Cockpit Drag Hangar 
Jetwhine
APRIL 7, 2025
Enjoy – RM By Pam LeBlanc They had to cinch up the waistbands of their oversized, hand-me-down flight suits, and they werent allowed to climb out of a cockpit without applying fresh lipstick. The women who trained at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas , stepped up in a serious way.
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Two 150-gallon nylon fuel tanks were added behind the two cockpits, a 100-gallon tank was added to the gun bay, and the P-82B was fitted with four 310-gallon externally mounted drop tanks to be jettisoned during the flight. They removed the aircraft’s armor, as well as the six Browning.50
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Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 18, 2025
Once Hughes saw the tests for himself, he rented space in a hangar from aircraft broker Charles Babb at the Grand Central Air Terminal in nearby Glendale. The cockpit was enclosed, with an adjustable seat for Hughes to look over the long nose of the Racer on takeoff and landing. Raymond Delmotte in the cockpit of a Caudron C.460
Fear of Landing
JULY 4, 2025
As ground staff at the airport, the pilot had security codes for access and was able to walk straight to the hangar. The hangar held three helicopters. The two larger helicopters blocked the hangar door from closing, so the hangar was left open. There was no cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder installed.
Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 14, 2025
In order to facilitate beaching operations at naval air stations, a pair of small wheels were added to the rear of the skis, along with a tailwheel in order for the aircraft to be towed from a hangar to the launching ramps. Charles Richbourg in the cockpit of the Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart.
Air Facts
JULY 30, 2025
(Mis)Adventures in the Birdbath Air Facts Journal When you operate and hangar an airplane over and near a body of salt water, you have to be concerned about the corrosion inherent to that environment. The F-16 cockpit sits directly above the engine intake, and our engine sucked in a LOT of air—even at idle.
Fear of Landing
JULY 19, 2024
Someone claiming to be from Bankstown says the hangar gossip is that the engine failed because he ran out of fuel. From the video, it seems that the pilot kept the landing gear stowed, which I presume was in order to reduce drag. All I’m saying is that if the pilot was inexperienced, I’m more impressed, not less.
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