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It was an exciting achievement for Sporty’s Academy last week, as four pilots were issued certificates in the same day. If you’ve ever spent the day at the Sporty’s universe of aviation wonder near Cincinnati, you won’t be surprised by the following statement: Everybody there either seems to be getting into an airplane and going […]

The 500 hp carbon-fiber fighter trainer gets the greenlight for production.

There are a lot of things in aviation that make us all feel a bright spark, and one of the brightest is the work of Corporate Angel Network, which recently arranged the 50,000th flight for a cancer patient in need of treatment somewhere far from home. It’s an amazing story. Departing from the Meridian FBO […]

By now, most of you have seen the YouTube video of a small single-engine airplane coming in to St. Bart’s in the Caribbean and coming alarmingly close to a tourist/photographer who was snapping pics of the approaching plane. The mainstream news, as usual, has been pretty clueless in their coverage of the event, and the […]

The EAA Pilot Proficiency Center is returning to AirVenture this year, and Plane & Pilot is proud to announce our support of the effort, which is a real no-brainer. The Center will take center stage at the EAA crossroads just west of the big showcase square. This year, the center will feature more sims, more […]

With this issue, we proudly unveil the new Plane & Pilot, a magazine and a brand committed to exploring the universe of all that matters to us pilots. Regardless of whether your flying is for recreation, for personal transportation, for business travel or for your day job, we’re on it, presenting stories, photos, opinion, technique […]

John Monnett, designer and founder of experimental aircraft manufacturer Sonex, has been telling people the company’s plan “B” is “what you’ve been asking for,” and here at Sun ’n Fun, he revealed exactly what the plan is. The Oshkosh-based experimental aircraft guru also explained the company’s efforts to make its one-place SubSonex jet go faster—at […]

We first saw the Innovator, a blended-wing, two-place composite pusher, when it was displayed as a scale model at Sebring’s Sport Aviation Expo little more than a year ago. Wide and sleek with a twin-boom tail, its projected performance numbers were as attention-grabbing as its appearance. Now a full-scale flying model is on display here […]

Filled with polarizing clauses, the contract goes where no airplane agreement has gone before. Here’s what we make of it.

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