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![Sporty’s Pilot Shop founder Hal Shevers died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 90. [Credit: Sporty’s Pilot Shop]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Sportys-Bill-Anderson-Topaz-Gigapixel-4x-scale.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1){kind=tracking}
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Hal Shevers Was the Force Behind Sporty’s Pilot Shop
Late company founder built GA empire from small, fuel-stained shack at Lunken Airport.
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!['Aviation Start' Episode 6 with host (left) Jamail Larkins and guest Ethan O'Rourke [Credit: FLYING]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-29-at-12.15.35-PM.png?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
![2013 Cessna TTx T240 Aerostar [Credit: NexGA Aircraft]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cessna.jpg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
Aircraft For Sale Top Picks
This 2013 Cessna TTx T240 Is a Swift, Twin-Turbocharged ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
Pistons
![The sight of a Skyhawk on the ramp has marked the start of many pilots' careers. [Credit: Glenn Watson]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FLY0826_3.0_Hangar-files-1.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
Aircraft
Hangar Files: Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Here’s why aviation’s most familiar trainer still wins over pilots.
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![Cirrus Aircraft has launched the TRAC10, a three-place trainer designed specifically for flight schools. [Credit: Cirrus Aircraft]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-06-at-5.04.14-PM.jpeg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
Turboprops
![Daher Aircraft TBM 980 [Credit: Airborne Films]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FLY0726_2.0_We-Fly-Main.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
Aircraft
We Fly: Stepping Up in Style With Daher Aircraft TBM 980
Turboprop provides 330-knot performance, intuitive cockpit, and new long-distance travel performance.
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![TBM 700 in flight [Credit: Jessica Ambats]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FLY0626_2-main-1-e1785511520986.jpeg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
![The much- anticipated CarbonCub ULT will be making its public debut at Oshkosh in late July. [Credit: CubCrafters]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DSC05271.jpg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
Jets
![Cessna 550 jet [Credit: Shutterstock]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/shutterstock_2271408455.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
Aircraft
FAA Pulls Citation Single-Pilot Authorization
Agency cites safety concerns and ‘widespread noncompliance’ with former rules.
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![Cirrus SF50 G3 Vision Jet [Credit: Cirrus]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cirrus-main.jpeg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
Light Sport
Advanced Air Mobility
4-Seat All-Electric Cosmic One Embodies New Era of Light Sport Aircraft
FAA’s MOSAIC rule opened up a world of possibilities for LSAs, and Cosmic Aerospace is exploring almost all of them.
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![EAA AirVenture Oshkosh [Credit: Tripp Thurston]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_8773.jpg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
Aircraft For Sale Top Picks
This 2019 Jabiru J230-D Is a Practical, Economical ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
![The ScaleWings SW-51 by TacAero is a 72 percent P-51 replica. [Credit: Glenn Watson]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FLY0226_2.0-We-Fly.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![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/2025/12/FLY1225_2.0_WE-FLY_Pilatus-PC12-Pro-1.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![A ramp view of the Bristell B23 Energic. [Courtesy: Christopher Michel]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/FLY0925_2.3-H55-Electric-Aircraft-1-scaled.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![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/2025/06/FLY0625_FEA1_We-Fly-1-scaled.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
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![Miami Executive will host air taxi testing on its ramp areas. [Credit: Miami-Dade Aviation Department]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FLY0726_3.1_Airport-Spotlight.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
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![Student pilot examines the prop during preflight check. [Credit: Meg Godlewski]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/examine-prop.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![Air Bravo install of one-G Simulaton Swiss 12 AATD [Credit: one-G Simulation]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AirBravo-21GS-install-20261010-03a.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![Learn to sift through reams of information in the FAR/AIM to determine what is pertinent and what is not. [Credit: ASA]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/01-e1793106380482.webp?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
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![Air cargo specialists are responsible for organizing, planning, loading, and unloading cargo from aircraft. [Credit: CanvaPro]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cargo-pilot-jobs-scaled1.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
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