Firewall Hangar Tail 
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 2, 2025
Many of these legendary aircraft owe their continued existence to a string of fortunate circumstancesrepurposed for aerial survey work, stored away in forgotten hangars, or turned into static displays in unexpected places. Similar work lies ahead for the right wing and the tail section.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
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. Even though the CFI immediately firewalled the throttle, a wingtip hit the ground and ended the flight. Eventually that partner wanted to sell and Widell found Brian Bishop.
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Vintage Aviation News
MAY 6, 2024
Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England. Left unchecked, the fire consumed most of the aircraft; just the tail and outboard wing sections survived the blaze.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 17, 2025
But the tail feathers and the landing gear struts were OK.” “There was no firewall forward, there were no motor mounts or oil tank, no fuel tanks,” Devries said. I had a hangar in San Luis Obispo, and Id moved the airplane down here. “The wings, I had to re-build completely; they were pretty much rotten.
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
This was the same aircraft where the Bellanca Aircraft Company set up its factory and where Air Service had built a new hangar in 1935 on the site of one that had burned in 1934 (Today, Air Service’s 1935 hangar now serves as the home of the Bellanca Airfield Museum). I went by Tom’s hangar to get his opinion.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. The Mallard—it’s a trike—has a tail stinger because it otherwise falls on its tail when loading.” Pricing You would have to ask.
Plane and Pilot
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. 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. Out back, theres an entirely new tail.
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