS-Bthings that make the airplane safer and more supportable.

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Inspire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The lesson learned is a simple one: Keep flying the airplane until it and the prop comes to a stop. Then and only then does one adjust the carb heat, trim, radio, or transponder settings. first appeared on Hangar Flying. The post Until the Prop Stops — Keep Your Head in the Game!

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Transponder Airplanes Hangar 40

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

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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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Flying within the SFRA, whether it is within the FRZ or not, requires all aircraft to broadcast an assigned transponder code. When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground. change the transponder to 1200) after terminating flight following or cancelling IFR.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

Most of the emergency procedures training we do in general aviation airplanes center around just two simple words: “What if?” Added to the mix are a variety of aftermarket GPS, ADS-B-compliant transponders, flat-screen navigators, iPads, and new or legacy autopilots. So, what is a thinking pilot of an older, upgraded airplane to do?

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

He noted that most airports income has held pretty steady over the years, with income from streams such as hangars and fuel flowage having stayed relatively flat. So, all of a sudden, just flying your airplane away after ignoring that bill puts you in violation of the law. 775.082 or s. It includes cameras.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Some bucks spent on a hangar, updated paint and exterior, and a little TLC under the cowling, and your 30-year-old Cessna 172 will keep up with a brand-new one, for a lot less dollars. Based on our needs, we added an IFR GPS, an ADS-B In and Out transponder, and most recently a simple yet full-featured autopilot to our trusty Cessna Cardinal.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Warrior has introduced countless people to the joys of light airplanes. It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance.

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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.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With a collection seeded by purchase of six WWI era aircraft from the former Roosevelt Field where Charles Lindbergh launched on his historic flight to Paris, ORA is a tribute to founder Cole Palen's (1925-1993) fervent belief that an airplane is only an airplane if it still flies. Over time, he built an extensive flying menagerie.

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