Explore the world of general aviation aircraft with our reviews. Written from a pilot’s perspective, these reviews provide fantastic insight into what these general aviation planes are really like.
Since the introduction of the sport-pilot certificate in 2005, light-sport aircraft (LSA) have been eyed with a mixture of hopeful optimism and cautious indifference.
Bristell TDO SPECIFICATIONS Powerplant: 100 hp Rotax 912 ULS/iS Wingspan (ft.): 27 Wing Area: 113 sq. ft. Wing Loading: 10 lbs./sq. ft. Length: 21 ft. 2 in. Height: 7 ft. 6 in. Cabin Width: 51 in. Gross Weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty Weight (lbs.): 675 Useful Load (lbs.): 645 Fuel Quantity: 31.6 gals. usable Endurance (hrs.): more »
If you wonder why it took Mancuso so long to find the Bristell, the manufacturer, BRM Aero of the Czech Republic, wasn’t established until late in 2009.
Pilatus PC12/47E/NG SPECIFICATIONS Avg. Eqpd. Prc-201(US$): $4.556M Engine—make: P&W Engine—model: PT6A-67P Shaft HP—TO: 1200 Shaft HP—Max: 1200 Fuel Type: Jet Landing Gear Type: Tri/Retr Max TO Weight (lbs.): 10,450 Empty Weight (lbs.): 6582 Useful Load (lbs.): 3868 Usable Fuel (gals./lbs.): 402/2693 Payload—Full Fuel (lbs.): 1175 Wing Aspect Ratio: 10.3 Wingspan: 53 ft. 5 in. Overall more »
Sixty years ago when Piper introduced the first everyman’s business twin, the PA-23 Apache, everyone automatically accepted the premise that twins were naturally safer than singles.
Official attendance figures aside, the 134 vendors occupying 158 booth spaces set a new record, Filip said, and included 40 first-time exhibitors.
Sling SPECIFICATIONS Engine: Rotax 912 ULS or Rotax 912 iS Power: 100 hp Fuel: Min. 91 OCT auto fuel or 100LL avgas Propeller: Whirlwind 70-inch 3-blade composite PERFORMANCE Cruise Speed (kts.): 115 Fuel Burn: 912 ULS = 5 gph, 912 iS = 3.9 gph Rate Of Climb (fpm): 900 Max Range (nm): 800+ Fuel Capacity more »
What can you do with a Sling? In today’s world, an aircraft needs to be fun, stable, efficient and—most of all—useful.
Gyroplanes are one of the last remaining secrets in the aviation community.
PLANE COMPARISON FOR PIPER ARCHER TX AND CESSNA SKYHAWK S Piper Archer TX Cessna Skyhawk S Base Price: $338,200 $364,000 Avionics (Garmin): G1000 G1000 Engine: Lyc O-360 Lyc O-360 Power (hp): 180 180 Gross Weight (lbs.): 2550 2550 Empty Weight (lbs.): 1688 1641 Useful Load (lbs.): 862 909 Fuel (gals./lbs.): 48/288 53/318 Payload (lbs.): more »
If you believe what more and more folks in the travel business are saying these days, we’re headed for a pilot shortage—or perhaps we’re already in one.
Waco YMF-5D SPECIFICATIONS Engine Make/Model: Jacobs R755-B2M Horsepower On Takeoff: 300 TBO—Hours: 1400 Fuel Type: 100/100LL Propeller: Fixed Pitch Landing Gear Type: Conv/Fixed Max T/O Weight (lbs.): 2950 Std. Empty Weight (lbs.): 1985 Useful Load—Std. (lbs.): 965 Usable Fuel—Std. (gals./lbs.): 48/288 Opt Fuel (gals./lbs.): 72/432 Payload—Full Std. Fuel (lbs.): 677 Wingspan (upper): 30 ft. Wingspan more »
Our category of adventure aircraft consists primarily of models not always confined to flights from Denver to Dallas or Atlanta to Wichita.
Admit it. Even if you fly Boeing 777s or Airbus 380s for a living, haven’t you always wanted to climb into the rear pit of an open-cockpit biplane and launch for near horizons?
With an improving economy and fuel prices headed down, the turbine market is heating up.
Nobody would argue that the introduction of light-sport aircraft (LSA) changed general aviation in ways unseen since the golden era of Cubs and Luscombes.
Piston twins have gradually dwindled down to a precious few.
Premier 172 SPECIFICATIONS Engine: Continental CD-135 turbodiesel Horsepower: 135 Propeller: MT composite, three blade, constant speed Cruise Speed (kts.): 129 (10,000 feet) Takeoff Ground Roll (ft.): 869 Takeoff Over 50-Foot Obstacle (ft.): 1794 Rate Of Climb, Sea Level (fpm): 690 Fuel Burn (gph, 85% power): 6.2 Range (standard tanks): 44 gallons usable Jet A 55% more »