Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

You may lust after a vintage Beech Staggerwing , but a radial-engine tail-wheel airplane with unique quirks will need to be approached with a careful transition. In this day and age, finding a hangar, or even a tie-down spot, is a major undertaking, given the collapsing number of airports.

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Airplanes Knot Annual Inspection Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This was the same aircraft where the Bellanca Aircraft Company set up its factory and where Air Service had built a new hangar in 1935 on the site of one that had burned in 1934 (Today, Air Service’s 1935 hangar now serves as the home of the Bellanca Airfield Museum). I went by Tom’s hangar to get his opinion.

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Firewall Airplanes Hangar Annual Inspection 98

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 22, 2025

According to the team, completion of the aircrafts annual inspection is in sight , with only a few hurdles left to overcome. Spooky tucked away in an hangar at the Atlanta Motorspeedway Airport. While much of the remaining work is not complex, it is time-intensive.

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Annual Inspection Torque Tail Cockpit 119