The Advantages of Shopping for Unusual Aircraft
When it comes to buying a used aircraft, well-known models often come with high prices and a lot of competition.
When it comes to buying a used aircraft, well-known models often come with high prices and a lot of competition.
Jason McDowell is a private pilot and Cessna 170 owner based in Madison, Wisconsin. He enjoys researching obscure aviation history and serves as a judge for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association. He can be found on Instagram as @cessnateur.
Many owners select tail numbers with personal meaning, and some are assigned to the aircraft types they display.
Garmin’s GI 275 flight instruments update a 1953 Cessna 170B panel without sacrificing its original round gauge aesthetic.
When traveling to Oshkosh, don’t forget the pizza delivery, solar lights, and storm shelters.
During an instrument panel upgrade, problems can turn into not-too-terribly expensive opportunities for adding functionality and reliability.
Limitations are inherent in modifying old panels.
If we can collectively intervene and convince the neglectful owners to pass their machines on to people committed to maintaining them, we all benefit.
The first NAFI Summit brought together an expert’s round of experts in flight training to the table.
There has been a common hiring dynamic at the airlines for years before the existence of ubiquitous flow agreements.
The Anderson Greenwood AG-14—of which only four remain registered—incorporated a decidedly unconventional layout that featured a single pusher engine and a twin-boom tail.
The EAGLE consortium needs to soar to the challenge now that the FAA and industry must move forward on its roadmap.
As we have progressed to a digital society, fewer and fewer learners and even instructors know how to use analog tools.
We’re finalizing our latest print edition, for November 2023, Issue 943, and we want to hear your thoughts about the cover.
Travel to Kitty Hawk for a Microsoft Flight Simulator reenactment of the historic first flight of the 1903 Wright Flyer.
China’s Nanchang CJ-6A has developed a following of enthusiasts across the globe thanks to its unique looks, modest operating costs, and aerobatic capability.
Former NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly II, best known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 return to Earth safely in 1970, has died at 87.
Sporty’s has established a partnership with Leadership In Flight Training (LIFT) Academy, a training program owned by Republic Airways.
The company says the spacecraft’s first flight test, which ended in flames, ‘provided numerous lessons learned.’
AOPA began flight testing in its AOPA Baron of unleaded, high-octane avgas. The project launched this week with the introduction of GAMI’s G100UL during initial flights in Oklahoma.