June 2011
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Aircraft
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2011 Cirrus SR22T
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2011 Cirrus SR22T: Commemorating 10 Years Of GA Innovation
Cirrus refines the SR22T with a 2011 Limited Edition
By Marc C. Lee, Photos by Jessica Ambats
It’s hard to believe it has been 10 years since Cirrus launched the SR22. It’s doubtful that many people had any idea that, from its humble beginnings in 1984, the company that brothers Alan and Dale Klapmeier built would produce what would become the world’s best-selling single-engine piston aircraft. ...more »
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Caring For Your Aircraft
Part III: All About Your Aircraft’s Ignition System
by Marc C. Lee
Aircraft ignition systems are one of those things that few pilots give much thought to. We turn the key, the prop turns, the engine catches, and we're off for another day of flying. ...more »
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Getting Creative: 10 Ways To Fly For Less
Flying doesn’t have to leave your wallet empty
by Marc C. Lee
Flying is expensive. In fact, recent initiatives by the FAA and AOPA list the cost of flying as one of the reasons people either opt not to learn to fly, or stop taking lessons once they start. ...more »
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Phoenix Motorglider
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Phoenix Motorglider: Chase The Shouting Wind
Serious sailplane, awesome cross-country S-LSA, comfortable, beautiful...wow!
Text And Photos By James Lawrence
Cruising under power through footless halls of air, Jim Lee and I thread our way between vaulting rises of cotton-edged clouds. Under one big cumulus high-rise with a flat, dark-gray bottom and a wispy penthouse, we feel a promising bump of lift. ...more »
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Saddling Up A Colt
A novice rebuilds a Piper classic
By James Wynbrandt Photos By James Lawrence
It's not the biggest, strongest or fastest stallion in the paddock. But the spirited two-place Piper Colt PA-22-108 serves as a perfect mount for pilots seeking a trusty, uncomplicated steed over a high-strung, pricey thoroughbred. ...more »
Proficiency
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Takeoff Mistakes: The Critical Minute
It all has to come together in the first 60 seconds, or the rest of the flight may not matter
by Bill Cox
Tom Willett was regarded as a natural. A former USAF navigator, Willett had become one of Globe Aero’s most reliable international ferry pilots. ...more »
Products
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Great New Products!
A selection of gadgets and gear from Aviation’s Spring Break 2011: Sun ’N Fun
Text And Photography By James Lawrence
In the middle of the best of Spring Break air show times it became, for a day, the very worst of times. ...more »
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June 2011 Readback
Super Legend
At Sun ’n Fun, American Legend Aircraft introduced their new Super Legend, the latest in their lineup of two-place sport aircraft. ...more »
Pilot Talk
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Destination Unclear
A solo adventure in the Alaska bush
By Robert Nelson
The little Piper PA-22 lifts off in a fraction of the runway at Council (K29), 60 miles east-northeast of Nome in western Alaska. ...more »
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From The Editor: Cross-Country
by Jessica Ambats
No matter how much you love to fly, 14 hours of flight in one day is a long time. That's how long it took Cirrus pilot Matt Bergwall and me to return to California from Sun 'n Fun. ...more »
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How Tight Is Tight?
Even if you’re really thorough, you can’t always tell during preflight whether something is coming apart
by Peter Katz
Prominent on its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements for 2011 is an assessment by the NTSB that the FAA needs to speed up improvements to procedures and equipment in order to help eliminate runway incursions. ...more »
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Inspiration To Africa
Building general aviation in Ghana with Medicine on the Move
By Melissa Pemberton, Air Show Pilot
During World War II, I was a ferry pilot, flying military aircraft for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). ...more »
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Jack
Once in a lifetime, such a man comes to us
by Budd Davisson
We were somewhere in the middle of the desert heading for my daughter's when my cell phone rang. ...more »
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Light-Sport Chronicles: Scoping The Numbers
Figures lie, and liars figure, even with LSA accident stats
by James Lawrence
Every year about this time, I like to catch up with Mike Adams, the ever-helpful Vice President of Underwriting at Avemco Insurance Company, to take a gander at LSA accident trends. ...more »
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When Not To Go
Contrary to popular belief, ferry pilots aren’t brave. Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.
by Bill Cox
There's a sign-in guestbook in the pilot's lounge at Avitat in Bangor, Maine, that contains the names and missions of most of the international ferry pilots who have come through here in the last 30 years. ...more »
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