Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 2, 2025

In 2014, the aircraft was removed from its perch, transported to a hangar at Salem Municipal Airport, and began its transformation from weathered display to airworthy warbird once again. The engine firewall will be installed at the bottom of the nacelle as shown, with the top section eventually reattached to the front wing spar.

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Cockpit Firewall Hangar Tail 124

Plane and Pilot

MAY 19, 2025

The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the development of serious carburetor icing, which was consistent with the pilots announcement of a rough-running engine. Additionally, the rudder assembly was missing an attach link on the left rudder cable return spring between the spring and firewall.

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Rudder Airplanes Annual Inspection Runway 75

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

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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Approach Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Stability 75

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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Firewall Checkride Pilot General Aviation 98

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 17, 2025

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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Cockpit Airplanes Firewall Tail 115

iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

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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Rudder Approach Firewall Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

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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Runway Final Approach Firewall Pilot 99