Pia Bergqvist

During World War II, North American P-51 Mustangs were flying en masse from the United States to Europe to join the Allies in the fight. Today, more than 70 years after the war, it is extremely rare to see P-51s follow the same route. However, this week, Lee Lauderback, the owner and chief pilot of […]

EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is just a few weeks away, with day and night airshows, special aviation-related events and vendors from far and wide. One of the largest hangar displays at the Wittman Regional Airport is Corona, California-based Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company. While the company brings a sizable stock of supplies to the […]

The two-seat Sonaca 200 has successfully taken to the skies at the Brussels South Charleroi Airport in Belgium. The second assembled airplane, Flight Test Aircraft 2, was used for the flight, which lasted about 10 minutes, said Sonaca Aircraft‘s chief commercial officer and pilot Pierre Van Wetter. Since then, several additional flights have taken place, […]

If you own an airplane powered by a Lycoming engine, this may come as a welcoming piece of news. The FAA has signed off on an Alternate Method of Compliance (AMOC) to Airworthiness Directive AD-2012-19-01 regarding the TBO schedule for a long list of Lycoming engines. The affected engines along with details for overhaul schedules […]

Lancair International, which was taken over earlier this year by Mark and Conrad Huffstutler in Uvalde, Texas, is bringing back the four-place, fixed-gear Mako as a competitor to the Cirrus SR22 and Cessna TTx. The Mako is closely related to the TTx, which started out as the Columbia 350/400 – a certified sidestep to Lancair’s […]

One Aviation has released details for the larger version of the Eclipse jet, the EA700 “Project Canada,” which was first announced last year. The information was revealed at the Eclipse Jet Owners and Pilots Association Annual Convention this week at Amelia Island, Florida. The twinjet will be more than a foot longer than its smaller […]

ForeFlight has added subscription plans to accommodate pilots of high-performance piston aircraft, turboprops and jets. The Performance Plus and Business Performance Plus subscription plans provide flight planning tools that quickly compute several route options with time, fuel, route and altitude data based on performance, payload and current weather conditions. Powered by ForeFlight’s AviationCloud technology, the […]

Owners of the recently certified Daher TBM 930 can now benefit from simulator training after Simcom achieved FAA approval for a high-fidelity flight training device (FTD) for the single-engine turboprop. While it is not a full level-D simulator, the Frasca FTD provides a highly realistic flight training environment and qualifies for insurance requirements. Daher provided […]

AOPA’s Air Safety Institute has introduced a monthly podcast series named “There I Was…” The podcasts are aimed at educating pilots through discussions with a variety of pilots talking about unexpected scenarios and how they survived them. “There I Was…” is hosted by ASI’s executive director Richard McSpadden, a former commander/flight leader of the USAF […]

Cirrus Aircraft is soon going to have some competition for its recently certified SF50 Vision Jet as Stratos Aircraft announced it has completed the first flight test phase for its Stratos 714 single-engine jet. Since the first flight in November of last year, the test pilots have logged 52 hours during 33 flights, topping out […]