Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

Our old and slow Stearman PT-17 biplanes were racing along at 65 mph as we were fighting a 20-knot headwind, so we were still almost 15 minutes from touchdown! We were parked inside the big hangar, right next to a large USMC VTOL Osprey aircraft and a huge C-130J transport. You just have to be there to experience it.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Runway Hangar 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. After turning the corner, I was rewarded with tailwinds of up to 22 knots, so the big detour cost me only 15 minutes. Full flaps and 80 knots, trimmed, the airplane asked, is this what I really wanted? There was also a link to a bridge for sale.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 74

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Centerline, centerline, centerline Air Facts Journal It was a beautiful May day as we grabbed the tow bar to pull the 1981 Cessna 182 out of the hangar. With a little forward pressure on the yoke, I was able to keep the airplane on the runway to continue picking up airspeed as we arrived at my target of 60 knots for takeoff.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125.

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 88

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Almost as an afterthought, we told them that while we’d be busy building our hangar/apartment for the 2022-23 season, we’d come fly with them in December 2023. Crossing the Cook Strait on a typically raucous ferry ride following a 40-knot blow, we spent another eight days road tripping through the South Island.

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Knot Weather Airplanes Ceiling 119

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We didn’t have a heated hangar, but our chief instructor pointed out that, if we did, melted water could collect in the control surfaces, waiting to refreeze once the plane left the hangar and put the control surfaces out of balance. On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125.

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 76

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

The helicopter turned left to return to the airport, travelling at about 85 knots. The indicated airspeed had fallen below 65 knots and was still decreasing. The helicopter was at treetop height with an indicated airspeed of zero knots when the right yaw ceased. The pilot reported two miles out.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Upon entering a 300-knot glide, the pilot of N156XD was cleared to land at NAS Oceana, but realized during the last phase of his approach that he would not make the runway. After declaring an emergency the pilot climbed to 35,000 feet, where its engine flamed out.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Cockpit Knot 124

Air Facts

AUGUST 16, 2024

This had the effect of a rapid reduction of airspeed (to 80 knots) as the autopilot fought to maintain altitude. On the other side of the wave, the airspeed increased to 150 knots. I quickly disengaged the autopilot and reduced speed to maneuvering speed (118 knots) by pulling the throttle back. During the trip I put 18.1

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Weather Knot Ceiling Turbulence 98

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At the airport, there was ice and snow to remove from in front of the hangar door, fuel to add to the Warrior now resting on three fully inflated tires (the left main had a new tube), and then there was the moment when I slipped on ice while pulling the airplane from the hangar and landed flat on my back. We had a deal.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Inspire

JANUARY 26, 2018

Brady had a crosswind component of about 6-9 knots (gusting 12-14) and that was enough to give him a good workout! The post Earning Wings: Flight 19 – Crosswind Workout first appeared on Hangar Flying. He learned you really have to be sharp and on top of your game when handling a crosswind.

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Crosswind Knot Hangar 40

Fear of Landing

JULY 19, 2024

There are not many details yet but one source says that at the time of the engine failure, the Cessna was travelling at 100 knots at 1,250 feet above ground level. Someone claiming to be from Bankstown says the hangar gossip is that the engine failed because he ran out of fuel.

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Runway Pilot Approach Drag 98

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Down low, maximum speeds can easily exceed 425 knots. The L–39’s Fowler flaps are clearly visible during the preflight inside Gauntlet Warbird’s hangar at Aurora Municipal Airport (left). At 90 knots I ease the stick back and we’re through 140 knots with gear and flaps coming up before I know it.

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Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This 172 had a flap extension speed of 85 knots, and my old Cessna 172’s limit was 100 mph, or 87 knots. It had undergone some repair work done after experiencing soot and smoke damage from a fire in a nearby hangar. The newer 172 (46 years old) did and had a 3-G limit with flaps extended.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 80

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!

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Airplanes Knot Avionics Master Switch Runway 52

Latatuide 33 Aviation

MARCH 19, 2025

Consider the following popular jet options in your search: Cessna Citation The Cessna Citation comes in various models of the following sizes: Light: The Cessna Citation CJ3 is a light aircraft that offers exceptional short-field performance and can cruise at a speed of up to 400 knots.

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Jet Cabin Crew Runway Approach 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

In a T-6, I don’t care what you do, realistically, normal conditions, you might get 140 knots. That P-64 will cruise around all day at 180, 190 knots. But it’s a T-6 with 1,200 horsepower, so you have double the horsepower. It’s a rocket. Below 10,000 feet, it’ll keep up with any of the fighters.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Cockpit 105

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Axtell performed a few additional race-centric modifications, including a stinger-style tailcone, but never attempted to compete with the aircraft and it was stored in a T-hangar at Jefferson County Airport (BJC) in Broomfield, Colorado.

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Weight-Shift-Control Pilot Flight Deck Hangar 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. That makes it harder for the aircraft to fit into hangars and airport gates. Pilots need to keep this behavior in mind as theyre likely to encounter these vortices while theyre on approach or during departure. Can Wingtip Vortices Be Useful?

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The weather briefing we had reviewed a half hour earlier promised a 20-knot headwind that would require two fuel stops on the 130-mile trip from our home airport in Kennett, Missouri (KTKX), to Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) in Arkansas. The windsock promised that getting the little yellow bird into the air would be a white-knuckle affair.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Even slowed by a 25 knot headwind, the airplane still saved time. I had already fueled and readied the Warrior for departure, it was just a matter of pulling her out of the hangar. September 24: Cloudscapes Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 24 Sep 2023 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - 5B2 (Saratoga Springs, NY) 1.9

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Approach Final Approach Airplanes 52

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 15, 2024

Port Meadville Airport Seventy Seven Years Port Meadville Airport's gate leads directly onto a residential street, though one of the first houses had a hangar within which a J3 Cub waited for its next flight. Fortunately, my dress clothes were waiting for me in the hangar so that I did not need to stop at home to change.

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Approach Pilot Runway Pilot in Command 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

” In August the Starfighter was gently loaded onto a flatbed and trucked to Browning’s hangar in Idaho Falls where the J79 was installed. Well, I was indicating 210 knots when I ejected and on my way out I was counting the rivets on the canopy bow. Browning’s sponsorship also gave the F-104 its name, “ Red Baron.”

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Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Approach Thrust 124

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Winds over 15 knots are indicated by flashing yellow lights. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots.

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. After turning the corner, I was rewarded with tailwinds of up to 22 knots, so the big detour cost me only 15 minutes. Full flaps and 80 knots, trimmed, the airplane asked, is this what I really wanted? There was also a link to a bridge for sale.

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 52

ABEAM

AUGUST 26, 2023

And so we landed without any issue and taxied via Charlie to the Apron, arriving at the first location of the Blue Spruce Routes because we saw all the old WW2 hangars in various state of repair or disrepair … Wick is a classic stop-over for ferry pilots in both directions. So we could continue to Iceland.

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Weather Clearance Knot Airplanes 52

AV Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It was a fun hangar-flying session, right up until one of the local instructors got serious for a moment. I would prefer to be 5 or 10 knots slower than the barber pole (maximum indicated airspeed in a turbine airplane) or red line. This article first appeared in the Aviation Safety Magazine.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Airplanes Pilot Indicated Airspeed 72

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Surface Wind South-west 7-12 knots (kt). He went to the hangar and did a pre-flight walkaround of the 172, including checking the fuel. Satisfied, he pulled the 172 out of the hangar and started the engine. The airspeed was between 50 and 55 knots and was not increasing. Surface to 300 ft West to south-west 10-20 kt.

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Runway Pilot Knot Weather 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In this day and age, finding a hangar, or even a tie-down spot, is a major undertaking, given the collapsing number of airports. Because it can truly carry four adults at 140 knots, with extra high-elevation airport capability, selling prices have soared. Be sure you have a place to keep your airplane before you bring it home.

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Airplanes Knot Annual Inspection Tail 52

Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Maintain appropriate airspeed +0/-10 knots, and level off at a specified altitude ±100 feet. Since aviation for work isn’t enough, she also lives in a hangar home on the west side of Houston! . • PA.IX.A.S3 Maintain orientation, divide attention appropriately, and plan and execute a smooth recovery. PA.IX.A.S4

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Descent Aeronautical Decision-Making Airplanes Turbulence 52

Gary's Flight Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

As we reached the mid peninsula we were rocked by strong wind gusts between 40 and 49 knots at six thousand five hundred. I tucked 3 Tango Charlie in the hangar and we decided to drive to Vero Beach FL. Why do I think this will be like the hangar wait list. We were still rolling on three good gear. Lunch was excellent!

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Weather VOR Knot Hangar 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

I configured the airplane the same way as noted on the Piper Climb chart: 105 mph (91 knots), flaps 10 ° , full throttle. Time To Fly Our aircraft can cruise for about 4 ½ hours plus an hour of reserve fuel at 130 knots. Hangar space is sometimes available for under $50/night – a nice option if storms are expected.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The IJN laid down the specifications for an interceptor that would fly at a maximum speed of 340 knots (629.7 Yet naval officials and aircraft engineers foresaw the need for a new land-based interceptor (or ‘Local Fighter’ (Oto-sen) in Japanese naval terminology) to defend Japan’s skies from high-altitude bombers.

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Pilot Ceiling Knot Tail 126

Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

Each day, 12 students spent two hours in a fabrication hangar where they cut/folded/riveted a sheet of aluminum into a wing component. five hours at 150 knots vs. five weeks at 5 knots). Young Aviators got students interested in aviation and STEM. Young Aviators ran for 12 years in Racine, Wisconsin.

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Lift Knot Airfoil Airplanes 98

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

During my drive to the company hangar at the airport, I become increasingly convinced the captain will cancel our scheduled flight. Surface winds are already thirty knots gusting to forty-five. Forecast much stronger, up to one hundred knots.” “My calculations agree with the DME readout of seventy knots.”

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Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 98

Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

There was another person on the airfield, who was standing outside of a hangar at about halfway along the runway as the Cessna approached. The Cessna then continued at the same height until the mid-point of the runway, at which point it climbed to 200-280 feet at 60 knots before descending towards the field.

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Threshold Runway Approach Pilot 92

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. Everything checks out, and you are one happy camper! feet per minute). Multiply 1.5

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Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98