Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 4, 2025

The Bunny arrived on July 27, 2023, at the Castle Air Museum’s Restoration Hangar. One detail kept intact on the Black Bunny has been the formation lights on the fuselage and on the tail, which pass through one of the ears of the Bunny on each side.

Tail

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by Tessa Waghorn, Ians wife, who serves as the head administrator for TacAero.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. It just so happened that 92460 was available, so a deal was made and the center section was sent to Texas along with the tail cone. From the cockpit back to the tail, 92460 is looking the part with the new painted control surfaces.

Rudder

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 29, 2025

The aircraft’s construction number and Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service serial number are currently unknown, but it had the squadron tail number 302 for the 105th Naval Base Air Unit at Vunakanau Airfield, near Rabaul, New Britain. Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’, tail number 302, at Vunakanau Airfield, New Britain, September 1945.

Hangar

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 2, 2025

Many of these legendary aircraft owe their continued existence to a string of fortunate circumstancesrepurposed for aerial survey work, stored away in forgotten hangars, or turned into static displays in unexpected places. Similar work lies ahead for the right wing and the tail section.

Cockpit

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 5, 2025

Bob Hammer (L)Mike Spalding (R) Mike Spalding taxiing back to the Legend Flyers’ hangar after the first successful test flight. The resurrection of this aircraft is based upon the forward fuselage and wings belonging to s/n 3148 and the aft fuselage and tail from s/n 3145.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 13, 2025

Among the squadron’s aircraft was F/A-18C 163502, VFA-81 squadron tail code AA-410, which was flown by Lieutenant Nick “Mongo” Mongillo at the controls. On January 17, 1991, VFA-81 participated in the first daytime airstrike of Operation Desert Storm.

Tail

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

Beta Technologies Alia, tail number N916LF, taxis on the runway at Modern Aviations JFK FBO terminal. Electric batteries in the aircrafts belly feed dual redundant electric motors in the tail, powering four vertical lift propellers and one fixed-pitch propeller. It’s just another step toward certification.

Air Traffic Control

Air Facts

JUNE 2, 2025

Some traditions have certainly faded over the yearsI see fewer hangar kegs than I once didbut many of the most important ones are surprisingly resilient. The approach controller who recognizes your tail number and offers a shortcut before you even ask for it. Take time to savor the views and the people that make aviation unique.

Pilot

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. “Very little,” the gunner reported.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Aerotime

MAY 22, 2025

Over the next few years, the carrier will complete nose-to-tail refreshes on over 200 widebody aircraft, including the largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380. Emirates is undertaking perhaps the most significant aircraft refurbishment project in the history of aviation. The investment required runs to an eye-watering $5 billion.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Unlike their German cousins, both the USS Akron and the USS Macon were designed to have a 75-by-60-by-16-foot hangar amidships. In service, the USS Macon would carry up to five Sparrowhawks in its internal hangar. Meanwhile, the equally massive structure of the USS Macon took shape in Goodyear’s massive hangar in Akron.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Following on from several successful previous years’ exhibitions in the Conservation Hall at the front of the Airspace hangar, IWM Duxford has this year staged the “Scramble!” The exhibition features seven aircraft that represent those flown during the summer of 1940 in Great Britain and France, with two Spitfire Mk.1a,

Hangar

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The familiar yellow Taylorcraft is parked by a galvanized corrugated steel roof shed-style hangar. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo. Andrew with the Taylorcraft in the 1980s, before it received the checkerboard tail. A few swipes and a tap later sends the latest pics.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. That makes it harder for the aircraft to fit into hangars and airport gates. Whats Happening Inside the Vortex? Can Wingtip Vortices Be Useful?

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

If your aircraft is kept in a hangar, youll probably want external protection for those times you travel and hangaring is not an option. For extra flair, have the aircraft tail number embossed or embroidered on the covers. Shop around to find the right cover for your specific aircraft because fit matters.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

As first designed, the plane had a sharp upper line to the top of the fuselage from the cockpit to the tail, resulting in the “razorback” nickname. The “bubbletop” was less laterally stable than the “razorback,” so starting with the P-47D-27-RE a shallow fillet was added ahead of the vertical tail.

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Gary's Flight Journal

JUNE 5, 2025

I set the tail camera and climbed aboard. I made a nice landing on runway two-zero and taxied for the hangar. It was nice to meet Mike and Carrol. I gave them a ride to the terminal. Ok, back to the airplane stuff. I completed my pre-flight and fuel sump before tugging 3 Tango Charlie out on to the ramp.

Runway

Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

There are no hangars for gliders in Boulder and tie down space is limited. A lifting aid is required to mount and remove the tail dolly which is a bit of a nuisance. Easy rigging and ground handling. Easy rigging is therefore a necessity, not just something that’s nice to have.

Density Altitude

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Shortly after, the largely restored aircraft was shipped from the USA to Germany and stored in a hangar in Bremen. Lufthansa Technik) ( www.digroaero.com ) Today, Lufthansa Technik has completed the extensive assembly of the Lockheed L-1649A and rolled it out to a large hangar in Hamburg.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JULY 24, 2025

This example features a capable IFR setup and iconic vintage V-tail style. The airplane is hangared, regularly flown, and has no known damage history. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top Pick is a 1962 Beechcraft P35 Bonanza.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 19, 2025

Credit: Richard Vandervord) The facilities were sparse—just two main hangars and a cluster of general aviation buildings—but the expansive tarmac made it ideal for storing aircraft awaiting conversion or maintenance. The charred remains of N4889C, with the tail section separated from the fuselage. With the U.S. The blanked-out U.S.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

Tail Wheel and Structural Components At the rear of the aircraft, progress has been made on the metal tail wheel well and surrounding structure. On the subject of landing gear, the team is expecting the return of the refurbished tail wheel assembly and main gear oleo struts in the coming months.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 12, 2025

The tail came up as it gathered speed, throwing up a cataract of red-brown mud. It was as NC965Y, which was adorned with the name Record Breaker that the aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire in Memphis, Tennessee on August 20, 1943. The Wasp engine roared as mud sloshed under the wheels of the crimson red Vega.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In one of the display hangars, they came upon the Aluminum Overcast. ” ) For armament, the Aluminum Overcast was equipped with one remotely operated tail turret with two 20mm M24A1 autocannons. In 1983, at the age of 5, he and his father took a trip to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio.

Cockpit

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 17, 2025

Work is advancing forward from the tail, with repairs completed or underway on internal frames, longerons, and skin. The fuselage of B-17G 44-85718 is pictured inside the Erickson hangar in late May 2025. Currently, the inner wing panels are stored in Erickson’s hangar awaiting their turn in the jigs once work on 44-85718 is complete.

Aileron

Gary's Flight Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When I arrived at the hangar It was pretty comfortable inside so I didn't bother to preheat. I got the fan turning then set up my video cameras, having forgot my tail tie down camera. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar. The original plan was to meet at 8:30 but we pushed it back to 9:15 so we could preheat.

Runway

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. The gallery will feature Campbell’s flight gear that she wore on that mission, and a battle-scarred piece of the tail of her A-10. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Udvar-Hazy Center, November 22, 2022.

Hangar

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. And it was right where the airplane is based now, at the Starks Twin Oaks Airpark near Hillsboro, Oregon. Eventually that partner wanted to sell and Widell found Brian Bishop.

Approach

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 1, 2025

Agather Hangar at the Henry B. Aircraft from across the organization’s nationwide Wings and Sponsor Groups will be featured, representing iconic designs from World War II through the early Cold War era. For more details on AirVenture 2025 and how to book a flight, visit www.eaa.org or www.commemorativeairforce.org. Photo by Gary Daniels

Cockpit

Air Facts

APRIL 4, 2025

The memory: I was doing some work at my hangar and caught a glimpse of a twin-tail plane on final. I finished up at the hangar and drove over to the Signature ramp where I beheld this beauty. The pilot (photographer): John Graham The airplane: Howard 500one o f 17 built to the original specs and one of two still flying.

Tail

Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

For seven weeks, a team of 12 reservists from the Air Force History and Heritage’s Static Display Aircraft Support Section (SDASS) worked in Townsville’s Hangar 75 to repair climatic damage to the Neptune’s structure, remove corrosion, treat exposed surfaces and apply environmentally-friendly paint.

Hangar

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

This particular aircraft, with its distinctive forward-swept tail and clean mid-century lines, carries that legacy into the present. This Mooney comes with complete logbooks dating back to new and has been consistently kept in a hangar, clear evidence of the meticulous care it has received over the years.

Transponder

Flying Magazine

JULY 17, 2025

Hangar kept for the last 20 years under single-family ownership, the straight-tail airframe sports a striking red, white, and blue paint scheme that pairs perfectly with its Horton STOL kit. The aircraft sports a King CDI with glideslope receiver as well as a King KT-76A transponder and uAvionix tail beacon ADS-B transmitter.

Transponder

Flying Magazine

JUNE 24, 2025

The airplane remains under spinner-to-tail warranty coverage through December 2027. This SR22T, based in Spanish Fork, Utah, and always hangared, comes with a complete set of logbooks and no damage history. It has factory-installed air conditioning, Beringer brakes, and a fixed oxygen system with 77-cubic-foot capacity.

Annual Inspection

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After three subsequent moves to Ontario Airport in 1963, then to Buena Park in 1970, and finally to Chino airport in 1973, the Raiden now sits proudly on display inside the Planes of Fame’s Foreign Hangar in Chino, where it has been displayed for the last 50 years.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. Photo: Ed Wischmeyer] Didn’t make the first turnoff, barely, but was quickly at the hangar to unload the interlocking baggage and enjoy the humid, 92-degree Georgia summer.

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