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I live close enough to a private runway that I walk by one end of it almost every day. So it was a few weeks ago when I encountered one of my neighbors hightailing it down the street on a single-seat ATV, pausing only long enough to share something about a crashed airplane at the far […]

Shortly after takeoff, the instructor’s head rolled back. The pilot thought the instructor was pretending to take a nap as a joke.

We had just received our handoff from SoCal Departure to LA Center after departing Palm Springs International in our Praetor 500. We hadn’t even had a chance to check in when we heard this exchange: N1AB: “… requesting direct destination.” LA Center: “Who… who was that?” N1AB: “N1AB requesting direct to our final destination.” LA […]

The resiliency of the turbine-powered business and owner-flown aviation markets has defied the pains of a global pandemic.

Precise planning and coordination make for an impressive aerial ballet.

Here are three upgrade options that can improve a turboprop’s safety, performance, and ease of operation.

Cessna’s predecessor to the Fanjet 500, the Cessna 620, never made it to market, but it proved a point.

After more than 38 years of flying into and out of Tampa International Airport (KTPA), we have been eased out of the hangar that housed and protected our airplanes.

Owning an aircraft is an empowering experience. Winged assets in your hip pocket can open up all kinds of opportunities and adventures free of many concerns associated with traditional clubs and aircraft rental operations. It’s also an awesome responsibility, often isn’t kind to your wallet and can bring many new and unanticipated challenges. For one […]

Stratolaunch test flies the world’s largest airplane—by many metrics—with a view towards air-to-launch operations.