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King Air 350 Pilot, Cody Pierce, details his experience flying the World’s Fastest King Air with the Blackhawk XP67A Engine+ Upgrade. With a max cruise speed of more than 332 KTAS, a 60% increase in climb rate, and 62% greater payload than a CJ2, the XP67A transforms the King Air 350 into a true power […]

The master caution light started throbbing its insistent message—something was wrong with the airplane. Our pilot looked up at the annunciator panel and saw a yellow light: “Door Seal.” Did our pilot get excited, become distracted or, worse yet, panic? No. She reached down for the “Emergency/Abnormal Procedures” checklist. Calmly turning to the back cover, […]

As an airplane taxis in, onlookers spot the distinct “green domes” on the pilot and passenger’s heads, and even before the engine is shut down, everyone knows this is a pilot who demands quality when it comes to their choice of headsets. Since the mid-1970s, David Clark Company has been designing headsets for high-noise environments, […]

When a pilot rents an airplane from an FBO or flight school, they often assume that adequate insurance coverage is in place. It’s only after an incident or accident that the renter gets hit with the devastating and expensive news that the airplane owner’s policy exclusively covers… the owner. With the average cost of an […]

Back in 1956, anyone who had plans to build an experimental aircraft that called for premium-grade spruce wood knew that Bob and Flo Irwin had built a solid reputation as the best source for that specific type of wood for aircraft applications. Over the next nine years, the Irwins grew the company to include the […]

The career path that takes a “zero-time” student pilot to their dream job of flying for the airlines is more of a journey, one that can be made easily when each step is clearly defined. At AeroGuard Flight Training Center, a progressive curriculum has given over 7,000 students the opportunity to combine the aviation skills […]

If there’s one thing that will get a pilot’s attention immediately, it’s when ATC says something like: “Traffic alert! Your traffic is a P-51 at your 12 o’clock, same altitude, opposite direction, closing fast.” At that very moment, the last thing you need is to be using a cheap, substandard headset and have to struggle […]

On February 25, 2020, my granddaughter, who lives with her husband in Hollywood, Florida, gave birth to a little boy, a first great grandson for my wife and me. As it turned out, I was scheduled to be out of my office at a three-day conference in Washington, D.C., the following week. With a quick […]

Pilots flying during the COVID-19 pandemic have an added layer of complexity to consider in their initial flight planning. This planning now needs to include the various travel restrictions on where to go and if to stay. Summer 2020 included much of this consideration when planning where to visit with my Piper Cherokee PA-28-180. If […]

For a great holiday gift that will ensure your loved one who flies will not have to ask ATC to “say again,” the Bose A20 active noise reduction headset could be the most important box they unwrap from under the tree this holiday season. After the initial elation of being given such a well-engineered headset–backed […]