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Solo, But Not Alone

Air Facts

I sat in the cockpit of the old Tecnam P92-JS Echo, tail number I-GITR. The plane was one of the earliest of its model built by Tecnam, and the tail number was an homage to former Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti. Tail number I-GITR. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. I noticed I was a little low.

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LSA Step-Downs: Training Is a Must

AV Web

So for pilots coming out of jets and who are accustomed to coming across the threshold carrying lots of speed, pulling the power back to idle and waiting for it to land will stall an airplane like the little RV-12 right into the pavement—pancaking it on and damaging the landing gear,” Wilkinson said.

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Accident Briefs—July 2025

Plane and Pilot

John Espe Cruiser Buhl, Idaho/Injuries: None NTSB Report: WPR23LA29 The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing, he encountered a gusting tail wind. The pilot applied right rudder in an attempt to correct this, resulting in a ground loop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.

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A Bristol Bulldog Biplane Fighter is Once Again in the Sky

Vintage Aviation News

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. The landings are a little tricky, if you will.

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My Experience in the Naval Aviation Cadet (NAVCAD) Program

Air Facts

To get a little better view approaching the threshold I leaned to my left and stretched up to maybe see a little more of the runway. As the aircraft began to slow and the tail wheel contacted the runway and the aircraft began to drift slightly to the right. The view from the rear seat is mostly out the side window.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

Aerotime

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

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Alton Bay's "Excellent Water"

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Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. Usually, Alton Bay volunteers hold departure traffic significantly farther back from the threshold when other aircraft are about to land. Should that guy be so close to the threshold?" Joe asked.