December 2009
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Aircraft
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2009 Tecnam P2006T
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Breezer II
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Breezer II: The Girl Next Door
Familiar and lovely, easy to be with and great to fly
Flying an unfamiliar LSA is a bit like a first date. Your friends have talked her up. She has a pretty smile, but will you get along? Does she Tweet or use Facebook, keep an old-fashioned diary, or both? ...more »
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New Light Twin From Italy
Tecnam introduces a twin-Rotax-powered four-seater in the tradition of the Partenavia P68C
Naples, Italy, April 18, 1986: Today, I’m first in line for takeoff from Naples toward our initial destination of Nice, France. It has taken all morning to assure that the paperwork is up to Italian standards, but we’re finally ready, or so I hope. ...more »
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Upgrade Your Plane! Part I
Part I: A new exterior
From time to time, Plane & Pilot embarks on a proverbial aircraft-upgrade project and chronicles the progress for the enjoyment and edification of readers. ...more »
Proficiency
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Flying The Friendly Skies: No Better Time!
This may be the perfect time to achieve your aviation dream
by Marc C. Lee
Success in aviation always has been a matter of perspective. Student pilots hoping for an airline career in the ’50s attributed their lack of success to the oversupply of military pilots emerging from the Korean War. ...more »
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Staying Centered
If you’re a pilot, there’s more to staying centered than transcendental meditation
by Bill Cox
It was 1984, and I was ferrying one of the last of the Cessna 207s to South America. It was a midsummer afternoon in South Texas, and the mushroom cumuli were climbing high into the stratosphere all along the border and south toward the Gulf of Mexico. ...more »
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The Checkride Chronicles
A year in the life of a designated pilot examiner
Who’s the judge beside you in the cockpit, deciding whether you’re worthy of receiving aviation’s highest honor (a license to learn)? Hopefully, it’s someone who’ll make your entry into the world of aviation less than turbulent. ...more »
Products
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December 2009 Readback
by The Editors
The EAA has announced that Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, known for their emergency landing in the Hudson River, are the new co-chairmen of the EAA Young Eagles. ...more »
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FlightPrep ChartBook
A digital replacement for most cockpit paper (but keep your clearance pad!)
by John D. Ruley
Over the years, we’ve reviewed quite a few electronic flight bags (EFBs) and other devices that have claimed to eliminate paper from the cockpit. ...more »
Pilot Talk
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Air Capital Tanker Chase
Hot-rod flight test in a TA-4 Skyhawk
As a flight test engineer for the Boeing Company assigned to Wichita, Kans. (“the Air Capital”), I’m among the fortunate people who truly love their work. ...more »
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Air Shows As GA Rallying Point
Working together to benefit general aviation
As much of the aviation industry suffered through the effects of the historic economic downturn during the last year, the air show industry experienced double-digit growth and, in some markets, record attendance. ...more »
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From The Editor: Spreading The Word
by Jessica Ambats
While working on this month’s Guest Speaker column, Managing Editor Pam Lee suggested that the reference to Patty Wagstaff mention that the air show star performs annually in front of thousands of spectators. Hundreds of thousands, I countered. ...more »
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LSA Ownership—Condo Style!
Low down payment, affordable monthly installments, zero hassle: sound familiar?
by James Lawrence
I love this concept of sharing ownership in an aircraft, new or used. Last month, I delved into David Kruger’s Aircraft Partnership Association (www.theapa.com), a type of online matchmaking service to bring like-minded pilots together for sharing the costs of aircraft ownership. ...more »
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Sweet Dreams
Don’t take for granted the importance of a good night’s rest
by Peter Katz
If the NTSB had its way, the FAA would be gauging whether or not you’re having sweet dreams and sleeping through the night cuddled up with your teddy bear. ...more »
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The Character Of Risk
No adventure is completely risk free
by Budd Davisson
It’s no news to most pilots that we recently lost Vicki Cruse, president of the International Aerobatic Club. What was almost certainly a control failure caught her in the worst possible position, and I can’t get her out of my mind. ...more »
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The Paranoia Of Landings
Landings aren’t the most important thing, they’re the only thing—not
by Bill Cox
I had been hired to fly a Cessna 340 from Torrance, Calif., to Glasgow, U.K., on an Atlantic tour with the owner in the right seat. The first four days of the trip had gone well. We had departed Torrance, stopped in Denver and made it to Ohio the first day, then managed to have lunch in Bangor and fly on to Goose Bay the second day. ...more »
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