August 2010
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Aircraft
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2010 Diamond Twin Star DA42-NG
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2010 Remos GX Avıator II
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2010 Remos GX Avıator II The Joy Of Flight
Nimble, solid, lovely, well-built and what a hoot to fly
A high, dense line of clouds has moved over Great Barrington Airport (GBR) in western Massachusetts. ...more »
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Best LSA
Bringing the fun back to flying with our picks for exciting light-sport aircraft
by James Lawrence
The light-sport aircraft industry hangs in there, although sales numbers, as with general aviation, still struggle to gain safe altitude in the stormy economic skies ...more »
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DA 42 In The Second Generation
The Diamond Twin Star now has its own Austro AE300 turbo diesel engines
In seeming obedience to the time-honored directive on how to make a small fortune in the airline industry (start with a large one), the major people movers of the world are having a progressively more difficult time staying in business. ...more »
Proficiency
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Is Glass Safer?
Making sense of the NTSB glass-cockpit report
by David Ison
Earlier this year, the NTSB released the findings of a special study that they conducted comparing glass-cockpit aircraft and similar conventional, or “round dial,”-equipped aircraft. ...more »
Products
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Aspen Glow
With Aspen Avionics’ multi-unit flight display, you can go all-glass on a budget
by Marc C. Lee
The last of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team T-6s lets out a sonorous belch as its propeller spins to a stop, and I walk up to its hefty wing to meet Gene McNeely, slot pilot for the team. ...more »
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August 2010 Readback
LSA Measures Volcanic Ash
by The Editors
A specially equipped Flight Design CT Supralite is being used by the Duesseldorf Technical University’s Department of Volcanology to measure volcanic ash and assess problems for airliners. ...more »
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Spidertracks Aviator & FleetPro
Portable Satellite Tracking Solutions
by Bill Stein
When you’re flying over rough terrain or desolate areas, you tend to have certain thoughts. ...more »
Pilot Talk
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From Russia With Love
Soloing a Yak 50
The Yak 50 is a single-engine, single-seat, low-wing, semi-retractable, conventional-gear aerobatic aircraft designed in 1973 by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in Russia. It’s an honest, friendly airplane—if somewhat extraordinary because of its country of origin. ...more »
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From The Editor: Music To Fly By
by Jessica Ambats
First Titanic, then Avatar. Now the Horsemen. Renowned composer James Horner has taken his musical talents from Hollywood’s big screen to the world of aviation. ...more »
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Light-Sport Chronicles: Profiles In Vision: Boris Popov
One disaster avoided, one vow made–many lives saved thereafter
by James Lawrence
A few weeks ago, I came within a second or two of a head-on mid-air collision. ...more »
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Sharing The Passion
The mission to grow aviation
Aviation and flying have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. ...more »
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The Courtesy Attitude
No one owns the sky, although some people think they do
by Budd Davisson
I don’t normally rant. But this might be an exception. Or at least I’ll clamber onto my ever-present soapbox to make a point. ...more »
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The Light-Sport Safety Record
Tracking 2009 incidents
by Peter Katz
While the NTSB’s preliminary statistics show that the number of general aviation accidents dropped again last year, as did the number of people killed, the estimated number of hours flown also dropped, resulting in a slight increase in both the overall and fatal accident rates. ...more »
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Zen & The Art Of Airplane Flying
Airplanes and motorcycles may be more alike than you think
by Bill Cox
I’m one of those apparently strange folks who believe that flying is an easy skill to learn. No, that’s not because I do it so well. ...more »
Travel
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Mustang Mystique
With a new musical score by James Horner, the Horsemen P-51 team rides anew
As I lower myself into the rear cockpit, I pinch myself. No, I’m not dreaming. I really am in a WWII P-51D Mustang, about to ride with the Horsemen, the world’s only P-51 aerobatic team, known for their hyperprecise formation aerobatics. ...more »
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Splash In
The largest seaplane gathering in the West
For two days each September, the shores and skies of the quaint Central California town of Lakeport are taken over by the Clear Lake Splash-In. ...more »
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