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Indiana County Acquires Airport To Meet Aviation Demand

AV Web

It features a 3,760-foot paved runway, three multi-unit hangars and one corporate hangar, and currently houses approximately 40 aircraft. “With close proximity to the U.S. 31 corridor, the Sheridan Airport will help increase aircraft storage and ease congestion at other nearby facilities.” Sheridan Airport opened in 1948.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

A small Challenger 604 business jet flying at Flight Level 340 passed one thousand feet below an Airbus A380 flying the same route in the opposite direction. The vortices flipped the small jet upside down at least three to five times before the pilots managed to regain control. ATRs, Dash 8s, large business jets.

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Swiss Ponder Global 7500’s Limitations

AV Web

A main selling point for $117 million jet was its extreme range of about 7700 nautical miles allowing top Swiss officials to jet in equally extreme luxury non stop to any point on earth–but not from Bern. Also, the government hangars at Bern are too small for the plane, which is 111 feet long.

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Beta Completes Historic Passenger-Carrying Flight at JFK Airport

Flying Magazine

On Tuesday, though, the airport welcomed an aircraft unlike any that has ever graced its runways. Watching Alia from the runway were representatives from the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and state officials, including Senator John Liu (D-N.Y.).

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Slow It Down for Safety’s Sake

Plane and Pilot

We emphasize attention to detail, not trusting our memory when it comes to taxi clearances, verifying runways prior to crossing or holding short, and ensuring that both pilots are heads-up for taxi, or that they vocalize any time a pilot goes heads-down. In the jet, I type the taxi route into the scratch pad text line of the FMS.

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Air Base History Series: DeLand Naval Air Station Lives On

Vintage Aviation News

The WWII TBF torpedo bomber, TV-2 early navy jet trainer, Korean Conflict vintage MASH helicopter, and a prominently displayed F-14 Tomcat. Ronald Herman, benefactor, and others break ground for a restoration hangar. Note the TBF in the background, awaiting its place in that hangar. The runway was asphalt paved in 1936.

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Cape May NJ for Lunch

Gary's Flight Journal

Winds favored runway two-zero so I taxied out for departure. After picking up the weather in Cape May I joined the left down wind for runway two-eight to flow with traffic even though winds favored one-nine. I circled over the lighthouse area to build altitude and keep clear of the inbound jet traffic.