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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Light-Sport Chronicles: Heart Like A WingIn celebration of CFIs everywhere, and one in particular It's that time of year! Spring be sprung, or nearly so; if a blanket of frosty white lurks beyond your window, have faith—the end is near. |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 From The Editor: What’s In A Name? I first heard about Amelia Earhart three years ago on Facebook. The new Amelia Earhart, that is. |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 $150 Per Pilot Charge for Using the iPad? Last week, the FAA's AeroNav division held a meeting in Washington D.C.—where the public and press were excluded—to discuss charging fees for users of their digital chart data. |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: Profiles In Vision: Ivo BoscarolRoutinely setting your goals way too high has its benefits Welcome to Slovenia, and let's raise our glasses to setting your goals too high. |
Monday, December 5, 2011 From The Editor: Something For Everyone "I fly for food," was Dick Rutan's good-humored and modest response when I thanked him for flying the photo flight. |
Monday, December 5, 2011 Let It Roll: Coast-To-CoastThe great American road trip...or is it? The faster I go, the harder I want to pull back on the yoke. The grey turns into blue, and all I see is sky. |
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: Snowmobile Engine...NOT!Kicking the Rotax myth in the head once and for all Naw, it's got a snowmobile engine, I'm not flying one of those!" Odds are, if you've hung out a bit with experienced GA pilots, especially those who have plied the skies on personal wings for a while, you've heard that about the Rotax aircraft engine. |
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Flying FifiAround the patch in a Superfortress My most memorable flying experience was on September 20th, 2011, when I got my copilot checkout in Fifi, the only flying Boeing B-29. |
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 From The Editor: It’s Better In The Bahamas With 700 islands, turquoise waters, postcard-perfect beaches, and 55 general aviation airports, The Bahamas is undoubtedly a pilot's paradise. Recently, Plane & Pilot joined the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation on a flying trip to three beautiful islands, for a taste of The Bahamas. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Part IIEven after tragedy and Global Econ 101, fun flying wins out Last month, you met Chris Dillis, who took the "friendly clubhouse" atmosphere common to European VLA (very light aircraft) flying and brought it to his own LSA startup in Denver. |
