Model Airplane News

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REVIEWS | PERSONALITIES | GEAR | FUN STUFF | NEWS Christened “The Grande,” the new ¼-scale A-10 Warthog from Mibo Jets is a true showstopper! Following the success of Mibo’s 1/5.8-scale Generation 6 A-10 Warthog, this impressive ¼-scale beast is trul

Plane & Pilot

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Some countries play it close to the vest when it comes to controlling the investigations into airplane accidents. This is especially so when initial evidence calls into question the competence of a state airline or the government’s air traffic contro

Aviation History

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Every year since 1980, Northern California–based photographer Philip Makanna has added to his stunning collection of books and calendars. Along with his wife, Jeanie, the couple has produced the super-sized annuals carrying the title GHOSTS. This yea

Plane & Pilot

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“When I am flying in Florida, I pretty much try to stay above 10,000 feet MSL until I absolutely need to land somewhere,” a friend once told me. He went on to say why. “There are so many people training down here who are so focused on their training

Plane & Pilot

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As the F-16 crossed my flight path in a steep bank, I sensed the deadly honesty of its design, each angle and curve built for one purpose. This was a hunter. It seemed like a joke that such a machine could bear the same name—airplane—as the machine I

Australian Flying

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A leaked e-mail from within CASA and a statement to Recreational Aviation Australia (RAAus) members has all but confirmed that RAAus will get an increase in the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) for aircraft they are permitted to administer. The CASA e-

Flying

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When I was working as a flight instructor, I got my flying itch scratched while earning my keep. Through a bit of luck and some good strategy, I also made this happen while employed in other parts of the aviation industry—as a training developer, a f

Mysterious Ways

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I believe people have callings. That we’re all drawn to, pushed toward or given signs about the things we are meant to contribute in this life. Take my little brother, Ross. As a kid, he was fascinated with jet propulsion engines and air shows. When

Plane & Pilot

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1 So small, the FAA doesn’t consider them “aircraft” 8 Number of seats in a Van’s RV-7A 9 How they refer to your rental when the avgas is included in the cost 10 PA-12 Super _____ 11 It can affect the price of a pre-owned plane 12 What thousands of A

Flying

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The prospect of buying an airplane for the first time can be exciting, mind-boggling and outright scary. If you wait until you are emotionally, financially and mentally ready, ownership might never happen. But the freedom of hopping into your own bir

Aero Magazine International

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Born in 1892, Donald Wills Douglas was one of the pioneers of American aviation. In 1920, he created the Davis-Douglas Company that has manufactured a single aircraft: The Cloudster – a long-range biplane single-engine aircraft, the first one to have

Flying

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In an airplane, surely cheap thrills are better than costly thrills—but, frankly, a safer atmosphere in the cockpit may be boring thrills. Boredom in an airplane is good. I begin to sound cynical here when, in truth, I feel that our best experiences

Australian Flying

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The P2002JF MkII is certified to 660 kg MTOW under FAR 23 and CS 23. The aircraft is equipped with Garmin G500 TXi avionics designed specifically for FAR 23 and CS 23 aircraft. The twin touch-screens are integrated with the GTN series navigators and

Plane & Pilot

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What’s the story behind Lawn Chair Larry Walters and his infamous balloon flight? If you were a pilot in the early 1980s, you likely know the story of Larry Walters, aka “Lawn Chair Larry,” the man who tied over 40 weather balloons to a lawn chair an

Plane & Pilot

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The Rans S-7LS is what I refer to as a poor man’s bush plane. It can carry two people in comfort at speeds approaching 90 miles per hour (notice I didn’t say knots). And, when flown solo, it can be landed practically anywhere a pilot is skilled enoug

Airways Magazine

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Hello, Airways, I enjoyed reading Chris Manno’s An Airline Pilot’s Life chapter (Airways May/June 2020, July, August 2020). It brought back memories of many enjoyable, interesting, and colorful experiences I had with various Captains during my airlin

PC Gamer

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Sorry, you can’t be entirely green in Airborne Kingdom. You need to keep burning coal to stay in the sky, but limited storage space means you’ll always be looking for deposits. Massive wings, fans, and balloons will keep you soaring, but as your cit

Australian Flying

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Aiming to makesafer pilots of us, here veteran instructor Jim Davis looks at extracts from official CAA Accident Reports from his homeland of South Africa and analyses why things went wrong and how we may all avoid making similar mistakes. Aircraft R

Racecar Engineering

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• Incorporate the actuation system for the air brakes. • Add rear winglets on the fin to manage the rear wheel loads as the car passes through transonic to supersonic. • Re-design the interface between the car body and the rear delta to minimise th

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

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On a cold and stormy day in 1932, Maude “Lores” Bonney gripped the throttle of her Gipsy Moth biplane and held her breath as the wind buffeted her aircraft on her approach to Perth, 11 days after she’d departed Brisbane. Her open cockpit offered no p

World War II

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The National World War II Aviation Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado, added a new 40,000-square-foot hangar over the summer to house many of its vintage aircraft. The museum, opened in 2012, occupies 20 acres at the Colorado Springs airport and co

Australian Flying

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Kreisha Ballantyne is one of the most recognisable aviation writers in Australia. With experience writing for several aviation titles, Kreisha has a broad base of experience, an ability to tap into important general aviation issues and a talent for e

Flying

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Somewhere among all your stuff, there’s undoubtedly a stash of old logbooks. Mine are on a bookcase in the den—except the most recent of six, which is sitting open on the dining-room table, patiently waiting to be updated. It’s been several years sin

Flying

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I continue to love Flying magazine for the thought-provoking articles you present. Dick Karl’s recent article, “In Pursuit of Perfection” [June], reminded me that the perfect flight is often as elusive as the impossible turn. On a recent flight from

Australian Flying

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Jim Davis has a passion for instructing. He has been training civil and military pilots, in the air and on the ground for 50 years. His other passion is writing, which he studied at Curtin University in Perth. You can see, and buy, his two pilot text

Australian Flying

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Jim Davis has a passion for instructing. He has been training civil and military pilots, in the air and on the ground for 50 years. His other passion is writing, which he studied at Curtin University in Perth. You can see, and buy, his two pilot text

Aviation History

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by John Wood, self-published, 2019, $15. For a dozen years starting in 2004, Massachusetts-based pilots John Wood and Bill Midon owned a Waco UPF-7 biplane that they flew to airshows and in which they gave rides. In this delightful book, Wood describ

Flying

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As the Diamond DA42 Twin Star climbed northeast over Florida’s coastline after departing Daytona Beach’s Runway 7L, I grinned empathetically as Will Romualdo’s multiengine CFI student dealt with the process of correctly managing a simulated engine fa

Australian Flying

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If ever there was a sector of the aerospace industry entitled to feel underwhelmed by attention and support it would surely have to be general aviation. Not only is the sector as a whole the focus of a flood of negativity when it does score some atte

The Australian Women's Weekly

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On a cold and stormy day in 1932, Maude “Lores” Bonney gripped the throttle of her Gipsy Moth biplane and held her breath as the wind buffeted her aircraft on her approach to Perth, 11 days after she’d departed Brisbane. Her open cockpit offered no p