General Aviation Aircraft

Stemme S10-VT Base Price: approx. $400,000 As Typically Equipped: $446,000 Engine: 115 hp Rotax 914F Turbo Max Range: 928.7 nm MTOW (lbs.): 1,874 Empty Weight (lbs.): 1,423 Max Payload (lbs.): approx. 451 Wingspan (ft.): 75.46 Wingspan, folded (ft.): 37.4 Wing Area (sq. ft.): 201.3 Height (ft.): 5.91 Length (ft.): 27.62 PERFORMANCE Cruise Speed At 10,000 […]

An uncompromising motorglider is set to soar

A proper engine break-in can go far in encouraging long engine life, low oil burn and reliable service

A homebuilt bush plane tries landing on LSA turf

S-20 Raven AIRFRAME SPECIFICATIONS Wingspan: 30 ft. 3 in. Area (sq. ft.): 152.7 Mean Chord (ft.): 5.05 Aspect: 6.0:1 Length: 21 ft. Height—Taildragger: 6 ft. 7 in. Height—Tricycle:: 7 ft. 11 in. Number Of Seats: 2 Doors: 2 Baggage Volume (cubic ft.): 21.2 Baggage Capacity (lbs.): 80 Fuel Capacity (gals.): 26 U.S. POWER PLANT Engine: […]

Hey, buddy, wanna buy an airplane company? Thierry Zibi, proprietor of SAM Aircraft, has put his company up for sale. This decision comes only a year and a half after the first flight of the prototype Sam aircraft. I flew and reported on this tandem seating all-metal airplane. Several other reporters flew the Sam LS […]

Mooney reenters the general aviation high-performance retractable market with the Acclaim S

Acclaim S New Price: $699,000 Engine Make/Model: Continenal TSIO-550G Horsepower At Altitude: 280 @ SL Horsepower On Takeoff: 280 TBO—Hours: 2200 Fuel Type: 100LL Propeller: Hartzell 3 bld/CS Landing Gear Type: Tri/Retr Gross Weight (lbs.): 3374 Std. Empty Weight (lbs.): 2374 Useful Load—Std. (lbs.): 1000 Usable Fuel—Std. (gals./lbs.): 100 Payload—Full Std. Fuel (lbs.): 400 Wingspan: […]

Bearhawk Aircraft announced today the maiden flight of the first kit-built Bearhawk LSA aircraft.

At the big show EAA likes to call the Summer Celebration of Flight, we rove the grounds seeking new airplanes, new engines or propulsion systems, new panel gear, updated models and more. In this very fast tour, we’ll zoom around AirVenture for a glance at some airplanes and components that caught our attention. In subsequent […]