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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.

Usually, when a pilot sits down to flight plan a cross-country trip of 2,100 nm from one coast of the U.S. to the other, there is a Cirrus SR22 or Pilatus PC-12 involved. If that planned route takes you from Naples, Florida, to Riverside, California, over several days and through all sorts of weather, flying […]

Clear skies, calm winds, and temperatures just far enough above the basement to enable both a pain-free walkaround and stellar engine performance greeted FLYING Magazine editor-in-chief Julie Boatman and some friends recently for the demo flight she took in the new 2022 Cirrus G6 SR, so they did what any group of pilots would do. […]

We cruise to lunch in the new 2022 SR G6 from Cirrus Aircraft, and pick up speed along the way.

The manufacturer seeks primary type certification on the A5 while under scrutiny resulting from questions regarding its Chinese ownership and potential military applications.

A multiengine rating is an additional certification pilots obtain on a private, commercial, or airline transport pilot certificate that allows them to fly aircraft with more than one engine. As a multiengine rated pilot, your flying experience will build as you operate more and more high-performance aircraft. You’ll also enjoy the security a twin-engine aircraft […]

After earning his private pilot certificate and flying Cessna 172s, FLYING’s owner and CEO Craig Fuller “did the math” and discovered what many buyers also learn—that it was just not possible to find one perfect airplane to serve him for every desired mission. He wanted something fun for pure recreational flying, but also something that […]

Agency to examine the effects of leaded aircraft fuel on the health of children who live near airports.