January/February 2011
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Aircraft
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Cessna 170A
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Cessna 170A: Rebuild Of A Lifetime, Literally
Jacobson passed his checkride in this cessna 170A in 1962, and look at it now
by Bill Cox
One of the benefits of writing about airplanes for a living is that I’m often entrusted to fly some truly wonderful machines. ...more »
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Choose Your Own Adventure
A look at the best aircraft for backcountry exploration
by Budd Davisson
So, you just hit the lottery for a half-million bucks (after tax). This sounds like a big deal, except that it’s redundant because your spouse hit it last week for 10 million. ...more »
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Choosing A Six-Seater
All-inclusive guide to fixed, retractable, single and twin six-seaters
by Bill Cox
If it’s really true that buyers of four-seat airplanes often buy two seats more than they need, the same may not be true of purchasers in the six-place class. ...more »
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Four-Seater Buyer's Guide
20 new aircraft to choose from
by Bill Cox
Four-seat airplanes have always been the most popular configuration in general aviation. ...more »
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LSA Buyer's Guide
Time for young (and old) pilots’ fancies to turn skyward with 30+ sport planes
by James Lawrence
What a great time to be a pilot! The economy gains traction, Big Tin (Cessna and Piper) flexes its muscles as more Skycatchers and PiperSports find homes across America, and new S-LSA—111 models as we go to press—continue to come on line. ...more »
Proficiency
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Beware The Downburst
An insidious risk that can undercut airspeed and drive you into the ground
by Bill Cox
Contrary to the advice that aviation usually allows you to make most mistakes only once, I’ve been fortunate in 50 years of flying to make virtually all the bad mistakes, in some cases more than once. ...more »
Products
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Aviation Handhelds
Buyer’s guide to the latest high-tech handheld devices
by John D. Ruley
Not long ago, handheld devices for in-cockpit use broke down into neat categories: GPS moving-map units kept pilots from getting lost. ...more »
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Flight Guide iEFB
An iPad app that will radically change your cross-country flights
by Colin Summers
Since our review of the Flight Guide iEFB in “Top 20 iPad Apps” [September 2010], we have taken a much closer look at this iPad app. ...more »
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Headsets: The Critical Component
Defining your mission is the key to finding the right headset
by Marc C. Lee
On a recent cross-country on a busy day in the skies above California, I got a firsthand look into the importance of a good headset, and how a headset that’s good in one airplane might be completely wrong in another. ...more »
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January/February 2011 Readback
Tecnam P2006T FAA Certified!
by The Editors
On November 10, the FAA certified the Tecnam P2006T, a four-seat piston twin aircraft. ...more »
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The Flight Bag Is A Pilot's Best Friend
Modern design and computer engineering have transformed the humble flight bag into a cockpit necessity
by Marc C. Lee
Ah, the flight bag. What, in the air-mail days, was a lowly canvas sack into which was stuffed a bedraggled map, a candy bar and a dime for a phone call if the weather got bad has become a cockpit staple. ...more »
Pilot Talk
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From The Editor: Light Sport To Cabin Class
by Jessica Ambats
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. ...more »
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Light-Sport Chronicles: Your First LSA
Among 110 models, what led these pilots to buy these birds?
by James Lawrence
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. ...more »
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Puerto Rico To Provo
More than three decades later, a dream comes true
By Luis Luhring-Arizmendi
At age 34, I added a flying trip to my dream list. It was a fly-in of 20 planes to Providenciales (nicknamed “Provo”) in the Turks and Caicos, an archipelago of nearly 49 islands and desert cays just 35 miles southeast of the Bahamas. ...more »
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Screen Savers
Small airports have personalities that big ones can’t hope to match
by Budd Davisson
Screen savers are a terrific invention—15-20 images of people, places and things that are dear to me rotate through mine like an automated scrapbook. ...more »
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Still Relentless
You don’t see this every day! But if you do, will you be ready?
By Kevin Eldredge, Reno Air Race Pilot
I can tell you that for one lap prior, the plane never ran so well. ...more »
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Stop Squeezing Them In
The NTSB wants the FAA to change the regs governing required seats and seat belts
by Peter Katz
Remember the circus act in which a dozen clowns get out of the smallest car you’ve ever seen drive into the center ring? ...more »
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The Evolution Of Navigation
Flying from A to Z is no longer as simple as it used to be. It’s simpler.
by Bill Cox
For better or worse, I learned to fly in the days when there were still A-N ranges up and running, not many, but a few. ...more »
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