October 2010

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Aircraft
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Buying Your First Airplane
Navigating the purchase maze
by Budd Davisson
Buying your first airplane is exciting and confusing, all at once. ...more »
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Carbon Cub SS
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King Kong "Little" Cub
CubCrafters’ top LSA offers a big surprise when the throttle goes forward
I used to have a buddy in the drag-racing business who claimed that given enough horsepower, you could push a Peterbilt through the Mach in a quarter mile. ...more »
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Step Up To The Super
Yes, it is a NEW airplane
To stare out at the world from either seat in a Waco is to wonder where we’ve been and where we’re going. ...more »
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Waco YMF-5D
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Proficiency
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Demystifying ATC
How to work better with “the voice” in your headset
by Evan Munro, ATC
It seems we all have a story, some event in our lives that brought us into the aviation trade. ...more »
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Lessons Learned Part 2
The Lower 48
by Patty Wagstaff
After earning my private pilot’s license in Alaska in 1980, I wasn’t sure what was next. I loved to fly. ...more »
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Pilot Careers 2010: A Brave New World
With the industry showing signs of life, preparation and training soon will meet opportunity for prospective pilots
by Marc C. Lee
It probably seems extraordinary to be discussing pilot careers at a time when the worst economic turmoil in 60 years has dragged the airline industry to near-collapse and an insatiable media has spotlighted every ugly aspect of the profession. ...more »
Products
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11 Best New Products
Innovation continues to drive GA’s heart and soul
The heart and soul of civilization, if you buy the exhaustively researched conclusions in Matt Ridley’s top-selling book The Rational Optimist, has been trade between the world’s people, from the very beginnings of humankind’s first yearning to explore and occupy the far horizons of planet Earth. ...more »
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October 2010 Readback
Sport Pilots In The Bahamas!
by The Editors
The Bahamas has changed its rules to allow U.S.-based sport pilots to operate in its airspace. ...more »
Pilot Talk
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Buyer Beware
Whether it’s a new or used airplane, don’t rush when doing your prebuy inspection
by Peter Katz
You might think that FAA airworthiness, inspection and record-keeping requirements virtually guarantee that any airplane you buy is going to be in superb condition. ...more »
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From The Editor: Make Your Own Runway
by Jessica Ambats
I’ve always admired—and envied—bush pilots. ...more »
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Light-Sport Chronicles: Little Airports
Green fields, blue skies, white clouds—LSA heaven, here I come!
by James Lawrence
Behold the home of the $100 hamburger, the remnants of a life gone by, when linen-covered, nitrate-doped biplanes landed in potato fields and took small-town kids for rides on balmy summer days. ...more »
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Memories Of The Swift
My first airplane was a Swift—and I survived
by Bill Cox
Okay, right up front, in an attempt to stop short any angry letters from Swift owners, I loved my little Swift. ...more »
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Our First Airplane
There’s only one “first...” or is there?
by Budd Davisson
I was recently posed with a seemingly simple question: What was your first airplane? ...more »
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Taking Command Of Your First Plane
The Bellanca that could not be resisted
It started at Disneyland, holding my daughter Elena’s hand, when my cell phone rang. ...more »
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The Power Of Electric Flight
Bridging the continents, bridging the generations
What’s the next big leap in aviation? I think about this stuff all the time. ...more »
Travel
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Rookies of Reno
So you want to race around the pylons? Here’s a look at what it takes.
by Tim Kern
The Reno Air Races are unlike any other contest in the world. ...more »
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