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In a remarkable display of the innovative spirit of aviation and the potential of clean technologies, the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 touched down at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California, last week. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the single-pilot plane on April 23, after taking off from Hawaii 62 hours after earlier. The journey of the […]

The FAA has given approval to three Tecnam enhancements for the P2010 4-seater, including updated avionics and an alternative to 100LL fuel. Those enhancements include offering an integratedGFC 700autopilot to go alongwiththe G1000 flight deck, which is standard in the P2010. A second option, the Garmin G500avionics suite, will lower the overall cost of the […]

Continental Motors Group has raised the TBR (time between replacement) of its diesel CD-100-series engines to 2,100 hours, significantly lowering operational costs.The lifetime increase affects all CD-135 and CD-155 engines manufactured since December 1, 2015. Several design improvements engineered over the last two years have made the improvements possible. Both the CD-135 and CD-155 are […]

The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) released the results of a recent study, which focused on backcountry flying and the effects of noise on wildlife populations. The results of the two-year evaluation were pretty interesting. In 2014, the RAF was awarded an AOPA Foundation grant toward the cost of studying to determine if there are noise […]

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 […]

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 […]