Plane & Pilot Magazine

June 2004

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1969 Piper Cherokee 140 N140HC
by Staff
An Enthusiastic Cherokee
Maybe it isn’t the fastest 140 in the world…but then again it might be
Buy Your 1st Bird
Low time, any time could be the best time to own an airplane
by Dale Smith
Congratulations, Columbia 400
Faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall mountains in a single bound, look, up in the flight levels, it’s the 230-plus-knot certified Lancair single!
Going Topless
You can spend as much or as little as you want to romance an open-cockpit airplane
by Budd Davisson
Lancair Columbia 400 N143LC

Cockpit Career Update Part 2: Changes In Pilot Careers
Last month, we discussed how today may be the best time to prepare for an airline job. In this second part of our three-part series, we’ll show you the technological developments currently happening in the industry.
by Pia Bergqvist
The 10 Dumbest Things Pilots Do
Although pilots continue to try to find new ways to screw up, there’s an amazing similarity to accident scenarios from today and from 75 years ago. Here’s a list of the most common stupid pilot tricks.
by Douglas Colby