Piston Twins

Article: 2009 Tecnam P2006T

Also labeled: Specs

Article: New Light Twin From Italy

Naples, Italy, April 18, 1986: Today, I’m first in line for takeoff from Naples toward our initial destination of Nice, France. It has taken all morning to assure that the paperwork is up to Italian standards, but we’re finally ready, or so I hope.

Also labeled: Specs

Article: Better-Than-New P-38

“A f...

Also labeled: Classic Airplanes, Warbirds

Article: The Mystique Of The Baron

I was at Sun ’n Fun two years ago when a subscriber walked up to me and asked a...

Also labeled: New Aircraft

Article: Beech Travel Air

The grass around the 1958 Beech Travel Air was...

Also labeled: Trainers

Article: An Unusual Seneca II

Kim Bass is an unusual pilot with an unusual airplane....

Article: Seneca V: Little Big Twin

At the risk of compromising my alleged objectivity,...

Also labeled: Specs

Article: Cessna 421 Golden Eagle

Some pilots will do anything, ...

Article: “301 Knots!”

It’s a magic number and one not often ...

Also labeled: Engine Modifications, Turbos

Article: Adam A500

There has always been some debate about the justification for piston twins....

Article: The Baron Of Glass

Walter Beech was born with a nearly H.G. Wellsian vision...

Article: Blackhawk King Air 200XP: “Simply Good Business”

Turboprops have always occupied a unique niche in...

Also labeled: Engine Modifications, Turboprops

Article: Aerostar 702: Still The Fastest

There’s something almost magical about staring out at your own...

Article: 1964 Turbo Twin Comanche N4YA

Also labeled: Specs

Article: Majuro 421

Early last summer, I had to leave a 421 with a mechanical problem in the middle of the Pacific and wrote about it on these pages. Maintenance dragged on for another six months before the airplane...

Also labeled: Columns, Features, People and Places

Article: Geronimo!

Let’s just say that you own a flight school in a h...

Article: Across Down Under

There are a few airplanes that deserve better than they got, and I’ve always felt the Shrike Commander is one of them. I flew the big twin for the first time on a ferry to Europe 20 years a...

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Flying Outside The U.S., People and Places