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Article: May 2009 Readback

Also labeled: Aviation News, Books and DVDs, Gear, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Supplies, Product Previews, Special Offers, Top Stories

Article: Ownership Made Easy

This...

Also labeled: Aircraft Bargains, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Finance, Journeys, Learning Center, LSAs, People and Places, Sport Pilots

Article: 53 Years Later

I’m 77 and hold a commercial pilot license and an instrument rating. I’ve filled four logbooks. As a child, I made balsa-wood and tissue-paper airplanes. As a teen, I made gas U-Control model airplanes, and I used to ride my bike to the airport...

Also labeled: Columns, Flight I'll Never Forget, Journeys, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Travel

Article: From the Editor: A Diamond For A Pilot’s Pilot

Also labeled: Columns, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Personal Aviation At A Crossroads

Five years ago, the first special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) received its airworthiness certificate, opening up a new chapter in the regulation of simple personal flight. More than 1,000 of these factory-built aircraft and more than 8,000 former...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Columns, Getting Your License, Guest Speaker, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Survivable Ditchings

Without...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, FAA Regulations, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Safety, Weather Skills, Winter Weather

Article: April 2009 Readback

On January...

Also labeled: Aviation News, Books and DVDs, Gear, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Supplies, Product Previews, Special Offers, Top Stories

Article: Profiles In Vision: Tom Peghiny

I like employing people and...

Also labeled: Columns, Journeys, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Return To Goose Bay

When I returned to Goose...

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Article: Sport Pilot Daze

Also labeled: Flying Skills, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, Journeys, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Sport Pilots

Article: Pleasure, Pain & Southern Hospitality

Skylane 250CW, cleared to land, runway two seven.” Those words marked the start of my anniversary weekend in historic Savannah, Ga. The VFR flight to Savannah from Lawrenceville, Ga., on the morning of August 1, 2008, was smooth and uneventful, as was m...

Also labeled: Columns, Flight I'll Never Forget, Journeys, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Travel

Article: From The Editor: From Dream To Reality

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Article: Icing Awareness

Ten years ago, the...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, FAA Regulations, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Safety, Weather Flying, Weather Skills, Winter Weather

Article: Fly-In Dining Grows Up

Few...

Also labeled: Buyer's Guide, Journeys, People and Places, Travel

Article: Light-Sport Chronicles: Questions! So Many Questions!

Also labeled: Columns, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Retreads & Me

Also labeled: Columns, Journeys, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Always The Weather

Also labeled: Columns, Journeys, People and Places

Article: March 2009 Readback

In...

Also labeled: Aviation News, Books and DVDs, Gear, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Supplies, Piston Twins/Turbos, Product Previews, Special Offers, Top Stories

Article: Learn To Fly: Fun Things You Can Do With Your Certificate

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Navigation

Article: Johnson Creek: Backcountry Fly-In Mecca

Also labeled: Aviation Photography, Journeys, People and Places, Taildraggers, Travel

Article: Entering A New Era

finfIt was one of those cool fall mornings with low, scudding clouds. The kind where you keep blowing on cold, damp hands while loading the airplane and glancing occasionally at the leaden skies, the north country’s harbinger of imminent seasonal c...

Also labeled: Columns, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Flight I'll Never Forget

Article: From The Editor: Milestones & New Beginnings

Also labeled: Columns, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: 2008 Reno Air Races

In 2001, “the year that never was,” I was part of the initial attempt to race jet airplanes in the Reno Air Races. In 200...

Also labeled: Columns, Flight Hazards, Journeys, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Safety, Travel, Guest Speaker

Article: Parachute Jump Operations

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, FAA Regulations, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Safety

Article: Plane Living

Also labeled: Buyer's Guide, Journeys, People and Places, Travel

Article: The Hottest Four Seaters

If you’re looking to purchase a four-seat single, then you’ve got no shortage of models to select from. Aside from price range, the models encompass a wide variety of performance capabilities and equipment.

Also labeled: Aircraft Bargains, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Ownership, Piston Singles

Article: Decision Shock? Poppycock!

Also labeled: Columns, Journeys, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Adventure Is In The Eye Of…

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Article: Renewal

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Article: LSA Buyer’s Guide

As a prospective LSA owner, you might justifiably conclude that once you’ve made the crucial decision to buy an aircraft, the most difficult decision is behind you, yes? To quote Comrade Putin: Nyet!

Also labeled: Aircraft Bargains, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, LSAs, Ownership