Piston

Follow along as Steve Henry and his crew get their aircraft back in the air just two days after the incident.

The short takeoff and landing demo event at Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo brought fun and excitement to the springtime aviation gathering.

FLYING looks at the aircraft in this class that give you the most miles per gallon.

FLYING looks at the differences in miles per gallon among piston, turbine and jet models.

In its second year, the Husky National STOL Series event in Jennings, Louisiana—“Swamp STOL”—had some of the fiercest competition to date, with many pilots bumped from their comfortable first-place finishes by talented newcomers. While severe storms ravaged the surrounding areas, Jennings was 75 degrees and CAVU this year and offered up 15-kt gusty headwinds right […]

Slated for September 14-18 at Stead Airport (KRTS), the event will also feature the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, as well as children’s activities.

The Husky National STOL series made its West-Coast debut in Arizona.

The event matched competitors in a new bracketing system designed to facilitate movement between the previous classes.

The Cessna 172 was based on the Cessna 170 taildragger, and in 1956 the most notable difference between the airplanes was the gear. The tricycle gear that helped make the Cessna 172 an excellent training airplane was named Land-O-Matic by the marketing department. Cessna’s idea to change the gear configuration most likely came from the […]

STOL Drag pilot Jake Bunting talks about his flying origins and how STOL Drag attracts new pilots.