September 2006
Aircraft
- 1980 Cessna 335 by Staff
- G36 Bonanza N936EW
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The Ultimate Bonanza: Glass And Fast
This high flyer can carry six people at 200 MPH
Proficiency
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Is 35 Hours Enough
If you don’t fly much, make each hour pay for itself
by Budd DavissonThe world’s flying community looks at the 35-hour yearly average for U.S. pilots and shakes its collective head. They bemoan what they perceive as a general lack of proficiency and place blame on the pilots, as though they’re doing it on purpose.
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Romancing the Stone
Her husband’s love for aviation and camping inspired Carlana to learn to fly
by Jessica Ambats
Carlana Stone and her husband John Lawson love nothing better than going camping with their 1977 Maule M5-235, fondly nicknamed Molly. Lifting off from Whiteman Airport in the busy Los Angeles area, they fly to campgrounds ranging from remote bush strips, such as Idaho’s Johnson Creek, to local romantic getaways in the vineyard country of Santa Ynez. Typical camping activities ensue: pitching a tent under Molly’s wing, exploring the area and swapping flying stories around the campfire. -
Santa Maria’s New Build A Plane Project
Kids join in a project to rebuild a Cessna 172
by Pamela Lee
Dan Williams has always been interested in aviation. “I had my first flight lesson at 18, but I had no money to finance further lessons in college,” he recalls. Though he maintained his interest in aviation, it wasn’t until the end of his first marriage that Dan could get back to flying, only now he was also interested in a project working with kids. So when he met Stephen Walker, owner and director of Avionics West, Inc., at Santa Maria Airport in California, the two bonded over their love of aviation and their mutual desire to get kids similarly interested and involved with flight.








