Flying Staff

Systems from Garmin and Avidyne that aim to prevent loss-of-control accidents are already showing up in light airplanes. Here’s how one of them might just save your life.

The 50th Anniversary Baron is a fitting tribute to the archetypal piston twin and makes clear that even after all these years, the Baron is still a relevant design.

Each month, Flying answers questions about the new Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft rule with assistance from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the authority on the opportunities available within the category commonly known as “Sport Pilot”: Q: My wife and I both want to get Sport Pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft. Can we use our LSA aircraft […]

Perhaps the first of the “high performance LSAs”

Daher-Socata has announced it will enter a joint development program with Allied Aviation Technologies, the company that ultimately acquired the assets of Grob’s SPn light jet program. In development since 2002, the all-composite jet had shown promise, but Grob’s timing turned out to be unfortunate and its financial backing melted away in 2009. Allied owns […]

Fractional ownership plan OurPLANE declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September, leaving many of its aircraft “owners” with a lot less return on investment than they thought they’d bargained for. Founded in 2003, OurPLANE sold shares in Cirrus SR22s, but the intention was always to add Eclipse 500 very light jets (VLJs) to the business plan […]

Eurocopter recently took the wraps off its developmental X3 helicopter. What’s unique is it’s configured with two forward-facing propellers on stub wings. At higher airspeeds, the lifting and thrusting duties are progressively shifted to the wings and props. This arrangement is meant to compensate for lost lift on the side of the retreating main rotor […]

Any order from aviation training institute King Schools between now and March 14 will automatically enter you in the 35th Anniversary King Schools Sweepstakes. The winner’s package is a pilot’s dream trip to just outside Talkeetna, Alaska, including a seaplane-rating training package and bush pilot flying vacation. While the pilot of the family is earning […]

Each month, Flying answers questions about the new Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft rule with assistance from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the authority on the opportunities available within the category commonly known as “Sport Pilot”: Q: Can the owner of a light-sport airplane add new equipment such as avionics, instruments or additional lighting? A: New equipment […]

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