Flying Magazine
JULY 17, 2025
READ MORE: New Organization Aims to Expand Backcountry Aviation Access Among the modifications and improvements to the straight-tail Cessna: Leading edge STOL kit: For improved lift and short takeoff/landing capability Wing extensions: To increase gross weight and useful load Reinforced firewall and composite cowling Heavy-duty nosewheel fork: Built (..)
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Post-accident assessment of the aircraft revealed substantial damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) firewall bulkhead, resulting from the aircrafts aft fuselages contact with the runway surface. Inflight icing was heavily suspected as the cause of the accident, causing a loss of lift and a stall-induced spin.
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Plane and Pilot
JULY 1, 2025
A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. The postaccident examination revealed a fuel leak in a fitting where the fuel line passes through the firewall to the engine. He had no further memory of the event.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 16, 2025
The Albatross, firewall forward, is set up as a “quick engine change” package, which means that the entire assembly comes off as a unit—engine, accessories, and its mount disconnect from the firewall and can be exchanged as a unit. The first day I was tasked with disconnecting a supercharger control pushrod at the firewall.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 19, 2024
The power plant modifications plate on the engine bay’s firewall. Today, Ens. Johnson is interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. A closeup of the Corsair’s engine accessory bay, showing the intercoolers and their ducts.
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 12, 2024
This creates boundary layer separation, resulting in a loss of lift. To the Firewall (Power) Quick and smooth power application is also required to minimize altitude loss during stall recovery. Be careful because retracting the flaps causes the center of the lift to move forward. What Is a Power-on Stall? You’ve got this.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. Pretty much the only metal parts are the landing gear legs, stainless firewalls, engine mounts, engines and hardware. Pricing You would have to ask. Overall, the controls were wonderful.
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