Piston Singles
Article: Prius With Wings
We cruise along in the sleek, comfy Pipistrel Sinus motorglider on a northwest heading, plying the butter-smooth air at 8,500 feet and 105 knots. ...
Article: Down & Dirty
How would the fancy SR22 perform on a mountain strip, dueling in the dirt with more rugged distant cousins?
Article: The Taildragger Reborn
I'm reminded, in every detail, what top-quality, beautifully crafted airplanes this company makes.
Article: Piston Singles Buyer's Guide 2013
The good news for 2013 is that a new model was added to the production ranks late in 2012.
Article: Husky Dawn Patrol
The early morning sunlight glinting off the crystal waters of Lake Pend Oreille (roughly pronounced "pond-o-ray") and reflecting back off our Husky's bright-yellow wing is too much for even my military-spec sunglasses to handle.
Article: Mustang Teaching Machine?
For many pilots, speed is the narcotic that attracted them to the discipline in the first place.
Article: Cirrus SR22 GTS: The Perfect Plane?
Some aircraft change the game. Looking back, designs like the Cessna 172, the Beechcraft Bonanza, Piper Cub, Mooney M20 and a handful of others have changed the way aviators—and outsiders—perceive general aviation.
Article: 2012 Cirrus SR22 GTS
Article: Gipps Airvan: Don’t Call It A Caravan
When you think of dedicated utility airplanes, what's the first machine that comes to mind: a Cessna Stationair, a Cherokee Six, a Cessna Caravan? George Morgan of GippsAero in Moreland, Australia, has a slightly different answer to that question...
Article: Piston Singles Buyer’s Guide 2012
Despite what some folks believed was a down economy for piston aircraft, there are still nearly four dozen models on the market, and all 11 manufacturers seem to be standing strong against the recession.
Article: The Littlest Boeing
Shortly after I purchased my first airplane in 1968 (a Globe Swift), I shared an executive hangar with a Ryan PT-22 and a Big Yellow Stearman, the latter owned by a retired Pan Am captain.
Article: Skylane For The Flight Levels
Back in 1979, I purchased one of the very first Mooney 231s, my first-ever new airplane.
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.
Article: Piper Archer: 50 Years & Counting
Learning to fly is, in many respects, simpler than it's ever been.
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: Dreams Of Ownership Fullfilled!
Even nature reserves orange for only the most special of offerings: sunsets, habanero peppers, clown fish and Cheetos. An orange airplane, then, is really something. ...
Article: Backcountry Monster: The Legend Of Bigfoot
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings,” wrote Gordon Lightfoot in his wrenching ballad about the sinking of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, “in the rooms of her ice-water mansions.”
Article: World's Best Trainer
The lady in my life, Pilot Peggy, is in the process of learning to fly.
Article: Cessna 170A: Rebuild Of A Lifetime, Literally
One of the benefits of writing about airplanes for a living is that I’m often entrusted to fly some truly wonderful machines.
Article: Sports Sedan Of The Six-Place Singles
It’s hard not to love a Bonanza, especially if it’s the stretched model 36.
Article: Beechcraft Bonanza G36
Article: Fixed-Gear Speed Demon
If you fly most of your flights on the West Coast or rely on your airplane for on-demand business or personal travel to virtually any destination, turbocharging is more than a convenience.
Article: Step Up To The Super
To stare out at the world from either seat in a Waco is to wonder where we’ve been and where we’re going.
Article: King Kong "Little" Cub
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. ...
Article: Capetown Racing
Given this 50:1 advantage, floatplanes or seaplanes make a lot of sense; there are many places you can land, plus you can reach interesting locations you never considered in a land plane.
Article: Cirrus SR22T: Turbo Without the STC
Has it really been a full decade since Alan and Dale Klapmeier introduced the first version of the airplane that would eventually conquer the general aviation world? ...
Article: 2010 Remos GX Avıator II The Joy Of Flight
A high, dense line of clouds has moved over Great Barrington Airport (GBR) in western Massachusetts.
Article: 2010 Remos GX Avıator II
Article: High-Class Cruiser
This is the story of three jaw-dropping moments that followed my introduction to the gorgeous, new Tecnam P2008. This is the story of three...
