Imagine this: You’ve just launched on a trip to Las Vegas and have a magic sectional chart taped to your panel …
November 2010
Sirius TL-3000
SIRIUS TL-3000 Engine make/model: Rotax 912 UL-S Horsepower: 100 Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight, std …
Open-Cockpit Chills
It was discovered last September that my open-cockpit biplane, a Starduster Too, needed an engine overhaul …
Hazards Of Extreme Flying
Ensuring that there’s a safety margin in everything we do is fundamental to aviation accident avoidance …
Light-Sport Chronicles: The Time Traveller
Writing for a major aviation publication like Plane & Pilot feels sometimes like being a time traveller …
Aviation Without A Soundtrack?
The other day, I got yet another nastygram. This one from an individual who had read somewhere that my airplane …
Hearing Loss: Could It Happen to You?
A 2008 study by hearing expert Sergei Kochkin found that 35 million Americans have permanent hearing impairment …
Managing Risk: VFR Versus VMC
It has been a long day on a long cross-country flight. The weather forecasts have not been very accurate …
Sirius TL-3000: High society”In blue jeans
It’s not every day you fly an airplane where sensuality in form joins a flying function so affable, you …
Cessna Corvalis TT
CESSNA CORVALIS TT Base Price: $644,500 Engine make/model: Continental TSIO-550C Horsepower on takeoff: 310 TBO (hrs.): 2000 …
A New Lease On Flying
He hasn’t been out of GA for very long, but as far as the developments he’s missed, nothing …