Aircraft
Article: Easy Ownership: The Great LSA
Herewith, the Essential Question: What's great about owning and flying an LSA?
Article: How Well Do You Know Your Airliners?
Determining aircraft types isn't as easy as it used to be, when seeing a hump on the front meant it was a 747, and three tail-mounted engines indicated you were in for a noisy 727 departure.
Article: 2011 Cirrus SR22T
Article: 2011 Cirrus SR22T: Commemorating 10 Years Of GA Innovation
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...
Article: Saddling Up A Colt
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.
Article: Robinson In The New Era
In American Indian lore, the coyote is a mythic totem, known variously as the prairie wolf, God’s dog and the trickster.
Article: Caring For Your Aircraft
We all know about TBO (Time Between Overhauls or Time Before Overhaul), and we put money aside—mentally, if not in fact—for engine work with every flying hour, because major work is inevitable.
Article: Sebring 2011: Rays Of Hope Ahead?
The year’s first major aviation show, Florida’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, went off swimmingly, if a mite frigidly in January, with good attendance, thanks to show organizer Bob Woods and his friendly volunteers.
Article: Paths To The Sky
In the seven years since FAA created the sport pilot/light-sport aircraft (SP/LSA) category, even with economic woes, nearly 2,000 LSA now grace America’s skies. ...
Article: Buy To Fly
Hello, can I schedule a lesson for Friday afternoon? No? You don’t have an airplane available?
Article: Sporty’s 50 Years On The Pulse Of GA
I’m meandering along a quiet perimeter road at Clermont County Airport near Batavia, Ohio, on a frigid morning.
Article: The Many Roads To Aviation
Melanie Endsley never set out to become a jet pilot. “The plan was just for me to take some safety pilot lessons since I would be flying with a pilot friend in his jet,” explains Endsley.
Article: Choose Your Own Adventure
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.
Article: Choosing A Six-Seater
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. ...
Article: LSA Buyer's Guide
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.
Article: Four-Seater Buyer's Guide
Four-seat airplanes have always been the most popular configuration in general aviation.
Article: Evektor Sportstar Max
Article: Evektor Sportstar Max: An LSA For All Seasons
I stand by the Evektor SportStar Max at the 2nd Annual Midwest LSA Expo in Mount Vernon, Ill., talking with a gentleman (let’s call him Gary), who epitomizes the typical “hot prospect” to buy a high-end S-LSA.
Article: Air-to-Air Photo Flight
Go behind the scenes on an air-to-air photo mission!
Article: The Last Time
Number One’s three-blade prop begins to turn-cough-turn. The engine whines, whines, then belches out clots of smoke as the big Wright Cyclone thunders to life. Joe Colmer, 93, feels the rumble through the metal seat.
Article: ElectriFly 2010
In 2007, a quintessential “garage inventor” named Randall Fishman showed up out of nowhere at Oshkosh AirVenture with an electric-powered ultralight—and quietly turned the aviation world on its ear.
Article: The Single-Engine Jet From Diamond
I want one. And if you’re thinking about stepping up to your first jet in the next few years, you will, too, once you fly it. I want one. And if...
Article: Cessna 162 Skycatcher
Article: Cessna 162 Skycatcher: It’s Here!
The proliferation of LSA since the FAA announced the first approval at Sun ’n Fun 2005 has been little short of amazing.
Article: Backstage With A Rock Star
“Rock star.” It’s a phrase you frequently hear when talking to Kirk Hawkins, founder and CEO of Icon Aircraft in Los Angeles, Calif. (function(){ var flashvars = {affiliateSiteId:"85996", widgetId:"108329",...
Article: 2009 Cessna 172S: Skyhawk In Year 53
Is it just me, or does the Cessna Skyhawk seem younger than 53? After...
Article: Cubbing Around
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