Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

To some extent this was carried out with the Cherokee, though the key design elementuse of a stabilator in place of a conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizeris likely the influence of John Thorp. Thorp joined the Piper design team during the Cherokees development; his own Sky Scooter used a stabilator.

Approach

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. 5 and Guroaitei No.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 2, 2025

Competitive Salary and Benefits Financial stability is a critical factor in any career change, and aviation delivers a compelling proposition. This diversity ensures that aviation aligns with your goalswhether you seek stability, prestige, education, or exploration.

Pilot

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 has smart power management cues for securing a failed engine with the OEI ESP (one engine inoperative electronic stability and protection) feature.

Flight Deck

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 14, 2025

F-86F Sabre 52-4689/FAB 658 under restoration at the Mary Baken Engen Restoration Hangar of the Steven F. Then, after the aircraft was listed for sale, it would disappear from Fort Worth and reappear in the fall of 2022 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Hangar

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

Vertical Stabilizer Nearing Completion The Desert Rat s vertical stabilizer has long been nearing completion, and as of this spring, its just about ready for paint. As Bill noted, one other B-17 restoration project has attempted to manufacture their own, but the results werent satisfactory.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

Short Squirt/Helen Jane of the 379th FS/362n FG showing off the P-47D-27-REs major additions: the bubbletop canopy and the fillet at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The men who maintained them worked miracles servicing the aircraft in the freezing weather few of the Ninth Air Forces fields had hangars to work in.

Tail

Aerotime

JULY 8, 2025

However, the requirement to do so was torn up by the countries in 2017 following a stabilization of the Turkish government and an improvement in the security situation in Northern Cyprus and in Turkey.

Airlines

Aviation Bussiness News

APRIL 24, 2025

The checks are set to be carried out at HAECOs maintenance facilities in Hong Kong and the agreement also secures future hangar slots to support SF Airlines operations. The latest partnership outlines three Boeing 747 base maintenance inputs in 2025, along with long-term hangar slot reservations for 10 Boeing 747 inputs from 2026 to 2030. .

Airlines

Inspire

MARCH 27, 2025

The topic was Stabilized Approaches and Landings. Based on FAA statistics covering the state of Wisconsin, more than 40 percent of the reported […] The post Approach and Landing first appeared on Hangar Flying. I recently attended an FAA safety seminar.

Approach

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

Lockwood Aviation’s maintenance hangar probably sees more Rotax-powered aircraft than many other shops in the country. Poke around the typical LSA maintenance hangar and you’ll see broken pieces. An LSA In Your Hangar With over 900 RV-12s in the field , I think the airplane has an advantage over other LSA models.

Gross Weight

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 19, 2025

The vertical stabilizer featured a distinctive vertical leading edge and forward-swept trailing edge, again similar to the Mooney. Working out of his Aliquippa hangars, Gilberti constructed six complete Volaire 1035 models and an additional eight Volaire 1050 airframes, when Rockwell Standard came calling with an offer he could not refuse.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

JULY 30, 2025

In order for the XFY-1 to stand on its tail, its designers equipped it with two 52-degree swept wings and a large vertical stabilizer and ventral fin, each equipped with full-span trailing edge control surfaces. The contra-rotating blades negated the P-factor and produced enough thrust to lift the Pogo vertically.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 14, 2025

In order to facilitate beaching operations at naval air stations, a pair of small wheels were added to the rear of the skis, along with a tailwheel in order for the aircraft to be towed from a hangar to the launching ramps.

Cockpit

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

There, the dimensions of the two vertical stabilizers were increased, and a third stabilizer with no rudder was added to the tail to counteract yaw instability. Breguet 761 Deux-Ponts F-WASM, the first prototype, rolled out of one of the hangars at Villacoublay, having been modified to the third tail of a Br 761S. (US

Tail

Flying Magazine

JUNE 6, 2025

Always hangared and meticulously maintained, it reflects pride of ownership throughout. This Cirrus comes with a Garmin GFC-700 digital autopilot that works in tandem with a flight director, yaw damper, and Garmin’s Electronic Stability Protection (ESP) system.

Annual Inspection

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Inside a former Luftwaffe hangar packed with dozens of historic aircraft, restoration workers at the Flyhistorisk Museum in Sola, Norway are now in the final stretch of rebuilding the world’s last surviving Caproni Ca.310

Aileron

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Although Palen recovered the fabric on the Pigeon, the ORA never installed a new engine or flew the aircraft, and today the Albree Pigeon-Fraser is suspended inverted from the ceiling of one of the Aerodrome’s hangars for static aircraft.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

While the layout for a cabin to accommodate 10 passengers and two pilots was settled upon, the original design of the Electra was to feature a single vertical stabilizer on the tail. With no less than ten fuel tanks, Earhart’s Electra had a total fuel capacity of 1,151 gallons.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2025

While it retained a similar basic configuration, its sleeker airframe, single vertical stabilizer, and more streamlined profile set it apart. North American XB-28 in an unknown hangar. In fact, its appearance is often mistaken for that of the Martin B-26 Marauder. However, the XB-28s unique blend of form and function stood on its own.

Ceiling

Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

Major sections of the report cover crime, kidnapping threat, terrorism, political violence and civil unrest, political stability, protests and demonstrations, and law enforcement. If possible, store the aircraft in a hangar. These reports are thorough. Lock the aircraft. Remember to turn on aircraft alarm systems, if installed.

Pilot

Professional Pilot

JULY 7, 2025

With 40,000 sq ft of hangar space, 17,000 sq ft of interior offices and living quarters for the 24-hour operation, the unit supports the Los Angeles 911 system. I’m just trying to get the person stabilized, figuring out an extraction plan, and calling for the right resources to get the person out. That is what we do best.”

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 17, 2025

The nose gear could be retracted for the aircraft to be parked with the nose resting on the hangar deck of a carrier or towed using a smaller, externally mounted wheel. US National Archives) On October 2, 1946, the first XF6U-1 prototype (BuNo. Vought XF6U Pirate prototype on a test flight out of Muroc Dry Lake, California. (US

Horizontal Stabilizer

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 26, 2025

Although I had hoped to visit the storage hangars to view the aircraft held in storage and those listed for disposal, this wasn’t possible on this occasion. MF628 has been moved to the main display hangars and fully assembled as of April 2023. Since then, the superb Vickers Wellington Mk.X The Handley Page Hampden TB.1

Hangar

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 17, 2025

McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. View of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) on display in the James S.

Flight Deck

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 26, 2025

Designed as a parasol-wing monoplane with mixed construction—featuring a steel and wood frame with canvas and plywood skin—it was praised for its stability, forgiving handling, and excellent gliding performance. The ceremony will also mark the grand opening of the museum’s newly constructed Hangar No. Powered by a 110-hp PZ Inż.

Ceiling

Aviation Bussiness News

MAY 21, 2024

European LCC Wizz Air is to lease the fourth aircraft maintenance hangar at Poland’s Katowice Airport. The airport’s new hangar will span 10,000 sqm and will include two bays to serve aircraft the size of Airbus A321neos. “The fourth hangar represents new jobs for skilled staff in the high-tech industry.

Hangar

Aviation Bussiness News

MAY 21, 2024

European LCC Wizz Air is to lease the fourth aircraft maintenance hangar at Poland’s Katowice Airport. The airport’s new hangar will span 10,000 sqm and will include two bays to serve aircraft the size of Airbus A321neos. “The fourth hangar represents new jobs for skilled staff in the high-tech industry.

Hangar

Inspire

APRIL 20, 2023

Built in the Poberezny family garage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the little aircraft changed […] The post EAA’s Attic — Corben/Poberezny Baby Ace Vertical Stabilizer first appeared on Hangar Flying.

Stability

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex.

Stability

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex.

Airfoil

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Because most contemporary hangars were not high enough to accommodate the Constellation if it had a single tail, three vertical stabilizers were fitted to provide sufficient longitudinal control while being able to access pre-existing hangars at airports around the country.

Tail

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Your next-door hangar neighbor says, “probably needs new spark plugs ,” and the CFI at the flight school tells you to try a favorite trick that always works on his E-series Continental. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar.

Stability

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In addition to serving as a private executive transport, the Beech Model 17 also found success as an air racer, with its exceptional speed (cruise of 202 mph, Vne of 212) and stability. The Staggerwing in her new hangar at the National Warplane Museum. Beech YC-43 assembly line, probably Model 17R.

Drag

Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

The provision of stabilizer floats at the ends of each wing, which could be retracted for streamlined flight, added to the design’s efficiency. Conclusion At the end of the 2024 air show season, G-PBYA ‘Miss Pick Up’ will return to winter hibernation in one of the hangars at Duxford Airfield.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake, the complex was originally centered around the administrative hangar building constructed in 1954. One of the most notable structures is the space shuttle program’s Mate-Demate Device and hangar, located in Area A to the north of the main complex. on the following next day.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The horizontal stabilizer came from a wrecked F-104G. ” In August the Starfighter was gently loaded onto a flatbed and trucked to Browning’s hangar in Idaho Falls where the J79 was installed.

Horizontal Stabilizer