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![When pilots are asked to give information during a flight, it can be either a PIREP or a position report. Know the difference. [Credit: Meg Godlewski]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/IMG_3998-Large-780x470.jpeg)
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Position Report vs. PIREP: The Essential Difference
One keeps air traffic control on track, and the other keeps you safe from weather.
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![Air brakes are among those things—the onward march of modernity relies on them—that you don’t see the need for until you get them, and then you can’t imagine doing without them. [Credit: Peter Garrison]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/FLY0326_3.1-Technicalities-220x150.jpeg)
Technicalities
The Missing Control: Air Brakes Are Indispensable
Advanced Air Mobility
Planning to Watch an Electric Air Taxi Flight? So Are ‘4D’ Models
![Michael Jackson’s Onex on the ramp at Blairstown Airport [Credit: Michael Jackson]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-07-at-2.04.23-PM-220x150.png)
Emerging Technologies
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Help FAA Test ACAS X
![2008 Van’s RV-10 [Credit: Hiller Aviation]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/image_1775572233671-220x150.jpg)
![Part 61 flight schools offer unique advantages, especially for hobbyists, in terms of flexibility. [Credit: Pixabay]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/07/small-aircraft-5568719_1280-220x150.jpg)
What A CFI Wants You To Know
The Great Aviation Debate: Part 141 vs. Part 61?
Pistons
![A Cirrus SR22 in flight [Credit: Cirrus Aircraft]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/Cirrus2026Guide1-780x470.png)
Aircraft
2026 Cirrus SR22 Buyers Guide
Year to bring evolution, automation, and acquisition for the manufacturer.
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Aircraft For Sale Top Picks
This 2021 Epic E1000 Is a Thrillingly Fast, Comfortable ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
![The infamous shine of the Globe Swift GC-1A remains a hallmark of the aircraft to this day. [Credit: WikiMedia Commons]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/640px-Globe_Swift_GC-1A_NC80731-220x150.jpg)
Turboprops
![[Illustration credit: Joel Kimmel]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/FLY1225_1.5-ILAFFT-xxx-780x470.jpeg)
FLYING Magazine
Save the Checks: Turboprop Hauling Flight Faces Harrowing Double-Engine Failure
After not being able to get in a word edgewise with ATC, without warning, the right engine quit.
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![The PC-12 series has a reputation for a long center of gravity range...unless you’re carrying gold bricks in weird locations, it’s difficult to load the airplane out of CG. [Credit: Pilatus Aircraft]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/FLY1225_2.0_WE-FLY_Pilatus-PC12-Pro-1-220x150.jpeg)
Aircraft
We Fly: Pilatus PC-12 Pro
Aircraft
We Fly: Epic E1000 AX
Jets
Jets
Light Sport
![2022 Tecnam P2008 [Credit: R3 Aviation]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/image_1773671343766-780x470.jpg)
Aircraft
This 2022 Tecnam P2008 Is a Nearly New ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
Bypass lengthy manufacturer waitlists with a pristine, low-hour LSA.
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![2023 Vashon Ranger R7 Glacier [Credit: Seitz Aviation]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/aircraft-single-engine-piston-va-8-220x150.jpg)
![The ScaleWings SW-51 by TacAero is a 72 percent P-51 replica. [Credit: Glenn Watson]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/FLY0226_2.0-We-Fly-780x470.jpeg)
![A ramp view of the Bristell B23 Energic. [Courtesy: Christopher Michel]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/FLY0925_2.3-H55-Electric-Aircraft-1-780x470.jpeg)
![A nosewheel bushplane like the ClubCrafters NXCub safely opens the door to backcountry flying for more pilots. [Credit: Jon Bliss]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/FLY0625_FEA1_We-Fly-1-780x470.jpeg)
![Skyryse One is being certified on the versatile Robinson R66 turbine helicopter. [Credit: Skyryse]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/Skyryse_One_004_Profile.jpg)
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![The author said, ‘Nothing happened for several seconds, then…wham! I was diving straight down in a violent spin. I had never seen a spin, let alone been in one.’ [Illustration: Joel Kimmel]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/FLY0226_1.3-ILAFFT-e1773669787103-696x470.jpeg)
![The author says what should have been a routine landing turned into an unforgettable encounter. [Illustration: Joel Kimmel]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/FLY0126_1.4-ILAFFT-e1770211192182-780x470.jpeg)
![The author says, ‘All I thought was, ‘Great, I can save some time going direct,’ and he accepted. (He did the math later, and it only saved about 12 minutes.) [Illustration: Joel Kimmel]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/cessna_182_storm_final-780x470.jpeg)
![Steve Cox, from the YouTube channel Cleared Direct, calls Halter Ranch Airport (89CA) in California a ‘must visit.’ [Credit: Halter Ranch]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/FLY0326_2-780x470.jpeg)
![Falcon Field Airport [Credit: Falcon Field Airport]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/637347228833270000-4-780x470.jpg)
![The airport ramp is crowded space and can be dangerous, so tread lightly. [Credit: Meg Godlewski]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/IMG_3996-Large-780x470.jpeg)
![The author says pilots should not use the words ‘crash’ or ‘fire’ in preflight briefings with passengers because that’s all they will hear, and it can be frightening. [Credit: Meg Godlewski]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/FLY0326_1.1_In-Training-566x470.jpeg)
![Seat placement can make or break a flight as sight picture can be everything for a pilot trainee. [Credit: OlinEJ/Pixabay]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/airplane-4321361_1280-780x470.jpg)
![Check out the FLYING Ultimate Pilot Holiday Gift guide [Credit: FLYING Archive]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/FLY1225_2.1-FEAT2-Gift-Guide-main-780x470.jpeg)
![Garmin has released an update for its iOS Garmin Pilot app, bolstering its aviation charting solution, SmartCharts, with a graphical NOTAM overlay. [Credit: Garmin]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/GraphicalNOTAMs_SmartCharts_Hero-780x470.jpg)
![By the time you become a CFI, the gear bag is filled with instructional tools, and the headset has a bag of its own. [Credit: Meg Godlewski]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/Wolfs-gear-bag-780x470.jpg)
![Jet airliner taking off [Credit: Shutterstock]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/shutterstock_559714906-scaled1-e1711046900955-780x470.jpg)
![Agricultural aviation has evolved from a seat-of-the-pants flying job to a high-tech, precision industry. [Credit: Shutterstock]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/shutterstock_2185904127-780x433.jpg)
![Long-haul pilots get to fly big planes over long distances and spend time in exciting destinations around the world. [Credit: Shutterstock]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shutterstock_1221423478-scaled-e16790057747661111-780x470.jpg)
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