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Looking for an affordable way to get into aircraft ownership? An experimental model may be the ticket.

Prodded along perhaps by recent competition in the low-end com radio market, Garmin on Wednesday announced it will debut two new units targeted closely to replacing the legacy BendixKing KX155s and the like, fitting their form factor and dialing down the cost while keeping certain familiar Garmin functionality. The Garmin GTR 205 com and GNC […]

The mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance in 1937 has lived in the heart of popular culture for almost a century. It’s a mystery that giveth and taketh away—each time we think we’ve solved it, the answer turns out to have been a false alarm. But perhaps a team of underwater archaeologists and marine robotics experts […]

Pioneering aviator and cultural icon Amelia Earhart captured the imagination of multiple generations. While she is perhaps most famous for her mysterious disappearance now, she was a well-known and accomplished personality in her own time, friends with the likes of Bing Crosby and Eleanor Roosevelt. She set or broke several aviation records, cheered on the […]

Take a look at this vintage Cessna twin that offers a unique opportunity for aviation enthusiasts and DIY multiengine pilots.

Categorizing the day’s flying weather requires understanding the acronyms being tossed about. You’ll hear fellow pilots talking about the weather being IFR or VFR, with VFR being good and IFR being bad. I’ve always felt that VFR and IFR refer to the operating rules, as in the visual flight rules under which the flight will […]

The first portable radio with a built-in LEMO jack.

Premier Aircraft Sales made waves last summer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, when it became the first U.S. dealer to deliver a new Diamond DA50 RG to a customer. Now it is marking another sales first as it scoops other dealers in taking delivery of its own DA50 RG demonstrator. The company has been an authorized […]

The leader plans to stay with the association for up to two years while they track down his replacement.

This 1979 retractable version of the popular Skyhawk probably served well on a flight school line, and it’s now on the market.