General Aviation Aircraft
Explore the world of general aviation aircraft with our reviews. Written from a pilot's perspective, these reviews provide fantastic insight into what these general aviation planes are really like.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Sirius TL-3000: High society—In blue jeansElegant, sexy, high-performing...and oh so friendly It’s not every day you fly an airplane where sensuality in form joins a flying function so affable, you wonder if you’re flying the same airplane you climbed into. |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Fixed-Gear Speed DemonWe fly the latest turbocharged Corvalis two years after Cessna bought the Columbia line of composite singles If you fly most of your flights on the West Coast or rely on your airplane for on-demand business or personal travel to virtually any destination, turbocharging is more than a convenience. |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 ElectriFly 2010Electric flight is no longer an “if” but a “when” In 2007, a quintessential “garage inventor” named Randall Fishman showed up out of nowhere at Oshkosh AirVenture with an electric-powered ultralight—and quietly turned the aviation world on its ear. |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 A New Lease On FlyingRetrofit avionics can add a lot of capability for not a lot of money He hasn’t been out of GA for very long, but as far as the developments he’s missed, nothing comes close to the strides made in avionics over the last few years. |
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Step Up To The SuperYes, it is a NEW airplane To stare out at the world from either seat in a Waco is to wonder where we’ve been and where we’re going. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 King Kong "Little" CubCubCrafters’ top LSA offers a big surprise when the throttle goes forward I used to have a buddy in the drag-racing business who claimed that given enough horsepower, you could push a Peterbilt through the Mach in a quarter mile. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Buying Your First AirplaneNavigating the purchase maze Buying your first airplane is exciting and confusing, all at once. |
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Beyond Today’s TransponderDemystifying ADS-B Autonomous Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) has to be one of the most misunderstood technologies of the 21st century. |
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Capetown RacingLight-sport floatplane that's a joy to fly Given this 50:1 advantage, floatplanes or seaplanes make a lot of sense; there are many places you can land, plus you can reach interesting locations you never considered in a land plane. |
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Cirrus SR22T: Turbo Without the STCCirrus Design now offers a turbocharged model with a factory Continental Has it really been a full decade since Alan and Dale Klapmeier introduced the first version of the airplane that would eventually conquer the general aviation world? |
