Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Warrior 481's wheels even sampled five different grass runways in 2024, which is more than usual. Needing to fly two missed approaches at Sodus due to low weather. Leading a WFC trip to Mackinac Island and the Sleeping Bear Dunes. It was my first time going missed outside of a training exercise in a decade of being instrument rated.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 13, 2025

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. Unlike the Bell which carried the litters outside the cabin, the HOSS carried them inside, away from the harsh winter weather in that area.

Jet

Flying Magazine

JULY 7, 2025

The main being the year-round good jumping weather that Central Florida provides. Capital investments were focused on improving the runway and other existing aviation infrastructure elements. We started out by doing a lot of little stuff, such as running water and electricity to a few of the hangars that didn’t originally have it.

Runway

Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

"The most useless things in aviation are altitude above you, runway behind you, and fuel left on the ground." Living among the Great Lakes means that the weather risks that I find most concerning cycle with the seasons; icing when it's cold, thunderstorms when it's hot. Both were immediately on board, but the weather was not.

OAT

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega during an engine runup at Wheeler Field, January 8, 1935 (Hawaii Aviation) On January 11, 1935, Earhart and her plane were ready for the flight, but the weather was not. At 4:45pm local time, Earhart gunned down the 6,000-foot field, carrying 500 gallons of fuel onboard.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 28, 2025

It was a great show, although disrupted by the weather. Each morning, the aircraft parking areas are opened up to the public so they can walk around all of the display aircraft, as well as others brought out of the museum hangars for static display only. In the hangars, the restoration of the DH.89A

Hangar

Photographic Logbook

MAY 26, 2025

While it is true that all aviators need to understand the mechanics of flight, the rules of flight (both natural and legislated), and the weather and other factors impacting flight, these are actually the easy parts. Whether (and weather) to go? However, the runway is not much wider than the 10 foot wheelbase of a Cherokee.

Runway

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

On the landing approach, Saari, tightened the strap on his goggles, opened the cockpit, and stuck his head into the slipstream to see the runway, setting the Thunderbolt down safely and rolling to a stop. Weather could also keep P-47s on the ground, and make it hard for Thunderbolts to safely return to earth.

Tail

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. I think twice of all the times we’ve flown, we’ve woken up and said, you know what, the weather’s not working out, let’s just drive it, he says.

Approach

Inflight Pilot Training

JUNE 20, 2025

Students benefit from immediate access to instructors, aircraft, fuel, hangars, and even a dedicated lounge space where you can network and relax with others who share your passion for flight. Integrated Operations: Seamless from Ramp to Runway Inflight’s integrated operational model is one of the most efficient in the country.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

Mitch Carley at SkyHarbour And, with a hint of what lay ahead, local school kids visiting the hangar to see the work-in-progress were enthralled (4c) by Carleys presentation of Duggys story, giving him instant, gratifying indications of what was likely to come once Duggy and SkyReach were introduced to the world.

Hangar

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

When I visited the company’s Olathe, Kansas, engineering hangar to see a G5000 retrofit in progress, Garmin’s Dave Brown made a good point about these older turbine airframes needing a refresh. It’s a huge project. Fusion includes three 14.1-inch The displays are touchscreen, plus there’s a QWERTY keypad and radio tuning knob console.

Flight Deck

Adventures of Cap'n Aux

JULY 15, 2025

General Flight Info, Maintenance, Weather Excerpt : The last major line maintenance check as per the Aircraft Maintenance Program was L1-1 and L1-2 check carried out at 38504 : 12 Hrs and 7255 cycles. 07:49:12 ATC queried if the aircraft required full length of the runway. The aircraft confirmed requirement of full length of RUNWAY 23.

UTC

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

When you search for flight instructors near Mesa, you’ll find that consistent good weather means fewer lesson cancellations and more time in the air. Its history as a World War II training base adds to its charm, with well-maintained runways, modern air traffic control, and a nearby aviation museum that keeps the spirit of flying alive.

Checkride

Air Facts

JUNE 18, 2025

I spotted a large, weathered wooden hangar from the 1920s—complete with dirt floors and an antique fire engine inside. By the time the weather cleared, it was too late to continue on to Boise. I told him how weather had brought me to Miles City, and he confessed he’d never been in an airplane. The storm raged on.

Tail

Air Facts

JULY 14, 2025

Weather (wasn’t invented until 1924) D. I had to turn a ninety-degree corner on the taxiway to go towards the runway, and I couldn’t turn with the usual differential braking, and I noticed a large tree was approaching. Again with the engine-shutdown parking, this time very close to a hangar. Airports C. Be skeptical.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2025

Once Hughes saw the tests for himself, he rented space in a hangar from aircraft broker Charles Babb at the Grand Central Air Terminal in nearby Glendale. The aircraft sped down the runway and into the overcast skies above Los Angeles. He kept the airplane in a hangar at Newark Airport for months before he called Allen G.

Cockpit

Professional Pilot

JULY 7, 2025

How fueling is handled, the amount of space on the ramp, and the ability to get the aircraft in a hangar are important factors. SGR is located in the outskirts of Houston, and has an 8000-ft runway that’s served by an ILS and controlled by an air traffic control tower. Million Air looks for those with a knack and passion for service.

Fixed Base Operator

Latatuide 33 Aviation

MARCH 19, 2025

Consider which of the following sizes best meets your needs: Very Light Very light jets (VLJs) are ideal for short runways and trips. Midsize: The Cessna Citation XLS and XLS+ models provide optimal comfort and performance, and they can operate from shorter runways. They range about 1,000 miles and can seat four to six passengers.

Jet

Plane and Pilot

JULY 28, 2025

After completing only two and a half years of school, Jeppesen dropped out of school and landed a job at the local airport doing odd jobs like organizing tools and sweeping out the hangar. He would jot down runway headings, hill elevations, and even phone numbers for farmers willing to provide weather updates.

Altimeter

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

READ MORE: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh NOTAM Now Available Carry a rain poncho even if the weather is sunny because it can be used as ground cover to watch the airshow and as an emergency changing table if the kids are in diapers. For example, the base of the tower facing the runway is a good location—then walk to the exit as a family.

NOTAMs

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

During the fall of 2024, I planned a flight to Massey Aerodrome (MD1) in Maryland that I cancelled due to weather. From above, the existing configuration of Delaware Coastal Airport (GED, #286) suggested that it once possessed three main runways arranged in a triangular fashion consistent with mid-20th century military airfields.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 15, 2025

It has to be large, with multiple runways and generous ramp space to safely host the racers, be situated in open country so no one on the ground can be annoyed or worse, and at the same time have passable transportation options such as highways and airline service so people can get there.

Pilot

Fear of Landing

JUNE 20, 2025

On Monday the 16th of June 2025, a twin-engine plane crashed onto the roof of a hangar. The weather in Kansas was warm with light winds and broken clouds at 3,400 feet. They were in the final phase of their flight, flying south on approach to runway 18 at New Century AirCenter.

Knot

Gary's Flight Journal

JUNE 13, 2025

The weather was not looking good for an early flight over the weekend and there were airshow TFR's. My hangar neighbor Chet is headed to New York. The timing was perfect as I crossed midfield to enter the left downwind for runway 6 and Julian soon followed. It was just as bad as my flight review flights.

Airplanes

Photographic Logbook

MAY 18, 2025

Weather-wise, you never know what you're going to get on each third Sunday of May along the south shore of Lake Ontario. 2025 brought cold temperatures, low ceiling, rain, and gusty wind, the latter fortuitously right down the runway. Despite gusting into the high teens, the wind was right down the runway.

Ceiling

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A combination of weather and a global pandemic kept us away from Benton for five years. Benton's airport is a smooth, beautifully maintained grass runway located in the hills of northeast Pennsylvania. At 2200 feet long, the runway is shorter than most of our club members are accustomed to, but is nonetheless manageable.

Runway

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Flight training doesn’t need to stop in the winter though; in fact the colder months provide some great opportunities to expand your knowledge on weather and aircraft operations in less than ideal conditions. And the most important piece of cold weather gear? A cell phone of course.

Weather

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. Unfortunately, opportunities to get there can be few and often come down to the whimsy of weather. In 2022, Alton Bay did not open the Saturday morning that we anticipated.

Runway

Flying Magazine

MAY 16, 2025

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Cockpit

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Preflight complete, hangar door closed, ready to go. I launched from runway 10 right at 7:00 am, climbing eastbound toward the crimson sunrise before turning on course. Inspirational Weather ForeFlight screen capture showing weather on both sides of my course. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning." Niagara Falls.

Weather

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. After one last check to my left to make sure there weren’t any yahoos on an unapproved short final (old habit), I took the runway then pressed the throttle in to full power.

Aileron

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. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is “rain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.”

Knot

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. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is “rain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.”

Knot

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. Soon after we landed, Jo McCaughan emailed to say that they were rejiggering the itinerary to go to Milford Sound and Fiordland on day one, thanks to a brief weather window.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 2, 2024

Photo by Nick Chismar] After a few days of a break, Doc opened to excited crowds on Thursday May 9th, however Pennsylvania’s weather isn’t always the most cooperative. Friday’s weather took a turn with seemingly endless rain, but while some may have stayed home there was still a crowd lining up at the airport.

Weather

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We finally get to the runway, but have to wait another 30 to 40 minutes with the engines burning 400 lb of fuel an hour. Gulfstream G650ER/G550 Captain Simon Hangar Carmel IN A djusting to all of the issues regarding congestion is the way to go. It’s happened to us that we get a clearance, load the passengers, and start up.

Clearance