General Aviation Aircraft

One of the most celebrated of the Light-Sport Aircraft fleet is Icon Aircraft‘s A5 seaplane. The Southern California company has passed the benchmark set by Cessna after they first announced their Skycatcher to great fanfare back in 2007. Since Icon first emerged in 2005, the company has gone from one man with an idea to […]

  TBM 900 Price, Standard Equipped: $3.71 million Powerplant Type: P&W Canada PT6A-66D turboprop Thermodynamic Power (hp): 1,825 Nominal Power (shp): 850 Usable Fuel Capacity (gals): 291 Wingspan (ft.): 42.10 Height (ft.): 14.29 Length (ft.): 35.22 Wheel Base (ft.): 9.56 Tailplane Span (ft.): 16.36 Maximum Cabin Width: 3 ft. 11.64 in. Maximum Cabin Length: 13 […]

TBM’s iconic turboprop undergoes a major makeover

Pick your ’€œfeet’€ for snow, water or land: You get them all with this rugged LSA

BushCaddy LSA Price As Flown (S-LSA): $89,900 (Canadian) Engine: Rotax 912 ULS (100 hp) (Jabiru 120 hp optional) Propeller: Powerfin ground adjustable Empty Weight (lbs.): 751 Useful Load (lbs.): 569 Payload (full fuel, lbs.): 44 Wingspan (feet): 32 Fuel Capacity (gals.): 20 (10 gal. wing tanks) Max Takeoff Weight (lbs.): 1320 Ultimate Load (G factor): […]

Super Petrel LS from Edra Aeronautica — As described in our earlier article, Edra Aeronautica was nearly done with their acceptance by FAA to be able to sell their handsome biwing Super Petrel LS in the U.S. as a Special (fully manufactured) Light-Sport Aircraft. The “almost” is gone now and Daytona Beach, Florida-based importer Brian […]

Cessna’s new citation M2 upgrades performance, value and features

Cessna Citation M2 Engine Make & Model: Williams FJ44-1AP Thrust (lbf): 1965 Fuel Type: Jet-A TBO (hrs.): 3500 Standard Empty Weight: 6791 Max Ramp Weight (lbs.): 10,800 Max T/O Weight (lbs.): 10,700 Max Landing Weight (lbs.): 9900 Max Zero Fuel Weight (lbs.): 8400 Useable Fuel (lbs./gal.): 3309/494 Full Fuel Payload (lbs.): 700 Wingspan (ft.): 47.3 […]

Less than two weeks from now, the season of recreational flying is officially set in motion with the opening of Sun ‘n Fun … the 40th year of the nation’s first major airshow. It will also be year #2 for the new and much-improved Paradise City, formerly known as the Ultralight or Lightplane Area. Alongside […]

The Great Recession was the pits … for nearly all industries and most employees or small business owners. That’s hardly newsworthy. However, the recovery from the recession — that government economists insist ended years ago — has been a long time coming. For too many out-of-work pilots, that recession lingers with us yet. Fortunately, the […]