Search Results for: Super Cub

I think it’s safe to say that it’s time to throw out the rule book. We’ve never seen these economic conditions in aviation before. Here’s what it means.

Can small planes really help when catastrophe hits? Maybe.

Watching for traffic on short final, then this happened.

The biggest growth sector in light aviation is wilderness flying. Here’s how this once-niche segment became a movement.

In the early 1930s, Sensenich began making propellers …from wood. Almost a century later, wood remains a very viable material for props and many recreational aircraft owners are happy about that because wood is light and less costly. However, times advance inexorably. Wood lead to metal which gave way to composite, a category now including carbon […]

A close call reminds the author to be ever vigilant.

For more than a century, bush flying has built bridges and saved lives.

The San Antonio Flight Standards District Office terminated a popular examiner, and when its claimed reasons were made public, area pilots were outraged.

Why? Because it was there!

No holds barred. If it flies in the air with a pilot at the controls, it qualifies. This list plays no favorites, takes no nostalgia into account. And we guarantee that you’ll hate some of these. Nevertheless, we proudly present our list of the most outrageously great planes ever.