FLYING Staff

Flying Innovation Award Nominee: CubCrafters XCub

Developed in secret over a six-year period, the CubCrafters XCub emerged on the scene last June as a fully certified product ready for delivery to buyer’s who sought the ideal backcountry machine. Though it’s a clone of the Piper Super Cub introduced to the market decades ago, the XCub is a thoroughly modern aircraft, featuring […]

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Flying Innovation Award Nominee: HondaJet

In development for 30 years, the HondaJet is a revolutionary airplane that challenges many of the assumptions of bizjet production. Featuring a natural-laminar flow wing and fuselage and Honda’s unusual over-the-wing engine mounting configuration, it is most advanced VLJ ever produced. Priced at $4.9 million, the all-composite HondaJet can cruise at 422 ktas at FL […]

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Flying Innovation Award Nominee: Piper M600

Major enhancements inside and out make Piper’s M600 the most advanced iteration of the PA-46 ever. Four key changes to the previous Meridian turboprop elevate the new M600 to a worthy contender for Flying’s 2017 Innovation Award. First, Piper designed an all-new wing that offers improvements in payload and speed and can hold more fuel. […]

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Flying To Reveal Innovation Award Winner at Oshkosh

The first and only award created to recognize the most significant innovation in general aviation from the preceding year is about to be revealed. Flying magazine Editor-in-Chief Stephen Pope will hand over the inaugural Flying Innovation Award trophy at an evening event on the shores of Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the start of […]

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Photos: A Preview of the 2017 Paris Air Show

The 2017 International Paris Air Show kicked off in style on Monday, as French President Emmanuel Macron flew in aboard Airbus’ A400M military transporter. His arrival was followed by the always-exciting Patrouille de France aerial display team, as well as Airbus’ massive A380. It was a necessary spectacle for Airbus, which is using the event […]

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Chart Wise Quiz Answers: July 2017

Instrument approach plates contain considerable amounts of valuable information. But that information only has value to a pilot who understands the symbology displayed on the chart and possesses a reasonable understanding of the ATC system and the procedures around which the approach was created. All too often, pilots expect air traffic control to simply use […]

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Flying Sponsors New York-Area Wings and Wheels Show

Flying magazine, in support of the Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey, will participate in a Wings and Wheels Exposition being held for the first time ever at Essex County Airport in Caldwell, New Jersey, this September 23 and 24. Thousands of spectators are expected for the New York City-area show, a highlight of […]

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Flying Aviation Expo Canceled for 2017

The organizers of Flying Aviation Expo have decided to put the event on “line up and wait” until further clearance as they explore new opportunities, including the possibility of partnering with AOPA’s successful regional events. Jeff and Vivienne Herold, owners of Scheyden Eyewear, took over the third annual show in Palm Springs, California, last October […]

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