More Pilot Talk
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Cirrus Merges With CAIGAThe pioneering aircraft maker to be acquired by a Chinese company In a milestone development, Cirrus Industries Inc. officials announced on Feb 28th that Cirrus Aircraft will be sold to China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. (CAIGA). |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 From Mountains To Deserts With massive tundra tires, a welded tubular steel fuselage frame and seating for five, the tailwheel version of Expedition Aircraft’s bushplane lives up to its formidable name: Bigfoot. |
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: 50 Years To SoloRounding the circle of life with the immortal Piper Club It’s the Babe Ruth of airplanes, the home-run standard against which we measure and judge all other airplanes whose company we’ll ever have the pleasure to keep. |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 From The Editor: (Un)restricted It was still dark, and Van Nuys tower had just opened when we took off on runway 16R for a right downwind departure toward the Mojave Desert. |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 I Did It!First solo in the Cessna Skycatcher LSA On a cool, crisp and calm October morning, I finally took my first solo flight. It was amazing! My journey to this point started almost three years before, in early 2007. |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Light-Sport Chronicles: Your First LSAAmong 110 models, what led these pilots to buy these birds? With a tough year behind us and the bright hope of a better economic year ahead, I remembered our recent “Buy Your First Plane” issue and thought about first-time LSA owners. |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 From The Editor: Light Sport To Cabin Class There exist very few things that I would wake up at 4 a.m. for. An airplane in the lens of my camera happens to be one of them. |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Still RelentlessYou don’t see this every day! But if you do, will you be ready? I can tell you that for one lap prior, the plane never ran so well. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Light-Sport Chronicles: The Rashomon EffectWhat you think you heard can mess with your head This time of year, we winter-bound types shiver our timbers and wistfully harken back to the glory days of summer. |
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 NBAA 2010 The 2010 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual convention held this year in Atlanta, Ga., was an event to smile about if you’re in the aviation business. |
