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Texas Turbine gets an STC for a new Hartzell on its Supervan 900 Caravan conversion

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 […]

As drones develop, people are scrambling to identify and address the security concerns they present

The new budget proposal includes having ATC run by a non-profit corporation and funded by user-fees

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 […]

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 […]

The Piper M600 and the Cirrus Vision Jet are poised to take the European market by storm

New ruling classifies light recreational drones as model planes

The shortage of skilled technical workers could spell trouble for the aviation industry

This online option takes the first step toward addressing some of the issues with pilot weather reports