#Cessna 310

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Cessna 310 - Wittman Regional, Wisconsin

[aviatrix-ash]

The old Cessna 310 found in a barn a couple years back got a little makeover today :]

The plane was nicked named Mighty Mouse by the previous owner after it was found sitting in a barn for 46 years and accumulated 46 years worth of mice nests in every square inch if airplane, weighed about as much as the plane itself too. My teacher decided randomly she was going to paint this on the vertical stabilizer day last month and had us remove the tail.

[toxicityriot]

Sometimes there are survivors of war

And sometimes those survivors get "dropped off" at your front door by your boss

Close ups of the rascals and some info dumping under the cut

Roadrunner is a Cy-ote (cyber coyote) mini cassette that specializes with jamming radio frequencies with her antenna on her shoulders

Kestrel is a wyvern mini cassette is the quietest of the cassettes but with a nasty flame breath that sticks to whatever is in her path thanks to spitting highly flammable sticky oil like fluids.

Jerboa has many complaints to give when it comes to getting her paint dirty or scratched. However, her greatest enemy are spiders.

Sidewinder is the self appointed leader of the cassettes with a bit of a sassy attitude to match. Her determination and bright spark often remind Noah of his late brother, Kris. Her and her siblings are the equivalent pre-teens/young teenagers.

Nightlight was the first to be found on an accidental search and rescue mission, the sparkling being presumably orphaned on Earth to save her life. The whereabouts of her Creators are unknown. She was left unnamed for about a month or so, nicknamed "lil Bird/Birdie" by Mirage due to her chirps, which sounded like birdsong.

Shortly after the passing of Kris and in a moment of extremely negative mourning and grief, Noah had disappeared off base, coming back with a new alt mode: an F-18 Superhornet. This Seeker phase stuck around for about a decade before he swapped back to a triple changer with a more modernized Dodge Challenger and Cessna 310 alt modes. Mirage shortly followed this change with time, modernizing his Porsche 911 as time went on until the GT3 RS.

[aviaposter]

Boeing 747-400F Kalitta Air

Registration: N782CK Named: Scott Liechty Type: 747-4HQERF Engines: 4 × GE CF6-80C2B5F Serial Number: 37304 First flight: May 16, 2009

Kalitta Air, an American cargo airline, is based at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The airline was founded in 1967 by Conrad “Connie” Kalitta, initially operating as Connie Kalitta Services. It started by transporting car parts with a twin-engine Cessna 310, piloted by Kalitta himself. The airline’s call sign “Connie” is a tribute to its founder. In January 2003, Kalitta Air launched scheduled cargo flights from the United States to Europe. It now operates regular cargo services between the U.S. and Hong Kong, the U.S. and Korea, as well as between Los Angeles and Honolulu. Kalitta Air also operates scheduled and charter cargo flights from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

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Tips To Buy a Cessna For Sale

The frequent flyer is peeved at having to wait long in queues. Boarding is another hassle that includes baggage checking and body searches more often than not. The busy business owners and corporates find investing in a quality private jet cost-effective and time-saving. This saves a lot of time and hassle and may enhance business productivity and fly to remote destinations not served by commercial airports. Sure, multiple options from both new and pre-owned jets serve the purpose equally well. One of the most popular buys is the Cirrus jet for sale, which is sure to stand out from other brands for diverse reasons. ​ While the first-time private jet buyer may not be aware of the dos and don’ts when looking over a jet that has been put up for sale, the problems can be minimized by teaming up with a well-known aviation broker who is well-informed and possesses the right skills to determine the quality of a used aircraft.

It is a good idea to check the individual features of the Cirrus SR22T before deciding to invest in the aircraft. It helps to know that this is akin to a dream machine for many pilots looking for impressive specs and high performance. Some of the notable features that ensure top-notch performance and complete safety in the skies coupled with impressive avionics and technology are: -

· The innovative introduction of the Avidyne Entegra glass cockpit in 2003 · Turbocharged SR22 Turbo in 2006 that has become a standard of general aviation thereafter The specs are no less impressive, with the following being appreciated by all pilots and flyers equally: - · 310 hp Continental IO-550-N piston engine · useful load of 519 kg

The safety features include the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), which has been activated many times and has been deployed 107 times successfully so far.

The prospective buyer would be well advised to inquire about the Advanced avionics in the SR22, which includes the Cirrus Perspective Touch by Garmin that comes equipped with the following features: -

· 3D safe taxi · Alert-linked checklists · Digital autopilot with electronic stability protection (ESP)

It is not unusual for investors to compare the Cirrus SR22T with other private jets that are also exceedingly popular. It is noteworthy to know that the aircraft can cruise at 80 KTAS by burning less than 18 gallons of fuel per hour of the cruise. It is thus an efficient choice for buyers looking for excellence in general aviation.

SR22’s comfort and interior décor make it one of the most coveted private jets for individuals looking for safe travel across short distances. Sure, there are many high-performing aircraft available in the market today, but going for Cirrus SR22T can enable the buyer to obtain a unique combination of performance, safety, and comfort, along with eye-popping interior design and enough cabin space.

Finding the right broker with expertise in aviation sales and acquiring a Cessna for sale can be both cost-effective and hassle-free for the first-time investor. 

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.19 (after 1940)

1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. 1940 – Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements. 1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. 1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic. 1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. 1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated. 1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated. 1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 1957 – The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. 1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. 1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. 1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. 1967 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara. 1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. 1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat. 1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. 1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). 1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. 1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill. 1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. 1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. 1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. 1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. 1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. 1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111. 1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort. 1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. 2011 – Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry. 2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria. 2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.

[kleexfly]

Cessna 310 F. For sale. Germany

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The MiG-23! The MiG-23 is a variable swept wing, single-engine aircraft designed as a follow-on to the MiG-21 Fishbed. It was designed to combat a variety of US rival fighters like the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Republic F-105 Thunderchief but the new General Dynamics F-111 posed a distinct threat. The Flogger is roughly 2/3 the size of the F-111, had a single-seat cockpit rather than the two-side by side cockpit of the F-111 and the Flogger carried just one engine.More than 5,000 MiG-23s of all types were built.The MiG-23 was widely exported by the Soviet Union. Among the users there was the Cuban Air Force that flew MiG-23ML/MF/BN/UB aircraft until the late 2010s

The Day A Cuban Air Force MiG-23 Pilot Defected To The US

On Mar. 20, 1991 MiG-23 pilot Orestes Lorenzo Perez circled the Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West three times, waggling the wings of his Flogger (the NATO reporting name for the MiG-23) to signal friendly intentions, hoping that no one would shoot down the Soviet-built fighter jet.

Perez said he borrowed the aircraft from the Cuban government. He didn’t know a single word in English, he said. But he was escaping Cuba for freedom.

As explained in an extensive piece appeared on The Ledger, Perez, a former Cuban Air Force pilot has received a lot of attention since his escape and daring flight back to Cuba to rescue his family. He even wrote a book about his journey in 1994.

His friends called his daring rescue a suicide mission. He was risking his life and the lives of his wife and two sons, but he said it was worth it because they were pursuing their dreams.

While serving in the Cuban Air Force, Perez earned a scholarship to attend flight school in the Soviet Union, where he learned to fly a small Czechoslovakian Aero L-29 Delfin two-seat jet trainer and a MiG-21. He was part of the Cuban forces sent to Angola to support that country’s Marxist government.

He deployed a second time to the Soviet Union and then he and his family finally returned to Cuba where he was assigned to Santa Clara Air Base, about 165 miles east of Havana.

What he found was a country littered with propaganda and so oppressed by the government that his family knew there was only one thing for him to do — try to escape.

From Cuba to Key West

So, on Mar. 20, 1991, Perez said goodbye to his wife, Victoria, promising to return for her and their two sons. She had to pretend that she knew nothing of Perez’s escape plan. She prayed that her husband would make it to the US and to freedom.

During a training mission that day, Perez flew the MiG-23 from Cuba to Key West. When he finally landed undetected by American radar, speaking in Spanish, he told the pilot who met him on the ground that he was seeking political asylum.

Orestes Lorenzo Perez’s MiG-23 at NAS Key West

Perez said once the pilot understood, they shook hands and the pilot said, “Welcome to the United States.” He was immediately flown to Washington, DC, for a briefing and to receive paperwork. Once he was granted political asylum, he started campaigning to get his family out of Cuba. His wife and two sons were issued US visas, but the Cuban government wouldn’t let them leave.

Perez said the government put surveillance on them. His family lived under constant watch for 21 months, while Perez campaigned across the US to try to gain their freedom, he said.

Then-President George H. W. Bush directed a speech to the Cuban government, asking Fidel Castro to let Perez’s family go. But Castro refused so Perez had to think of a better plan. The only way to rescue them would be to fly back in an airplane.

Through a human rights organization founded by a Cuban political prisoner, called the Valladares Foundation, Perez learned that a 1961 Cessna 310 was for sale. With help from a donation the foundation agreed to pay the $30,000 to purchase it for his rescue attempt.

Cuban Air Force MiG-23 Pilot Who Defected to the US Brings His Family to America

Although he took flying lessons and received his pilot license in Virginia, he had very little experience flying the Cessna before his rescue attempt. Perez had only landed the small plane once, with a co-pilot.

But at exactly 5:07 p.m. on Dec. 19, 1992, Perez left from the Florida Keys, flying low across the ocean. His wife was given a note to meet him at a location about 165 miles from her home in Havana. Perez didn’t know whether she would be there with the boys, or if he would make it to the spot before the Cuban government saw him, but he had to try.

Flying less than 100 feet above the ocean, Perez came over cliffs on the Cuban coastline and saw his wife and sons wearing bright orange T-shirts, just as he had asked them to do. Perez landed the Cessna about 10 yards from a pickup truck, turned the plane around, hurried his family inside and flew away.

When he landed in Marathon less than two hours later, he felt a sense of relief. Perez is one of only a handful of Cuban military pilots to defect to the US during the Cold War. Perez and his family became all American citizens.

The MiG-23 was returned to Cuba shortly after Perez gained political asylum and the Cessna was destroyed in a hurricane.

Orestes Lorenzo Perez after landing at NAS Key West

[thesquaredringofwrestling]

Three Wrestlers Remain In Hospital

Greensboro News & Record – October 6, 1975

WILMINGTON- Johnny Valentine, Ric Flair, and Bob Bruggers, three professional wrestlers familiar to Carolinas and Virginia-area fans, remain hospitalized at New Hanover County Hospital following a Saturday evening plane crash near the Wilmington airport.

Valentine, 47, the reigning United States Heavyweight champion of the National Wrestling Alliance, and Bruggers, 31, were in serious condition Sunday according to a hospital spokesman. Flair, 24, whose legal name is Richard Fliehr, was reported in satisfactory condition.

Also in the twin-engine Cessna 310, which reportedly ran out of gas while trying to land, were pilot Michael Farkas of Monroe, who was in critical condition after undergoing surgery for head injuries and David Crockett and George Woodin, both of Charlotte, who were released from the hospital Sunday. Crockett and Woodin both are promoters.

The athletes involved wrestle from Jim Crockett Promotions of Charlotte and they were en route to a performance in Wilmington Saturday night.

“We understand all but the pilot were doing well this morning,” a member of Crockett’s family told the Daily News Sunday. “We understand a series of tests will be performed to determine the extent of the injuries.”

Valentine was scheduled to wrestle in the main event of a Greensboro Coliseum card Saturday night, Oct. 11. Dory Funk will sub for Valentine in the match against Jack Brisco.

Source: Classic Wrestling Articles

[thestonecuttersguild]

It’s a super long walk, but the South 40 is so peaceful. No announcers, not so many folks, no food lines. Just planes and up close arrivals. Oshkosh 2021.

[airmanisr]

Cessna 310R ‘N310UK’ by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n 208 Built in 1969 and first flew as G-AWVK. Registered as N1035S to Cal-State Air Lines but not delivered. In June 1971 she took part in the Daily Express National Air Race from Sywell to Biggin Hill. Not only did she take part, but she won! Her original race number ‘197’ has recently been reapplied to the fuselage. She was registered back as G-AWVK in 1974 and flown by Decca, first as Decca Navigator Ltd, then Racal Decca Navigator Ltd. In 1986 she was reregistered as G-RAVL with what was now called Racal Avionics Ltd. From November 1989 she was operated by Cranfield University and remained with them as a ground instructional airframe after she was retired from flying in 2000. Donated to the museum by Cranfield University in 2018, she arrived at Sywell on 23rd March 2021 and reassembly is well underway. Sywell Aviation Museum Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshier, UK 8th August 2021c/n 310R-0854 Built 1976 Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshier, UK 8th August 2021

[aviatrix-ash]

I was just kinda wandering yesterday trying to learn the area and find something neat to explore, got lost and happened upon a fair, got a funnel cake and then got lost again in the backrooms of Indiana. From there I got lost again for 20 minutes and ended up in a room featuring a "best pig show" and there were like 30 piggies in a room napping and enjoying the air condition.

Said backrooms and some said eepy oinkers

Met some old tractors too, those were neat. :]

Interesting how those (yellow) looks almost exactly like the starter generators (same manufacturer too) as the ones I've seen on older planes, especially the Cessna 310. The Ultra Pup has a magneto commonly used on tractors too. Aviation's early roots have always been intertwined with farm machinery, kinda neat to see it irl tho

[toxicityriot]

Pretty sure lots of laws are being broken. Ah who cares.

Anyways, Peep at YRWYS!CyberNoah's new secondary alt mode: Cessna 310!

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Airbus A320 QantasLink operated by Network Aviation

Registration: VH-VQS Named: Kangaroo Paw Type: A320-232 Engines: 2 × IAE V2527-A5 Serial Number: 2515 First flight: Jul 26, 2005

Network Aviation is an airline based in Perth, Western Australia, which was founded by Lindsay Evans in 1998. From humble beginnings operating the Cessna 310, the Cessna 441 Conquest and the Beechcraft Super King Air 200, Network experienced significant growth shortly after it's foundation later introducing the Embraer 120 Brasilia in 2000 and the Fokker 100 in 2008. In 2011 Network Aviation became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group. Network Aviation operates a fleet of Airbus A320, A319 and Fokker 100 aircraft throughout Western Australia and beyond providing Regular Public Transport flights as well as charter flights, predominantly to support the 'Fly In Fly Out' (FIFO) resources industry on behalf of QantasLink. In 2016, Network Aviation became an affiliate member of the Oneworld Alliance. The first Network Aviation A320, VH-VQS arrived in Perth in February 2018 and commenced passenger services in April 2018.

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[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.19 (after 1900)

1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. 1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme. 1934 – The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. 1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. 1940 – Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements. 1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. 1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic. 1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. 1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated. 1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated. 1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 1957 – The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. 1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. 1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. 1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. 1967 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara. 1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. 1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. 1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). 1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. 1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill. 1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. 1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. 1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. 1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. 1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. 1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort. 1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. 2018 – The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.