General Aviation Aircraft

Taking LSA performance to a crazy new level

The airplane flown for this report was the first production model in the United States. It was outfitted with all equipment as seen in the accompanying photos with commonly ordered avionics (a wide variety is available and can be installed in the USA). Exterior paint and interior finish are standard for the Outback Shock, though […]

For builders of Experimental airplanes, building a wiring harness can be a daunting task. Good news’€”professional help is available

Icon Aircraft CEO Kirk Hawkins shared a computer depiction of events leading to the crash of an A5 flown by factory chief pilot, Jon Karkow. From A5’s onboard black box Icon engineers assembled a second-by-second path for the ill-fated Light-Sport Aircraft. The data showed speed, power settings, flap position, and more. According to the Napa […]

The Cub is such an icon of light aviation that it’s easy to forget some important things about the actual airplane

If you know the Part 103 category of the FAA regulations, you know these are the lightest aircraft in aviation (that is, man-carrying aircraft; drones excepted).* After years of disappearing, Part 103 entries have come back more recently and at AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, we saw another. This is the Just Aircraft Superlite, except that name […]

There are a lot of amazing-looking airplanes in the general aviation universe. We pick the nine most beautiful ones. You get to pick the tenth.

Legendary aviation photographer Jim Koepnick’s AirVenture photos will blow you away.

Master photographer Jim Koepnick captures the magic of the world’s biggest and coolest air show.

An epic flight in the first truly personal jet