One of the very first LSA I flew was the Evektor SportStar, an all-metal, low-wing monoplane with a cute bubbly profile and a …
March 2012
Evektor Harmony
Evektor Harmony Price as flown (Dynon SkyView): approx. $168,000 Base Price: approx. $125,000 Wingspan (ft.): 30.3 Cabin …
Visiting America Airport By Airport
My flight student Matt Rickman and I departed Southern California for Illinois at the end of June, just as summer …
Running With The Big Dogs: A Jet Experience
Don’t be in a rush to screw things up!” It’s one of many little sayings and memory joggers …
Unplanned Obsolescence
Every so often, something will happen that reaches out and raps you in the noggin, and makes you realize how …
Light-Sport Chronicles: Heart Like A Wing
It’s that time of year! Spring be sprung, or nearly so; if a blanket of frosty white lurks beyond …
May I See Your Driver‘s License?
Others believe the resources the FAA devotes to medical certification could be put to better use elsewhere …
Do Something Magical: Learn To Fly
I’m still learning to fly. Even three decades after earning my private pilot certificate at 17, I’m still …
A Skyhawk For Everyone
All really great flying adventures begin at dawn,” wrote Stephen Coonts in his cross-country odyssey Cannibal Queen, and those …
Amelia Earhart: A Modern Adventure
This contemporary Earhart is re-creating one of the legendary aviatrix’s flights: the leg from Oakland, Calif., to Miami …
Live With Your Airplane
There’s nothing like being able to walk out your back door to your hangar and into your airplane,” says …