Crosswind Hangar Tail 
Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by Tessa Waghorn, Ians wife, who serves as the head administrator for TacAero.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. As at higher altitudes, the vortex movement near the ground is affected by crosswinds. Crosswinds can push the downwind vortex into your approach path.
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Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 27, 2025
The Collections SE5A was also scheduled to join them, but gusty crosswinds grounded several of the smaller, lighter aircraft, including this one. The bright red Comet looked magnificent against the blue skies, and its polished performance was capped with a well-executed crosswind landing. G-AAPZ), the only airworthy example worldwide.
Jetwhine
JUNE 2, 2025
Somehow the fear is the back of the plane wanting to go first and swap ends or at least that was what Bob and I had been told about those notorious tail wheel airplanes. Maybe in another 22 years he’ll finally nail those crosswind landings if we’re lucky. His and my job is still a work in progress, I guess.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. The upper Midwest scenery can be spectacular. As I got on downwind, the ADS-B went totally nuts.
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.
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