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They‘re Here, Now What?
 Eclipse. Cessna. Embraer. Three different companies with three different certified very light jets (VLJs). The latter, with its newly certified Phenom 100, currently holds the crown as the biggest, fastest and most expensive of the certified VLJs to date. Cessna’s Mustang holds the distinguished position of the tried and tested âsure thingâ built by a company that understands owner-pilots better than anyone. |
We Fly the F-22 Raptor
Here’s what it’s like to fly the world’s most sophisticated fighter ’ sort of.
Lancair Evolution: Revolutionary Homebuilt
Lancair reaches for new horizons in four-place homebuilts with the Evolution propjet
More Than Monitoring
Glass cockpits ease workload, but pilots shouldn’t forget to maintain their flying proficiency
From The Editor: Low & Slow
 You’d normally find her looping and rolling at 250 mph in front of thousands of spectators at the industry’s biggest air shows, but this month, aerobatic champ Patty Wagstaff takes us on a different kind of adventure, low and slow above elephants, rhinos and cheetahs in the remote wilderness of Kenya. |
Blimpin‘
As I drive down the 405 freeway toward the Goodyear Blimp Base in Gardena, Calif., I can’t help but think that, in 20 minutes, I’ll be in an aircraft flying at half my driving speed. Not only that, I’ll be in one of the world’s most recognizable aircraft with one of aviation’s most recognizable heroes, Mike Melvill, pilot/astronaut of Scaled Composites’ X Prizeâwinning SpaceShipOne.
