Jetwhine

JUNE 2, 2025

I have worked hard to keep him on the runway and not off in the weeds. Maybe in another 22 years he’ll finally nail those crosswind landings if we’re lucky. He goes flying for lunches a lot and probably could drop a few pounds, but I don’t tell him that. He has done pretty well for the most part.

Airplanes

AV Web

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Unfortunately, the government and its money-schlepping agency, the IR of S, strongly believes in the traditional calendar, so today, I find myself rummaging through my hangar’s detritus and junk in search of deductible items and a clue on how to end this year of flying on a high note. Yet, the past twelve months have not been a waste.

Airplanes

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Lockwood Aviation’s maintenance hangar probably sees more Rotax-powered aircraft than many other shops in the country. Poke around the typical LSA maintenance hangar and you’ll see broken pieces. An LSA In Your Hangar With over 900 RV-12s in the field , I think the airplane has an advantage over other LSA models.

Gross Weight

Photographic Logbook

JULY 5, 2025

My hangar neighbor Steve was on short final at SDC in his Bonanza. When I arrived, Northeast Philly Airport was not only extremely busy ("Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full") but everyone was landing with a gusty 20 knot crosswind. At the Runway Bar & Grill, Bradford, PA (KBFD) with the WFC on 10 May 2025.

Pilot

AV Web

MAY 4, 2024

The Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD), also known as Gadsden Airport, is the latest airfield to vote on decommissioning its crosswind runway. On Tuesday, the City Council approved the Gadsden Airport Authority’s earlier decision to decommission Runway 18-36.

Crosswind

AV Web

MAY 4, 2024

The Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD), also known as Gadsden Airport, is the latest airfield to vote on decommissioning its crosswind runway. On Tuesday, the City Council approved the Gadsden Airport Authority’s earlier decision to decommission Runway 18-36.

Crosswind

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. After one last check to my left to make sure there weren’t any yahoos on an unapproved short final (old habit), I took the runway then pressed the throttle in to full power.

Aileron

Photographic Logbook

MAY 19, 2025

Enter Tango Whiskey Aviation , an aerobatic flight school with operations at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Area International Airport (KROC) and the Williamson-Sodus Airport (KSDC) where we share bays in the same hangar building. Despite the crosswind, take-off was perfunctory. Chop and drop!"

Rudder

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. A very brief 2022 season for the ice runway eliminated opportunities to return that year. The Bear was furious that she missed out. The Bear and me flying to Alton Bay!

Runway

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. Once there, he put us in a slight right turn toward our first fuel stop 60 miles ahead, continuously fighting the stick as the gusting left crosswind did its best to push us off course.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Your next-door hangar neighbor says, “probably needs new spark plugs ,” and the CFI at the flight school tells you to try a favorite trick that always works on his E-series Continental. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar.

Stability

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There was a nice crosswind, and I demonstrated landing on a concrete expansion joint, offset from the runway centerline. Then off to the other runway for a full stop. It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar.

Pitot Tube

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Once we were ready, we started up, and the instructor radioed the tower before taxiing to the runway. Taxiing procedures: Moving the aircraft to the runway involves steering with your feet using the rudder pedals. This can be a great opportunity to ask lots of questions as you familiarize yourself with the aircraft and its components.

Rudder

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Birr Airfield has just one runway, a grass strip of 570 metres (1,870 feet) running north-south. The runway was firm, although he noticed that his shoes were wet after the inspection. He went to the hangar and did a pre-flight walkaround of the 172, including checking the fuel. They accelerated along the runway.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Your next-door hangar neighbor says, “probably needs new spark plugs ,” and the CFI at the flight school tells you to try a favorite trick that always works on his E-series Continental. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar.

Stability

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. Nobody answered on unicom, and the facilities were at the west end of the airport, so I decided on left traffic for Runway 27. After I turned off the runway, I saw the traffic… a crop duster. What the…?

Weather

Universal Weather

JANUARY 17, 2024

RJTT does not have a hangar for GA, but RJAA does have hangarage available. The condition of runways, taxiways, and ramp areas at RJAA is good. Aircraft hangar space is available at Narita but is extremely expensive. During severe weather conditions such as typhoons, limited hangar accommodation may be secured at a high price.

Clearance

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Although it is most commonly experienced when departing or landing behind or on a parallel runway to a larger aircraft, it can also occur when flying behind and beneath the path of large jets at cruise altitude, because wake vortices tend to sink after production.

Turbulence

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots. If I see a yellow light, I need to take a close look at winds and runway alignment before driving to the hangar. Station lights flash yellow when winds exceed 15 kts (customizable).

Weather

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

When bay ice consistently thickens to over 12 inches, a team of dedicated volunteers collaborates with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to open the Alton Bay Ice Runway. Over the years, its coveted status as the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States has endeared it to aviators seeking novelty.

Runway

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Closer to South Bass Island, the Put-In-Bay Airport (runways 3-21) appeared along the southeastern shore. However, the memorial is at least a mile from the end of the runway and once I could visualize the geometry of its placement, it was obvious that a normal pattern could be flown between the column and the airport without conflict.

Runway

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

In fact, we have a window over the stove that looks into the hangar. More turns, steep banks, and soon enough I spot her orange kayak in the lake just off the end of runway 9. I make the turn off the runway, another radio call, and I taxi to the pumps. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

Groundspeed

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

There was a fickle crosswind and it was interesting to see Dodge’s first landing attempt given away when caught by a gust just before touchdown and to come back and make a perfect landing the second time. Interestingly it doesn’t mind crosswinds, what they don’t like is no wind at all. We should have also seen a de Havilland Vampire T.11,

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Airtime inhabits a large hangar at the Tulsa Riverside Airport (KRVS) where newly imported CTs are prepped, and ongoing maintenance and upgrades are carried out for aircraft in the U.S. It was our completion center for our CF23 version of the aircraft, but it was a small hangar and warehouse. distributor for Flight Design aircraft.

Rudder

World Airline News

JULY 26, 2025

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Airline

World Airline News

JULY 25, 2025

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Cargo

World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

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Cargo

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 22, 2025

Multiple Runways Flying Cloud features three runways: two parallel east-west runways (10L/28R and 10R/28L) and one north-south (18/36). Adaptability to prevailing winds for crosswind training. Runways are plowed and treated quickly, and hangar access ensures aircraft are protected from the elements.

Runway