General Aviation Aircraft

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.

December 10, 2018

4 Ways To Avoid A Nightmare Annual
Lessons one pilot learned the hard way, hopefully so you won't have to.

It’s probably not all that often that an airplane owner brings their plane in for an annual inspection and leaves with a smile. However, for seven years I was lucky enough to have that experience. During that time, I lived in Delaware, and the shop I used for my annual was located a short flight more »
November 26, 2018

Maule MX-7-180: Barebones With Big Tires For Big Fun
Here's why those legendary taildraggers from Georgia keep flying out of factory doors.
Maule MX-7-180

In an iconic piece of aviation advertising, Belford D. Maule, universally known as B.D., used to tail his demonstrator ship deep into his Moultrie, Georgia, hangar. In a blast of noise and a cloud of dust, he shot out the front door with the nose angling sharply to the sky, the giant “MAULE” letters on more »
October 24, 2018

2018 Plane of the Year: The Mooney Ovation Ultra
Plane & Pilot recognizes the Mooney Ovation Ultra for the most impressive design in light GA.
Mooney Ovation Ultra

Plane & Pilot Magazine named the Mooney Ovation Ultra its 2018 Plane of the Year, a recognition given for the most impressive design in light GA.
September 27, 2018

Flying (And Building) The Titan T-51D Mustang
Team SocialFlight is building a three-quarter-scale P-51D Mustang. Here’s a peek at how it flies and how it will go together.

Team SocialFlight shares give a peek inside their build of a three-quarter scale P-51D.

August 29, 2018

Quest Kodiak Series II: Power Unleashed
This big bad bear cleans up nicely.
Quest Kodiak Series II

Plane & Pilot flew the Quest Kodiak Series II, find out why we love this plane and describe it as “hands down the best Kodiak ever.”

June 28, 2018

Is Buying A Used Turbine Right For You?
How much a plane costs and how well it performs are only small parts of the turbine aircraft ownership picture.
Eclipse 550

How much a plane costs and how well it performs are only small parts of the turbine aircraft ownership picture.

May 24, 2018

The State Of The Art And The Unlikely Rise Of Cirrus Aircraft

Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and much more! When Cirrus Aircraft launched its G6 model last January, I was impressed, and I’m not the kind of pilot to get easily impressed by an SR22. But the G6 was something different. Even with many of its more »
May 22, 2018

Rebuilding A Strut
You can save lots of dough doing this common overhaul with a little help from your shop.

 Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and much more! When I bought my 1970 Piper Cherokee 180 and the pre-buy and annual were completed, it was time to introduce my wife to our new bird with a short flight around our area. I was hoping to make a good impression. The airplane more »
April 16, 2018

Bristell: An LSA Traveling Machine
This quick and slick LSA hits all the sweet spots

I’ve become a big fan in recent years of Milan Bristela, the Czech airplane designer who’s behind the shape of a few LSA on the market right now, including the BRM Bristell a carbon fiber sport plane that pushes the limits of the term “sport” with its list of quality (and quantity) of life features more »
April 13, 2018

Aviat’s Husky Adds New Tricks
At Sun ‘n Fun 2018, Aviat unveiled a number of substantial improvements to the Husky design.

Subscribe today to Plane & Pilot magazine for news, reviews and more! When the Aviat A-1 Husky first took wing in 1986, it was a pretty barebones take on the Piper PA-18 Super Cub design. More than three decades later, it’s a lot more than that, as the designers at Aviat have refined the Husky’s design, more »
March 23, 2018

Building A T-51D Mustang: A Journey
In conjunction with Plane & Pilot and its other partner companies, SocialFlight’s founder is documenting the coming together of a remarkable amateur-built experimental aircraft kit

Within aviation, the drive to create is infectious, and I caught the bug after my first visit to EAA’s Oshkosh Fly-In back in 1992. I spent the week with eyes wide open, amazed at the number of entrepreneurs and inventors touting new aircraft and technologies in the making. I knew at that moment that my more »
March 12, 2018

Turbodiesel Cessna 172 JT-A
The latest Skyhawk is turbodiesel powered and seriously ready to roll

We turned the corner and crossed the hold short line to the blast off section of Runway 17 in this new Skyhawk we were flying, N688CS. It was my usual haunt, San Marcos, Texas, and the November air was still too warm for late fall, though the stability of the air, luckily, could have been more »
March 6, 2018

Four Seat Piston Singles
Four seaters remain popular in the new-plane market with their mix of roominess and economy. And today’s models add a lot of extras pilots of decades past could never have dreamed of.

For decades, the most popular GA planes have been four seaters. That hasn’t changed. The reason is easy. Most owners want more room than you get in a two-seater, but they don’t need that much more room. A four-seater fits the bill perfectly. While few of these planes travels regularly (or at all) with all more »
February 8, 2018

High Sierra Fly-In Could Change Everything
The three-day outback escape to the high country of remote Nevada is like nothing you’ve ever seen before

Great ideas sometimes take on a life of their own, and make no mistake: The High Sierra Fly-In is a great idea. The three-day event, which takes place annually on a remote dry lake bed in Nevada called Dead Cow Lake (we kid you not), got done with its long weekend of shared aviation insanity more »
January 6, 2018

2018 Maule MXT-7-180
Specifications
Maule MXT-7-180

Main Construction: Steel tubular frame with fabric, metal wings Engine/HP: Lycoming O-360-C1F/180 hp Propeller: Hartzell, 2-blade, metal, constant speed, 76” diameter Avionics: Analog Six-pack, JPI EDM-930 Top Cruise Speed: 120 kts Stall, Landing Configuration: 35 kts Max Range: 932 nm (30-minute reserve) Max Takeoff Weight: 2,500 lbs. Payload (full fuel): 425 lbs. Useful Load: 935 more »
January 6, 2018

2018 Maule M-7-235B
Specifications
Maule M-7-235B

Main Construction: Steel tubular frame with fabric, metal wings Engine/HP: Lycoming O-540-B4B5/235 hp Propeller: Hartzell or McCauley, 2- or 3-blade, metal, constant speed, 78”- 81” diameter Avionics: Analog Six-pack, JPI EDM-930 Top Cruise Speed: 137 kts Stall, Landing Configuration: 35 kts Max Range: 800 nm (30-minute reserve) Max Takeoff Weight: 2,500 lbs. Payload (full fuel): more »

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