14 min read Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the February 1963 edition of Air Facts. Air Force One, at the time, was a Boeing VC-137C, the same design as the 707-320B. Delivered in late 1962, it had a top speed of 620mph and a range of 7,000 miles. The airplane cost $7,900,000 (about …
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Older and also Rusty-er
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A secure pilot is a simple pilotâ $” lessons from the Cirrus neighborhood
7 minutes reviewed After a current weekend break submersed worldwide of Cirrus aircrafts, I have actually a restored admiration for the French adage plus ça modification, plus c’est la même picked. Regardless of just how you cut the information, and also whatever plane you fly, one of the most vital vehicle driver of air travel …
Friday Photo: beachfront path
1 minutes checked out The sight: Martin State Airport(MTN ), Middle River, Maryland The pilot: David Smith The aircraft: Cessna 172M The goal: Flying to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, course delta change via MTN The memory: I began my Private Pilot trip at this airport terminal at Middle River Aviation. In the springtime I …
Traveling my Canadian aircraft in Trinidad
4 minutes reviewed I obtained my Private Pilot certification in Calgary, Canada, in 1978 and also back then was completely used as the supervisor of a digital service for a Japanese household that had their head workplace in Vancouver. Among the agreements we had was with the biggest Lincoln car dealership in all of North …
A various sort of concrete forest
3 minutes checked out Sometime in the late 80s, someplace in the Midwest( I believe it was Grand Rapids ), I taxied cab a USAir BAC 1-11 towards the incurable after touchdown on a trip from Pittsburgh. I keep in mind the flight terminal had a tiny, older incurable and also there were no jetways, …
Traveling a Russian biplane with Alaska
6 minutes checked out “I’m sorry, however your authorization to fly to Russia has actually not yet been approved.”Words resembled and also a wave of dissatisfaction reverberated prior to our eyes. We had actually submitted 80 web pages of documents, obtained our visas from the Russian consular office, faxed in our guest show, as well …
“Geneva Tower, I need to go back”
4 minutes reviewed It was Tuesday mid-day at Geneva flight terminal, and also I was flying to Milano for deal with the DA42. I was extremely delighted that I did not need to wait in line as the “simpletons”flying business do(sorry, not sorry), or obtain a later port as is extremely usually the situation at …
Safe touchdowns are no mishap
8 minutes reviewed “No 2 touchdowns are alike!”They maintain stating that, and also after hundreds of touchdowns I am hesitantly starting to concur. Several aspects are editorialized because claiming. There is the power, setup, mindset, and after that there is the greatest bugaboo: weather condition, as in wind as well as its unpredictable instructions. Ah, …