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Good friends, a good plan, and a little bit of danger gets the author’s new pride and joy home just in time for Oshkosh.

Editor’s note: This article is the fifth in a six-part series examining the aviation industry’s pilot shortage and what can be done about it. Jan. 14: An overview of the issue | Jan. 17: How the military is dealing with its shortage | Jan. 18: Recruiting right from the flight schools | Jan. 19: Outreach programs doing their part | Jan 20: The role […]

Beechcraft A36 Bonanza Dislodged Oil Pan Heat Pad After removal of the left lower side engine compartment inspection panel, the left oil sump heater pad was found dislodged and wrapped around the throttle control arm and cable. Part total time: unknown Cessna 172N Skyhawk Lubricated Heater Valve Hinge During taxi, pilot reported smoke in the […]

Some recent fatal accidents have highlighted that general aviation pilots sometimes forget where they are and simply presume they have the performance and terrain clearance to motor off toward their destination after takeoff. That’s a result of complacency in the cockpit, aided and abetted by ATC giving us vectors when departing airports served by a […]

The day’s mission was to get me and my Debonair from Wichita, Kansas, to Las Vegas, Nevada, in loose formation with a friend who would be flying his Piper Comanche 180. Although we had scheduled this trip weeks ago, we both presumed the other guy a) had done this before and b) knew how. Over […]

Just one day is all it took for the weather at Dalton, Georgia, KDNN, to go from sunny skies to cloudy and grey. But with higher freezing levels still allowing for cross-countries of modest length, you decided to stick with your plan to fly 211 miles from Louisville, Kentucky, to Dalton. There, you’ll visit a […]

You’re flying along, listening to a controller issue instructions to many aircraft. From one second to the next, you suddenly start hearing a different controller’s voice. You haven’t changed frequencies. They’re seemingly picking up where the first one left off. Controllers are used to hearing voice changes from an aircraft. Many times a day, I’ll […]

Gimme More Pain I’ve always enjoyed your magazine. Lately, however, it seems that your articles are less rigorous. Perhaps less challenging is a better choice of words. I prefer your sim challenges to be near impossible, your quizzes to be near impenetrable, your weather articles to be arcane. I learn more that way. Larry Marquez, […]

The DS-2C joins the CD2 Seastar twin turboprop in the company’s return to the flying boat scene.

Delaware State University’s aviation program offers a great value proposition, and the Vulcanair V1.0 training airplane.