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Beechcraft C90GT

The Beech King Airs owe four decades of success to having the best mix of cabin comfort, performance, excellent flying qualities and famous reliability. The new C90GT keeps the comfort and wonderful flying feel that pilots love and deliversa lot more performance. It can’t catch the light jets, but it has dented their speed advantage […]

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Who’s in Charge Here?

Way back in the early ’70s, when I was writing the “Student Pilot” column for Flying I wrote one titled, “I’d Rather Do It Myself.” In it I recounted my discomfort when approaching and landing at an airport that had no control tower. Airports without towers go by several names: uncontrolled, non-towered and perhaps most […]

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Real Hypoxia Training at FlightSafety

A mantra in pilot training is that you should train the way you fly, and then fly the way you train. Thanks to its enormous fleet of Level C and D full-flight simulators, FlightSafety International has been providing absolute realism in flight training for many years, except in one area-high altitude physiology. Until now, the […]

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The Envelope, Please

It seemed like a simple exercise. With a masters degree in drama with a minor in film and television and post graduate work at the New York University institute of film and television, I thought I was qualified for the assignment to make a list of the best and worst aviation movies. My first thought […]

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Making the Leap from Pistons to Jets

With the coming age of very light jets (or whatever you want to call them) just around the corner, the question has been repeatedly raised but never really answered: How will pilots fare when transitioning from piston-powered airplanes to this new breed of little jets? It’s a much more complicated question than it at first […]

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Playing Hooky

I graduated from high school more than just a couple of years ago. Enough more, in fact, that a whole lot of details from those early school days have long since blurred into blessed oblivion. But when I sift through the pieces that remain, it would also appear that I’ve retained far clearer memories of […]

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F22 Raptor: The Deadliest Fighter Jet Goes Operational

It’s official: The United States Air Force has certified the world’s only “fifth generation” fighter jet as operationally ready. The Lockheed Martin F-22 combines supersonic speed (including supersonic cruise without afterburner) with stealth and advanced targeting, weaponry and defense capabilities to make it hands down the most advanced fighter jet on the planet. With plans […]

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What Should Cessna Build Next?

It’s no secret that Cessna is working on a new piston single. Cessna boss Jack Pelton told single-engine dealers last fall that a new airplane was coming. Jack and I even discussed potential new designs at length several months ago. Jack bought the martinis that I drank, and I think he listened, but by the […]

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