Hangar Pilot Torque 
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 24, 2025
OC BBMF, Sqn Ldr Mark Suggs Sugden, flies a hangar break in Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 after a successful air test on 14th March 2025, showing off the special tribute markings. Fittingly, this sortie came just one day after the passing of Group Captain John Paddy Hemingway, the last surviving RAF Battle of Britain pilot.
Fear of Landing
APRIL 19, 2024
The pilot held instructor ratings for helicopter and instrument helicopter, with 872 hours flight time, of which 29 were on type. Five minutes later, about two miles south of Teterboro, the pilot said “What is going on here?” The controller asked if the pilot needed assistance but the pilot said no.
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Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
However, there are many others out there that have worked hard to climb the warbird ladder and are primed to take the reigns as leaders in the warbird community and one such pilot is Johnny Mazza III, who is a third generation pilot and flies with the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Pungo, Virginia. ” Johnny related.
Photographic Logbook
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
The chirping we heard was due to excess torque-related motion of the powerplant in the engine compartment. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021. It was undamaged, it just came apart.
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Recently, fellow museum volunteer John Peckham and I traveled to Elmers home in Rochester, NY, for an afternoon of conversation, reminiscing about his time as a tactical reconnaissance pilot during the war. He noted its challenging takeoff and landing characteristics but credited those very challenges with making him a better pilot.
Flying Magazine
MAY 29, 2025
These days, the Aerostar gets high marks from owners for the same reasons pilots liked them early on. Primary flight controls are via push-pull tubes, torque tubes and bell cranks. Climb inside via the only door on the airplanea clamshell directly to the left of the pilots seat. and also the Aerostar Owners Association.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The sound of a round engine, the feel of power and torque, and the legacy of military aviation all in one enchanting package. Repainted in 1996 and hangared since then, it sports a bold white and red paint scheme, with a red star and Cyrillic revealing its Russian roots. This particular Yak-52 likely produces more thrust than others.
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