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The Dumbing Down of the Flight Deck

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Today, on a wide-body airliner, the CARs (regs) stipulate when a third or fourth […] The post The Dumbing Down of the Flight Deck first appeared on Hangar Flying. Days gone by it had three or four.

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Today in Aviation History: The First Jet Takeoff and Landing on an Aircraft Carrier

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Then, his hook snagged one of the cables stretched across the width of Ocean ‘s flight deck, and the Vampire came to a stop. With Brown safely on the deck, the ship’s deckhands came out to greet Lt. Brown and inspect the Vampire, the first pure-jet aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier.

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See The ‘Intrepid’ Museum’s New FG-1D Corsair Ahead of Its Public Unveiling

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92013) that arrived at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in October 2024 is currently under restoration but will be available to be viewed in the restoration hangar at two public events in February 2025 before its official public unveiling planned for March. The new Corsair in the restoration hangar on the deck of the ‘Intrepid.’

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Gleim Elevates Pilot Training with New AI and Data Tools

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Cross-Check allows CFIs to have up-to-date performance statistics from students as they complete their ground school work, ensuring that instructors can tailor their teaching on the flight deck to meet students where they are in their aviation-educational journey. This product is free to all CFIs using Gleim Online Ground School.

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From the Bottom of the Sea to Wildwood: The Incredible Story of the F6F Hellcat at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum

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When the aircraft’s restoration was completed, it was placed on display on a recreation of the USS Cabot ‘s flight deck in the museum’s West Wing, alongside other naval aircraft of WWII in the gallery. Grumman F6F-3 BuNo 66237 in the restoration and storage hangars at Pensacola before the move to Wildwood.

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MiG Killer F/A-18 Hornet Lands on USS Hornet

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Both the MiG-21 and Hornet 163508 are now on display in the museum’s Hangar Bay One, but Mongillo’s Hornet, 163502, was stored outdoors on Pensacola’s ramp, awaiting its turn for restoration and display. F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 163502 arrives at the National Naval Aviation Museum, 2019.

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Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Installs a New Wing on Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’

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(photo via Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor) Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” under restoration in the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum’s Ted Shealy Restoration Shop of Hangar 79, with the museum’s Douglas C-47A Skytrain 42-100486 in the background. Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” sits on display in Hangar 37.