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The Corsair C172-V8 Experiment Update #3—Reader’s Suggestions

Air Facts

Most contacts requested information on ordering a firewall forward kit, and/or asking if we had kits for other types of piston aircraft, especially the C182, C210, C206 and Piper PA28 series. So, we decided to seek FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to allow owners to swap their old airframes to our firewall forward engine kit.

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A Fourth Life for a Ryan STM-2

Vintage Aviation News

Many small components were pilfered and the weather took a toll on the airframe. “There was no firewall forward, there were no motor mounts or oil tank, no fuel tanks,” Devries said. But on Nov. It was partially disassembled and left to the elements on the airport grounds.

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Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators

iPad Pilot News

Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators iPad Pilot News Are you stuck at home and separated from your airplane or just experiencing an unlucky stretch of bad weather? To get started, ensure your computer firewall and Wi-Fi router are not blocking UDP traffic port 49002.

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Approachable Excellence

Plane and Pilot

I think twice of all the times we’ve flown, we’ve woken up and said, you know what, the weather’s not working out, let’s just drive it, he says. I also like to look for what I call crummy weather thats just low enough that I can get an instrument approach in, but not so much that I don’t have any outs.

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Blinded by the Light

Plane and Pilot

For late November, the weather was goodno clouds, light winds, and a temperature of 44 degrees Fahrenheit. The fuselage from the firewall to the empennage was crushed. The 2017 Extra EA300 LC was purchased about a year ago, and, according to friends, the pilot limited himself to basic aerobatic maneuvers. The pilot died in the crash.

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