Just about every pilot we know has an aviation bucket list, a dream lineup of hardware they want to fly, strips they want to land at, or things they want to do in an airplane before they die. In our new column, called Bucket List, we’re looking for you, Plane & Pilot readers, to tell more »

It took pilots Peter Wilson and Matthew Gallagher 121 days to travel 32,000nm around the globe in a Robinson R66. Their successfully completed journey was the first around-the-world helicopter trek to touch the equator in both the eastern and western hemispheres. The trip was the second of three planned R66 flights for Peter’s Three Journeys more »

Two months ago, EAA subsidiary EAA STC, LLC began selling STCs for installing TruTrak’s Vizion autopilot in Cessna 172 models F through S. As promised, the Approved Model List (AML) for the STC is expanding with EAA announcing on Thursday that the Vizion autopilot is now available for the Cessna 177 series as well. The more »

XTI aircraft announced at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show that its order book has swelled. Over the past year, the company has gotten more than 60 orders for its futuristic-looking tiltrotor (tilt-fan?), the TriFan 600. Apparently, some of the people most interested in the craft are owners of very large yachts, many of which more »

After rumors of a pending sale last summer, flying car maker Terrafugia announced on Monday that it has indeed found new ownership. As earlier speculation suggested, the company has been sold to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Geely Holding is a China-based automotive manufacturing company with a portfolio that includes brands like Volvo and Lotus. According more »

The Tecnam P2012 has FIKI. The company announced that its twin would get flight into known icing (FIKI) certification at the same time as the plane earns its type certification, which it expects by the end of 2018. The P2012 is an eleven-seat, high-wing, fixed-gear, twin hauler powered by a pair of 375-hp Lycoming TEO-540 more »

The idea of flying taxis—autonomous or manned—isn’t going away any time soon and it comes as no surprise that on-demand taxi company Uber wants a piece of the potential action. Uber announced its intent to develop UberAir – an aerial, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) version of its current service – earlier this year at more »

An Airworthiness Directive (AD) proposed on Tuesday would, according to the FAA, affect 11,476 U.S.-registered Pipers. The proposal is based on a couple of reports of corrosion found “in an area of the main wing spar not easily accessible for inspection.” If undetected, the corrosion could cause failure of the main wing spars. To addresses more »

After a 14-year restoration, the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation’s C-97G Angel of Deliverance took to the skies over Brooklyn, New York, on November 7, 2017. The restoration at Floyd Bennett Field’s Historical Aircraft Restoration Project (HARP) culminated with a brief re-opening of runway 6 for its departure. The foundation’s C-97G is the only one flying, more »

Retired MLB star Roy Halladay, 40, was killed this afternoon when his Icon A5 went down in the Gulf of Mexico not far from his home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit responded to a call reporting the crash around 1:00pm. Halladay was a two-time Cy Young winner, eight-time All-Star and more »

The wreckage of a Cessna 182E floatplane, discovered last week in steep, forested terrain on Admiralty Island, Alaska, has been identified. The plane, along with the two people on board—Brian and Brandon Andrews—went missing on August 9, 2008, on a short flight from Young Lake (Admiralty Island) to Juneau. Both Brian, 56 at the time, more »

Here at Plane & Pilot, we believe in giving our readers the biggest range of stories and experiences possible, so that means opening our pages to you, our audience, to share your flying tales and insights. Here’s a list of some of types of stories we’re looking for: Lessons Learned about Flying (and about life): more »

As the year comes to a close, the FAA has said that 2017 is looking like one of the safest years yet for general aviation. Obviously the numbers aren’t final, but early estimates—discussed at the FAA-hosted Fifth General Aviation Safety Summit on October 24—have the rate for fatal accidents at just 0.84 per 100,000 flight more »

Where do electric airplanes fit in with GA’s future? Today, electrically powered planes have effectively zero penetration in the light plane market, and there’s nothing on the near horizon that will change that. But looking out a little farther, how will electrics, with their clean power, their quiet noise footprint, and their cheap direct operating more »

The most talked about company in all of GA these past few years is Icon, a small California-based Light Sport Aircraft manufacturer that has produced a handful of planes. The notoriety will continue after the company’s announcement today that it has raised up the price of its A5 to a base price of $269,000 and more »

Are pilots really in such short supply in China? Regardless, the country has taken the first step in what is almost certain to be the wave of the future, with the entry into service of a full-sized, unmanned, single-engine aircraft, a PAC P-750 XSTOL, manufactured by New Zealand company Pacific Aerospace, Ltd. For use as more »

When the Windecker Eagle earned type certification way back in 1969, it was a harbinger of a future in which composite construction would become, if not the dominant materials approach in light aviation, then at least one of two major players. The Eagle in many ways presaged the coming of the Cirrus SR22 and Cessna more »

On October 27th and 28th, AOPA held the last of its four planned fly-ins for the year. 5,478 attendees—along with 339 aircraft—showed up at Peter O. Knight Airport (KTPF) in Tampa, Florida, for the two-day event. AOPA reports that 2,400 people came on Friday alone, the day the event’s workshop sessions were held. In addition more »