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FAA Delays Moving Flight Plans To ICAO Format
The implementation date requiring pilots to switch from the U.S. domestic flight plan format to the ICAO system has been pushed back once again
Four-Blade Hartzell For The Caravan
Texas Turbine gets an STC for a new Hartzell on its Supervan 900 Caravan conversion
Going Direct: My New Plane
For the past few months, I’ve been looking for a good used plane, and I finally found the one I wanted, a 1964 Cessna 182G in good condition, with low total time, an engine and prop with lots of life, and a nice paint job. It needs avionics in the worst way, so my next […]
Safe From Drones?
As drones develop, people are scrambling to identify and address the security concerns they present
2018 Budget Calls For ATC Privatization
The new budget proposal includes having ATC run by a non-profit corporation and funded by user-fees
Call Of The Heart
It was a desolate and alien place, looking more like a photo from Mars than any place that could be on this Earth. The vista stretched for miles in every direction, a rock-strewn blanket of baking, undulating tan, brown and bone white scree. As desolate as this vista was, so too appeared the lives of […]
Going Direct: Battery Breakthrough Could Cheaply Power Electric Planes
If it’s for real, the advance would revolutionize electric flight. For the past many years, I’ve been the pro side in arguments with colleagues about the future of light aviation. Unlike many of my friends, I believe, to paraphrase William Faulkner, that light GA will not only survive but endure. I do accept that something […]
Two Exciting New Aircraft Earn EASA Approval
The Piper M600 and the Cirrus Vision Jet are poised to take the European market by storm