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Avionics and other equipment can drive big variations in price.

One summer long ago and far away, I worked as a line boy at the local airport. The job isn’t called that anymore, but it involved fueling based and transient aircraft. We had two installed pumps dispensing avgas and two trucks. One truck pumped both blue gas (100/130 octane, $0.49 a gallon) and red gas […]

My Lancair IV-P recently had an engine “overhaul.” Well, not an “overhaul,” a “rebuild.” Wait, not a “rebuild,” but an “IRAN,” and not the Islamic Republic one. This IRAN means “inspect and repair as necessary.” Why would a relatively low-time engine (500 hours) have an IRAN done on it, your average pilot—which I am—may ask? […]

Ludwig Wittgenstein was among the most difficult and abstract of philosophers. But that’s not how he started out. Wittgenstein was an early pioneer in aeronautical engineering. He published a treatise on propellers in 1911, just eight years after the Wright Brothers first flew at Kitty Hawk. He went to England to learn more about aerodynamics, […]

As we were quite literally pushing the button to send our October 2022 issue off to the printer, news unexpectedly arrived that many of us had been waiting for: The FAA granted General Aviation Modifications, Inc. (GAMI) its long-sought airframe and engine supplemental type certificate (STC) for the company’s G100UL unleaded aviation gasoline. Although GAMI […]

Every flight starts with procedures and checklists for ensuring we follow all of its steps correctly. We have procedures for preparing the aircraft for flight, we have procedures for how to depart the airport and we have procedures for returning. These procedures are designed to help the pilots ensure that the aircraft is operated safely, […]

The interception of the Cessna 182 took place over Southern California.

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) offers a portfolio of ultra-large-cabin, long-range airplanes suited for business, private, charter, corporate and head-of-state operations.

About one-third of Recreational Aviation Foundation members have used LSAs at
remote strips.

You do not have to cover all 2,194 miles to make the trip worthwhile.