Search Results for: Cessna 172

Today’s integrated avionics typically depend on electronic systems for their orientation information, part of the avionics’ attitude heading reference system (AHRS). The AHRS deploys some combination of rate gyros and accelerometers, each of which have their own strengths and weaknesses. Many need supplemental information, both as raw data and as a cross-check for accuracy. For […]

A Cessna 340, apparently making a low-altitude, high-speed pass over the runway at Watsonville, Calif., catches up to and collides with a Cessna 152 on final approach, killing four. A Piper Meridian overshoots the turn to final for Runway 30L at North Las Vegas and flies into a Cessna 172 on final for 30R, also killing […]

A Twitter acquaintance recently posted a link to a Cessna 172N Skyhawk that was for sale. His comment had to with the Apollo 618 Loran C navigator and ADF receiver the airplane still had in it: “Why would you choose to list a Loran and an ADF in your aircraft sale description?“ It’s a good question, […]

David Wiles has been a resident of Winfield Airpark (54AR) for a little over a year. Extremely pleased with airpark living thus far, he explains that his only wish in getting to this stage is that it happened earlier. “I’ve been in and out of a hangar my whole life. But I’m a late bloomer […]

Capable airplanes that are out of the mainstream often cost far less than more popular models.

It’s important to set a target and establish a stabilized approach when making a short-field landing.

Losing your aircraft logbooks can be devastating, possibly leading to tragic repercussions.

The ‘right airplane’ becomes a variable as kids grow up and our needs evolve.

When your instrument ticket was brand new your skills were ultra-sharp. But over time, winter doldrums, aircraft maintenance, etc. that proficiency atrophied. Indeed, research backs up the “use it or lose it” proficiency adage—see the sidebar. Flying in IMC is unforgiving, with the chance of an occupant perishing in an accident nine times higher than […]

If you are old enough to remember September 11, 2001, you probably recall with some clarity where you were when you heard about the airliners deliberately flown into the World Trade Center. I was working at an aviation newspaper at the time. On the drive into the office I heard about the first aircraft hitting […]