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Article: Pipistrel Virus: Triple Your Pleasure

Maybe she dressed kinda funny. Maybe he kept to himself. She was a little eccentric, joined after-school clubs and was an A student.

Also labeled: Aircraft Ownership, LSAs

Article: Piper Meridian: Everyman’s Turbine

The benchmarks of speed in general aviation have traditionally been easy to define.

Article: An Extra For The High Road

Single-engine turboprops are a relatively recent development in general aviation.

Also labeled: Turbine Singles

Article: Skylane For The Flight Levels

Back in 1979, I purchased one of the very first Mooney 231s, my first-ever new airplane.

Also labeled: Piston Singles

Article: Diamond DA40 XLS: Premier Edition

Those of us in the aviation press privileged to review new aircraft are sometimes taken to task for not being appropriately critical.

Also labeled: Piston Singles

Article: Phoenix Motorglider: Chase The Shouting Wind

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. ...

Also labeled: LSAs

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...

Also labeled: Aircraft, Piston Singles

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.

Also labeled: Aircraft, LSAs

Article: DA 42 In The Second Generation

In seeming obedience to the time-honored directive on how to make a small fortune in the airline industry (start with a large one), the major people movers of the world are having a progressively more difficult time staying in business.

Also labeled: Piston Multi

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: 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: Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A: Little Big Jet

Thirty years ago, in what turned out to be a career mistake, I abandoned objective journalism and essentially sold out (for a pile of money, a big expense account and a twin-engine company airplane) to edit a group of corporate magazines for a major...

Article: Cubbing Around

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Also labeled: Aircraft

Article: American Champion Super Decathlon: Flight With Greg Koontz

Also labeled: Aircraft

Which of the following military aircraft do you think is the sexiest?

P-51D Mustang
B-2
SR-71 Blackbird
F-16
F-22

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