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The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is announcing a change in its online flight planning member benefit.

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 […]

Garmin has a new smaller version of their very impressive G3X Touch. I examined this at Sun ‘n Fun when it was debuted in the 10-inch screen and came away highly impressed after two reviews on videos. For a billion-dollar company Garmin remains passionately inventive and surprisingly nimble. They keep the heat on now introducing […]

Summer’s big show is over and most aviation business folks are back home having that love/hate affair with email that piled up while we worked the event. On whole, the success story is strong. Airplanes sold, crowds were good, accidents were few, and the weather was not smoking hot like it has been in years […]

Piper’s flagship, the Meridian, simplifies the turboprop transition

Piper PA-46 Meridian Price (std. equip.): $2,219,850 Engine Make/Model: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A Horsepower On Takeoff: 500 TBO (hrs.): 3600 Fuel Type: Jet A Propeller: Hartzell 4-Blade, CS Max. Takeoff Weight (lbs.): 5092 Equipped Weight, std. (lbs.): 3436 Useful Load, std. (lbs.): 1698 Usable Fuel, std. (gals./lbs.): 170/1139 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 562 Wingspan […]

A few little known thoughts. Ever heard of the Cessna 620? Why T-tails? A Seneca Tri-Motor?

How much of it plays a part in aviation?

Rod Machado’s new ’€œhow-to’€ manual hits all the right buttons

When you’re a student pilot, everything in the airplane seems to happen at warp speed.