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Flying The Garmin G1000 DVD (Sporty’s, 2006, ID# D554A). Updated to highlight recent enhancements to Garmin’s popular avionics program—such as the optional traffic advisory system—Sporty’s DVD demonstrates the best ways to use the G1000 on the ground and in the air. Join Richard Collins as he instructs you from a G1000-equipped Cessna 182 and a […]

Dova Skylark LSA Base price: $100,600 Engine make/model: Rotax 912S TBO (hrs.): 1500 Horsepower@altitude: 100@SL Fuel type: 100/100LL Propeller type: Fixed Pitch Landing gear type: Tri./Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs): 1320 Gross weight (lbs.): 1320 Landing weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 653 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 667 Useful fuel, std. (gals.): 24 Payload, […]

2006 Liberty XL-2 Base price: $159,900 Engine make/model: Continental IOF-240 Horsepower: 125 TBO hrs.: 2000 Fuel type: 100/100LL Propeller type: 2-blade, FP Sensenich Landing gear type: Tri./Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs.): 1653 Gross weight (lbs.): 1653 Landing weight (lbs.): 1653 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 1065 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 588 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): […]

Michigan-based Prestige Aircraft recently rolled out their first U.S.-built Storm Rally. Examples of this attractive high wing aircraft seen at airshows like AirVenture 2006 were manufactured by the Italian company that created the design. Now, Prestige builds the Rally under an agreement with Storm Aircraft and plans to add the low wing Century and amphibious […]

Maybe you’ve heard about Able Flight, an organization formed to assist people with disabilities to fly. This worthy effort recently awarded its first two scholarships with more to come. Sponsors are lining up and this summer will see a special presentation at AirVenture Oshkosh. The aircraft of Able Flight’s focus is the Sky Arrow which […]

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The Few: The American “Knights Of The Air” Who Risked Everything To Fight In the Battle Of Britain by Alex Kershaw (De Capo Press, 2006, ISBN: 0-306-81303-3). The summer of 1940 marked the second year of World War II. Hitler planned to invade England, but the United States hadn’t entered the war. Several Americans joined […]