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Flying editor-in-chief Robert Goyer presented Garmin with a 2012 Flying Editors’ Choice Award at the company’s headquarters in Olathe, Kansas, for the innovative G2000 integrated avionics suite, which received TSO approval last year. The presentation ceremony took place in front of 200 employees from Olathe and was webcast to Garmin facilities in Wichita, Salem, Oregon, […]

If you look back at used airplane values over the past many decades, you’ll see an interesting though hardly surprising trend: Airplanes that can do a lot go for a premium. It’s a good thing to know if you’re looking to purchase a new airplane, and it’s a good thing to know if you have […]

What better way to wrap up the year than with a list of flyingtips to help carry you into 2013? From how to master a forward slip to recognizing the signs of spatial disorientation, we’ve compiled our most popularflying tips of the year in a list that offers something for beginning pilots, expert aviators and […]

Shopping for pilots can be tricky at best. There is so much aviation gear on the market, and, without trying things out, it’s hard to know what products work well and which ones don’t. Here is a collection of some of our favorites — gift ideas for all budgets that are sure to put a […]

Flying editor-in-chief Robert Goyer has received the National Business Aviation Association’s 2012 David W. Ewald Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in aviation journalism. As many of you know, Goyer has been with Flying since 1994, serving as the magazine’s editor-in-chief since 2010. During his time at Flying, he was written and photographed hundreds of […]

Dozens of Northeast airports were closed on Tuesday and facilities received severe and widespread damage as Hurricane Sandy continued to rip through the East Coast, causing dangerous flooding, high winds and major power outages throughout the region, as well as a massive disruption of air travel that has triggered ripple effects across the globe. In […]

Tamarack Air Group’s president Nick Guida released some details at AOPA Summit yesterday on the company’s secret ATLAS project – aftermarket winglets for the Cirrus SR22. But these are winglets with an interesting new angle. ATLAS stands for Active Technology Load Alleviation System, and it addresses the primary obstacle in adding winglets. Though fixed winglets […]

Exhibitors and business aircraft flyers alike are gearing up for NBAA 2012, slated to take place October 30 – November 1 in Orlando, Florida. Show organizers expect more than 25,000 business aviation professionals to come out for this year’s event, which will be held at the Orange County Convention Center, with an additional static display […]

For Carlie, an experienced right seat passenger flying with her boyfriend, Ryan, the flight in Ryan’s Diamond DA40 seemed like any other. But when Ryan informed Carlie of trouble with the airplane and asked her to get out the emergency checklist, things took an unexpected turn. In this case, Carlie’s reading the emergency checklist carefully […]