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.

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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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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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Air Facts

JULY 2, 2025

By the time we hit 85, the tail was flying, the main wheels were off the ground, and the nosewheel was grinding itself into the dirt. The cleanliness of the hangar floor was only of passing interest compared to my number-one duty: keeping the boss alive by remembering what he forgets. I was, in fact, partially correct.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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