AOPA Pilot Magazine - May 2012 - 46

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PILOT BRIEFING Airplane madness
After 62 pairings of some of aviation’s most respected aircraft, pilots voted and talked smack with one winner prevailing in AOPA’s Favorite Aircraft Challenge online (www.aopa. org/madness). Even though the storied Douglas DC–3 put up a courageous fight in the finals, it could not attract enough votes to overcome a wave of support by P–51 Mustang fans who helped crown the Mustang as 2012 challenge champion.

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1. The Wright Brothers installed a device on their 1903 Wright Flyer that recorded engine rpm, distance traveled, and time. 2. False. At least one airport does not. Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska, has only freshwater landing lanes. (The FAA defines a seaplane base as an airport.) 3. He was stationed above the fuselage in the massive pylon that supports the parasol wing. 4. Air flowing about wings and other parts of the structure increases in velocity (because of Venturi effect). This causes local reductions of static pressure, which reduce local air temperatures. 5. John Waddington, British manufacturer of the game, cleverly hid silk escape maps (quieter, more durable and smaller-folding than paper), compasses, currency, and small files within games sent to POW camps. 6. Lamarr (nee Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was much more than a glamorous movie star. 7. Ernest K. Gann in his 1961 novel, Fate is the Hunter, which is still in publication. 8. The airplane gets through the downdraft sooner. Lowering the nose and reducing power also reduces the possibility of engine overheating that can result from slowing and adding power to maintain altitude (especially in the summer). Lost altitude can be recovered in the subsequent updraft.

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