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With cool temperatures and great visibilities, autumn-to-spring flying requires a different set of rules’€”and it all starts on the ground

How they work and why things are about to change

Listed below are the results from the January/February 2003 Reader’s Choice Awards: Multi-Function Display category. 1st place: Garmin GNS 530 www.garmin.com/products/gns530 2nd place: UPS Aviation Technologies’ MX20 www.upsat.com 3rd place: Chelton Flight Systems’ Synthetic Vision EFIS www.cheltonflightsystems.com Listed below are the results from the March/April 2003 Reader’s Choice Awards: New Aircraft category. All-time favorite new […]

2004 Cessna 182T Skylane N21452 Base price: $260,000 Engine make/model: Lycoming IO-540-AB145 Horsepower@rpm@takeoff: 230 Propeller type/diameter (in.): 3-blade CS/79 Landing gear type: Tri/Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs.): 3110 Gross weight (lbs.): 3110 Max landing weight (lbs.): 2950 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 1897 Max useful load, std. (lbs.): 1213 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 728 Usable […]

1958 Beechcraft Travel Air N100BH Base price: $49,500 Engine make/model: Lycoming O-360-A1A Horsepower@rpm@altitude: 180@2700@SL Horsepower for takeoff (per engine): 180 TBO hrs.: 2000 Fuel type: 80/87 Propeller type/diameter: Hartzell/72 Landing gear type: Tri/Retr. Max ramp weight (lbs.): 4000 Gross weight (lbs.): 4000 Landing weight (lbs.): 4000 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 2500 Empty weight, as tested […]

The easy part was done. We had bought an airplane. Now we had to get busy with new avionics, paint and interior to create our vision of the perfect flying machine.

By buying a used airplane and weighing its pros and cons, you can settle on a plan to make an ’€œalmost’€ airplane into one that’s ’€œjust right’€

More and more pilots are beginning to understand that anyone can find themselves in unusual attitudes

Whether you’re a G-junkie or a wannabe Top Gun, there’s a bird out there for you

It’s strong, friendly, roomy and rigged for hands-only flight!