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This 1978 Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II Is a Roomy, Comfortable and Underrated ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Flying Magazine

While the company designed the Six to be a heavy-lifting workhorse for hauling cargo and passengers, it aimed upmarket with the Lance. The aircraft for sale today sports the T-tail design that Piper adopted during the 1978 model yeara time when T-tails were in vogue throughout general aviation.

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Used Aircraft Guide: Beechcraft Bonanza 36 Ranks at Top of Six-Place Piston Singles

Flying Magazine

Even after stretching the fuselage and adding so-called family seats to the S35 V-tail model, the Bonanza wasn’t capable of seating six full-sized adults. But the 1968 model year brought a true six-place Bonanza with aft cabin doors and a conventional tail. ADS-B came from a Garmin GTX 345R transponder, which was $5,443.

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This 1968 Beechcraft 36 Bonanza Is a Six-Place, Long-Distance-Traveling ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Flying Magazine

By the late 1960s, the Beechcraft Bonanza and its “straight-tail” Debonair sibling had been so popular for so long that it might have seemed difficult to find ways to improve them. Beechcraft initially pitched the 36 model as a utility aircraft aimed mainly at carrying cargo in its extended cabin.

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What are the Key Parts of a Plane?

WayMan

These include: Fuselage Wings Cockpit Engine Propeller (in some aircraft) Tail Assembly (Empennage) Landing Gear Understanding how these parts interact is essential to grasping the basics of aerodynamicsand its one of the first steps in becoming a safe and informed pilot. Its also the anchor point to which the wings and tail are attached.

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This 2007 Beechcraft G36 Bonanza Is a Premium 60th Anniversary Edition ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Flying Magazine

Pitot static and transponder checks are valid through this month and the aircraft holds a clean damage history. Pitot static and transponder checks are valid through this month and the aircraft holds a clean damage history. A factory anniversary livery applied in 2007 remains vibrant with minimal wear.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

The contents of this article have been limited to commercial aircraft performing public transport flights, whether carrying cargo or passengers (or both). As the month ended, on March 31, 2024, a Safe Air Boeing 727 operating a cargo flight from Juba to Malakal in Kenya crashed following a heavy landing at Malakal Airport in South Sudan.

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C-47s Over Normandy

Plane and Pilot

It was likely chosen as the lead for its Rebecca airborne transceiver, which connected to the Eureka ground transponder carried by the pathfinders. They were counted as they loaded up and sat between each other’s legs, facing the tail. That evening, the pilots prepared to launch. Eisenhower on field,” the journal continues.