Final Approach Hangar Knot 
Flying Magazine
JULY 18, 2025
When I visited the company’s Olathe, Kansas, engineering hangar to see a G5000 retrofit in progress, Garmin’s Dave Brown made a good point about these older turbine airframes needing a refresh. There’s also automatic low airspeed protection when below VMCA, plus 15 knots indicated. It’s a huge project.
Fear of Landing
APRIL 19, 2024
The helicopter turned left to return to the airport, travelling at about 85 knots. The indicated airspeed had fallen below 65 knots and was still decreasing. The helicopter was at treetop height with an indicated airspeed of zero knots when the right yaw ceased. The pilot reported two miles out.
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Photographic Logbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
At the airport, there was ice and snow to remove from in front of the hangar door, fuel to add to the Warrior now resting on three fully inflated tires (the left main had a new tube), and then there was the moment when I slipped on ice while pulling the airplane from the hangar and landed flat on my back. We had a deal.
Photographic Logbook
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Even slowed by a 25 knot headwind, the airplane still saved time. I had already fueled and readied the Warrior for departure, it was just a matter of pulling her out of the hangar. September 24: Cloudscapes Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 24 Sep 2023 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - 5B2 (Saratoga Springs, NY) 1.9
AeroSavvy
AUGUST 20, 2021
I configured the airplane the same way as noted on the Piper Climb chart: 105 mph (91 knots), flaps 10 ° , full throttle. Time To Fly Our aircraft can cruise for about 4 ½ hours plus an hour of reserve fuel at 130 knots. Hangar space is sometimes available for under $50/night – a nice option if storms are expected.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 11, 2024
As I passed Kelley's Island, wind streaks in the water out of the southwest indicated a wind of six to eight knots, exactly as forecast. Behind me, the other Cherokee (a Cherokee Six) landed and aggressively made for the main commercial hangar building. No wonder I got bounced around so much on final approach this morning , I thought.
Fear of Landing
JUNE 14, 2024
The aircraft was filled to full fuel and the pilot’s departure and flight to Murwillumbah was uneventful until the final approach to Murwillumbah. There was another person on the airfield, who was standing outside of a hangar at about halfway along the runway as the Cessna approached.
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