Piston

The Stihl National Championship Air Races bring the September family back together for a dust-up in the valley.

The longtime U.S. distributor and importer for Flight Design’s line of single-engine piston airplanes has handed the baton to a new principal. Airtime Aviation, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has acquired the assets of Flight Design USA. Tom Gutmann Sr. and Tom Gutmann Jr.—father and son—share ownership of Airtime Aviation. “We’ve closed down Flight Design USA,” […]

If I’m being honest with myself, at least half of my planned aircraft modifications are wholly unnecessary for the kind of flying I do. From STOL kits to big tires to better propellers, these are all fairly expensive mods, and the money could just as easily be spent on prudent things, like mortgage payments and […]

You can take your stock airplane into a lot of out-of-the-way places depending on what that mount may be. Take a Cessna 172, for example. With a modest 180-hp Lycoming O-360 engine up front and lightly loaded, you can land a Skyhawk in an amazing array of places. However, you’ll be able to go into […]

The event was part of the Twilight Flight Fest at the 2022 show.

Pilots gathered to share the thrill of Husky National STOL’s Sodbusters 2022.

Sodbusters 2022 by Husky National STOL brings competitors together the week before Oshkosh.

Was it the greatest airplane of its time—or all time?

The event featuring leaders in STOL and safety takes place at EAA AirVenture on Thursday.

Pilot Tom Dafoe was reportedly advised twice to lower his airplane’s nose because he looked slow.