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Sole Survivor - B-26K/A-26A Special Kay - EAA

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One of the warbird highlights at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 was Special Kay, the only flying Douglas B-26K/A-26A Invader in the world. This twin-engine medium bomber/attack aircraft has been recently restored to its mid-'60s U.S. Air Force glory, and honors the veterans who flew the type out of bases in Thailand during the Vietnam War. When the Thai government expressed objections to basing foreign bombers on their soil, the U.S. Air Force obliged by redesignating the Invaders as attack aircraft, hence the move from B-26K to A-26A. Read more about it in the February issue of Warbirds Magazine.

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Single engine flight OVER WATER! Cirrus SR22 IFR - e4S8RAWyRcA

Flying a single engine Cirrus SR22 over water. What happens if the engine fails? Where do I land? What emergency equipment do I have?

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Pilot Destination Update - Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB

"Reynolds is an awesome museum with many old Prarie machines and a decent car collection. You can land and literally taxi up to the back door!" - Submitted by Darin Watson.
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Talk about Airplanes - Funny Pilot and Aviation T-Shirt - Amazon

New Aviation TShirt from Amazon!

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Mastering Crosswind Landings in a Cessna 172 - Part 1 - The Finer Points

In this video, you'll see my student Rob (just nearing his solo) working on crosswind technique in a strong crosswind that approaches the maximum demonstrated crosswind for the airplane.

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Douglas C-47 - Take-Offs, Landings & Fly-Bys -Type Rating Prep - Kermit Weeks Hangar

In preparation for Kermit's Type Rating on the Douglas C-47, He's doing a review with DC3 instructor specialist, Frank Moss. Kermit brought his C-47 over from Britain back in 2012.

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Photo of the DAY - Du Doch Nicht! - James

Fokker was flown by Ernst Udet, a pilot of WWI Germany's Flying Circus. "Du doch nicht!" means "Definitely not you!"

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New Aviation Event - Critters Lodge Spring Fly-In, Centerville, TX - Friday - Sunday, Apr 26-28, 2019

Join us in our overnight Fly-In and camp out!! Event will BEGIN on FRIDAY EVENING, ending SUNDAY MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST. The KICK OFF DINNER STARTS FRIDAY EVENING AT 6:30 pm. For those who like to camp out we offer camping facilities, indoor restrooms No Port-O-Lets solar outdoor showers, firewood, Wi-Fi, and LOTS OF GOOD FOOD. Trailer/RV parking with available hook-ups $20.00 for fly-in weekend. We also offer limited parking spaces for $5.00 each on a first come basis along the runway. Additionally we offer 20+ Acres of pasture area camping/parking FREE. To make a Reserved Parking Space contact us by email: critterslodge@windstream.net or by phone 903-536-7000 home or 7004 hangar Please leave message if no answer. Also see our web page: www.critterslodge.org

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The 2019 Flying Legends Airshow Trailer, IWM Duxford - Flying Legends Official

The 2019 Flying Legends Airshow Trailer.

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COWS on the RUNWAY! Vulcanair V1.0 Test Flight - Stefan Drury

Stefan flies a new Vulcanair V1.0 to an airstrip and he finds cows on the runway and aborts the landing. The brand new Airitalia Vulcanair is similar to a Cessna 172, has a glass cockpit with Garmin G500 and GTN650, and is aimed at the training, private, and country aviation markets.

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New Aviation Event - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, Oshkosh, WI - Monday - Sunday, Jul 22-28, 2019

Experience the largest annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts. From unique, historic aircraft to world-class daily air shows, you don't want to miss the World's Greatest Aviation Celebration. EAA is marking the 50th consecutive year of its annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention in Oshkosh in 2019 with a full schedule of activities for arriving aviators and residents of EAA's hometown.

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Boeing 747 Anniversary To Be Celebrated At AirVenture 2019 - EAA

The 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747 will be celebrated this summer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 with programming taking place throughout the week.

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New Aviation Event - Lancaster Airport, Lititz, PA - Saturday, Mar 2, 2019

Breakfast 9-10:30 Adults $7, Children 6-12 $3. 5 and under FREE. Presentation begins at 10:30 FREE- A Tale of Two Technologies Aerospace Engineer Jerry Lockenour, will tell us about two emerging technologies and the safety challenges involved in implementing them in aviation. Electric propulsion is advancing in many areas, including automobiles and aircraft. In aeronautics it is making inroads not only in general aviation airplanes and self-launching gliders but also in larger aircraft. Systems are in test for suburban air taxis and full-scale commercial transports. Jerry also will discuss the state-of-the-art of high-speed flight. There is a reemergence of interest in supersonic biz-jets and commercial transports, as well as in hypersonic Mach 5 or greater military applications.

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Photo of the DAY - Jimmy Dolittle's Stinson Reliant - Smitty

What a beautiful restoration!

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How to Record Cockpit Audio - Stefan Drury

Here's how Stefan records air traffic control and cockpit conversations directly into his GoPro for making flying videos.

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Flightline Cafe & Catering - Winter Haven, FL

Beautiful restaurant Inside of a state of the art FBO. Great service with everything you need to fue...

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Golden Eagle Aviation - Tuskegee, AL

More than just an airfield!!! Golden Eagle Aviation is located on Moton Field 06A in Tuskegee Alaba...

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Charlevoix Michigan - Charlevoix, MI

Four season fun awaits at Charlevoix the Beautiful! Located less than 1 mile southwest of the City o...

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The Happy Hawg BBQ - Andrews, NC

This a good reasonably price BBQ restaurant. Grab a crew car at RHP and it is just a short drive aw...

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Austin Nevada Airport - Austin, NV

Great place to stop for self serve fuel 100 low lead. Nice lounge with 2 large couches, restroom wit...

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New York City Hudson River Exclusion - New York, NY

Flying the Hudson River Exclusion, Uncontrolled airspace underneath the class B of EWR/JFK/LGA. Ama...

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Hot Springs Memorial Field - Hot Springs, AR

Great in town airport in a great tourist town. Uncontrolled airport but has rental cars and very fri...

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Fly-IN Cafe @ Terre Haute Regional Airport - Terre Haute, IN

Great little breakfast, lunch, and dinner spot right in the Terre Haute Regional Airport. Home cooke...

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Beechcraft Heritage Museum - Tullahoma, TN

A world class aviation museum exhibiting 37 vintage to modern day aircraft within our 78,000 square ...

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Aviation - GoPro Hero 7 Stabilization on a Selfie Stick! - FunPlacesToFly.com

Homemade Powered Slider for GoPro - Static Aircraft Demo - DIY - FunPlacesToFly.com

Homemade GoPro Slider Video of a Sport Cruiser Aircraft - FunPlacesToFly.com

FULL DEMO! V8 Auto Engine with PSRU's Geared Drive for Aircraft - FunPlacesToFly.com

SkyDive 35 - Tandem Skydive in Dallas Fort Worth - FunPlacesToFly.com

EAA Chapter 1246 Auto Engine Adapter Presentation - FunPlacesToFly.com

Majors Field Fly-in - Warbirds! - Greenville, Texas - FunPlacesToFly.com

EAA Chapter 1246 Young Eagles Day - McKinney, Texas - EAA Chapter 1246

Breakfast With the Metal Mistress - FunPlacesToFly.com

Evening Storm - No Flyin' this Afternoon! - FunPlacesToFly.com

AirVenture Oshkosh - Builders and Bombers - FunPlacesToFly.com

Powered Aircraft Tow for Cessna's! PLUS a C172 flight to Commerce, TX - FunPlacesToFly.com

Aviation Blogs!

Pilots, Poets and Psychologists - Rod Machado

Mention the word poetry to a pilot and he'll act like he's in a hotel fire. He'll think: get low, get down, get out. Admittedly, even I get the heebie-jeebies at the mere mention of haiku (that's Japanese poetry, not the sound of someone sneezing). But poetry is more than cute rhymes with tinkered words. It's an alternate means of learning some of aviation psychology's most important lessons.

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The Prevalence Error - Why We Look But Do Not See - Rod Machado

Recently, I was having a difficult time seeing things that were in plain view. I was even thinking about visiting the Our Lady of Fatima Optometry Center, where their motto is, "If we can't correct your vision, at least you can have one."

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Runway Safety Madness - Tonque N' Cheek - Rod Machado

Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt. That's my new strategy for preventing runway incursions. It's a reasonable plan, given that these events have actually increased since the FAA began seriously collecting statistics on the issue. That's right. Despite the implementation of new rules and airport signage, incursions continue to increase year after year (about a 25% increase since 2013). If I were superstitious I might suggest we stop doing things to reduce runway incursions so that their numbers will decrease to some previous level. Unfortunately the "Don't look at it and it will go away" trick probably won't work here.

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The Stall Horn Fallacy of Stall Prevention - Rod Machado

News flash! The Mona Lisa's eyebrows are missing. That's right. Gone! Some say they were scrubbed off during an early restoration. I suspect they were vaporized when Leonardo had Mona over for a pre-portrait barbecue and he took excessive liberty with the lighter fluid. While I didn't attend a BBQ, my eyebrows are also missing. At least they appeared to disappear as they rose above my forehead in surprise at the FAA's and ACS committee's dumbing-down of standards for commercial pilot certification.

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Be Here Now! - Rod Machado

Over the years, I've seen my grandfather do a number of strange things. One time, while watching football on TV, he sat there yelling at the players. I couldn't help but say, "Grandpa, they can't hear you." He replied, "Oh yeah, that's right, they got their helmets on."

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The Middle-Aged Aviator - Rod Machado

Over the years, I've heard many stories about middle-aged pilots (45-65 years) who gave up flying due to a sudden onset of anxiety. Apparently this wasn't induced by any specific aviation trauma nor inspired by the relatively small and perfectly normal decline of reflexes and mental agility experienced by most middle aged pilots. What in the world might spook a 50-ish pilot into abandoning something he obviously once loved to do?

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Suburi Training - How to Get the Most Out of a Flight Simulator - Rod Machado

The 1984 movie The Karate Kid revealed a rare pedagogical truth of immense value to flight instructors. The movie centers around Daniel, who volunteers to polish the car and sand the deck of his neighbor Mr. Miyagi (a martial arts master).

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BAD INSTRUCTORS: HOW THEY BEHAVE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW - Rod Machado

Rod Machado - "I'm curious about your experience with bad flight instructors and hope you'll add to this blog with your comments. Of course, most flight instructors do a fantastic job. I just can't say that LOUD enough: Most flight instructors do a fantastic job. But not all do! And when they don't, they cause a lot of damage to the flight training industry."

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Synthetic Vision Capability Added to iFly GPS - Adventure Pilot, LLC.

Adventure Pilot has announced the addition of synthetic vision capability to their iFly GPS system. This new feature provides a 3D terrain view, detailed obstruction icons and many other elements that allow pilots to have a better understanding of their surroundings. Synthetic Vision is available as a free upgrade with any paid iFly GPS subscription.

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Those thrilling days of yesteryear... - Tom Speerstra

As boys growing up in the rural Midwest, my brother and I were very fortunate to have been fetched up across the road from a small sod landing strip. As a result we were both bitten by the aviation bug at a young age. I have many fond memories of lying in the tall grass at the foot of a walnut tree on the edge of the field watching the Sunday flyers carve circles around our little sod strip in the hollow in the hills.

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Flying At Night - Clayviation.com

One of my first flights was at night. I was a passenger in a Cessna 172 on a hop up to Chattanooga. The pilot was my friend and future instructor. I was still a little uneasy about flying - something that a few hours of flight training helped to take away. Every so often I would look below and a tinge of uneasiness would make me wonder how I had gotten up there, but the opposing force was the twinkling lights below and the calm stillness of the air around us. So what's different about flying at night?

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Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - A Pilot's Priority Checklist - Clayviation.com

It's a common practice for a checkride examiner to try to distract the pilot applicant. Ah yes, the old 'drop the pen' trick. Here's how it goes. You're a student pilot taking your checkride to become a certificated pilot. In the right seat, your examiner sits with a clipboard. You are flying the airplane and performing various tasks and maneuvers at the request of the examiner. Each task asked of you requires a certain degree of competency to satisfy its requirements. Maintaining plus or minus 100 feet of the assigned altitude, for instance. After a few of these, you grow accustomed to the examiner proverbially asking you to jump and you responding, proverbially, with 'how high?'

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