Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar. Before rolling out on the runway, I confirmed my plan with Waghorn based on our ground school session earlier in the day. Max Gross Weight: 2,200 lbs.

Knot 111

Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 25, 2025

Designed to access areas without prepared runways for the purposes of medevac, communication, and liaison roles, it incorporated a massive wing optimized for slow flight, long-travel main gear to soak up unprepared surfaces, and a 240-horsepower inverted V-8 engine. The panel is small but functional.

Gross Weight 53

Gross Weight Transponder Runway Airplanes 53

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. At least the Cherokee gave the pilot a better view of the runway from the patternno wing in the wayand lacked the high-wing Cessnas pitch change with flap deployment.

Approach 76

Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 76

Photographic Logbook

MARCH 10, 2024

Parked in front of my first hangar in South Haven, 05 April 2004. When I first brought the airplane home to her new hangar at the South Haven Area Regional Airport (0D1/KLWA), I was immediately faced with a geometric challenge. Soiled hangar floor visible at the South Haven Airport, 25 September 2004. Out darn (oil) spot!

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Knot Avionics Master Switch Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

MAY 28, 2025

After all, a Cub sitting on a hangar pad was what initially drew me to walk into the Ron Alexander Youth Aviation Program , an experience that changed the course of my life at just barely 16 years old. It can hold the extra gross weight. Power-to-weight ratio is also impressive for a floatplane.

Rudder 96

Rudder Airplanes Pilot Gross Weight 96

Air Facts

MAY 21, 2025

The stimulating thing about having one take you to Fordyce is the 1400-foot runway. We were down and stopped in not much more than half the length of the runway. We also probably puffed our chest out a bit over how little runway had een used in making our entrance. It’s amazing how well it works, too.

Weather 90

Weather Airplanes Jet Gross Weight 90

Flying Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

That was a process with the FAA he noted, but because the aircraft has a gross weight of just 900 pounds, it qualifies as a light sport aircraft (LSA), and that is how McCartney has been flying it for the past five years. The Flight Last summer, I met McCartney at his hangar at 0700. The winds had shifted.

Weight-Shift-Control 101

Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 101