All military aircraft from the famous Soviet Union design bureau Mikoyan-Gurevich earn the model designator of MiG. Founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich in 1939, their design creations bear their last initials joined with the letter ‘i’, the Russian letter for ‘and.’ In 1950, the Mikoyan-Gurevich team was tasked to design a replacement for …
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The Piper Archer is one of the PA-28 family of aircraft, the others being the Cherokee, Warrior, and Arrow. All of them are fairly similar in being low-wing, all-metal, single-engined aircraft with the tricycle landing gear. They are primarily designed for training and private flying. They all have a single door on the right-hand side, …
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The Piper Warrior is part of the Piper PA 28 Cherokee family of aircraft. These are all two-seat or four-seat light aircraft, designed mainly for flight training and personal use by private pilots. They are all-metal, unpressurized, single-engined, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear, ie, a nosewheel. They have a single door …
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Introduction A rugged, single-engined, high wing, tricycle undercarriage six-seater, Cessna describes its 206 as the sports utility vehicle of the air. As one who has flown a 206, I can attest to its truck-like handling and its ability to haul large loads into and out of back-country strips. The middle child in a family of …
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Not all flights fit the profile that requires a flight helmet, but there are a few cases where it is prudent to have one. Operations that routinely involve proximity to Mother Earth and/or other aircraft are also prime candidates for unexpected or unintended contact between the parties involved. There are cases where the difference between …
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History of the Grumman F7F Tgiercat: A Glorious Twin-Engine Heavy Fighter Aircraft Designing, Manufacturing, and Production In 1941, The United States Navy requested a twin-engined fighter to be built, complete with high firepower, long shooting range, and the ability to gain altitude quicker than any aircraft previously made. Grumman accepted the challenge of creating one …
Introduction With over 44,000 units built since 1956 and an ongoing production line, it is hard to do justice to the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The most produced aircraft in the entire history of aviation owes its longevity to a tried and tested evolutionary design rooted in the Cessna classic configuration. Most general aviation pilots have …
If you fly, you know of Cessna aircraft, and you certainly have heard of the Cessna 150. You may have even flown in one, or at least aboard its younger brother, the Cessna 152. Pilots love the 150 for its simple handling, owners adore the easygoing maintenance, and the low fuel consumption makes it easy …
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Introduction A sight that quickens the heart of any true pilot is a rag-and-tube taildragger taxiing out onto a mown field on a sunny day—a real trip down nostalgia lane for us grey hairs. The Piper Pacer is one such aircraft to stir the senses. Manufactured by Piper between 1949 and 1964, the Pacer family …
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The Cessna 170 is an American light aircraft, single-engined and designed for general aviation use. It is an all-metal, four-place, high-wing airplane, and is equipped with conventional landing gear, ie it has a tailwheel rather than the now more common nosewheel. The type was produced by the Cessna Aircraft Company between 1948 and 1956 but …
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