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Good, Bad, and the Really, Really Ugly of Flying Weather

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 […]

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First U.S. Retail Delivery of Diamond DA50 RG

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 […]

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Affordable Aircraft: Find Your New Dream Plane in 2024

The truth is you have so many choices when shopping for aircraft that this column offers perhaps its most useful function: helping you sift through the many aircraft you could fly. If you find a number of aircraft you like, how can you narrow your choices to find the one that best fits your needs? […]

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This Incredible Pilot: Wiley Post

If only airplanes could talk. The white and two-toned blue Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae residing in the Smithsonian Institution’s Udvar-Hazy Center, outside of Washington, D.C., would have more than a few stories to share. This particular Vega has been up to the stratosphere and around the world. And all at the capable hands of one […]

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My Take on MOSAIC, as Our Comment Window Closed

The comment period for the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking, Modernization Of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC), ended as of January 22, and aviation associations drew my attention—along with others—this month with their lengthy and considerable comment submissions.  The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) made waves earlier in the month when it announced it disagreed with […]

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