Aircraft

Brian Foley of Brian Foley & Associates, Sparta, New Jersey, believes that sales of piston aircraft will lead the next GA comeback; and it’s already started. Foley contends that piston-aircraft buyers march to different market beats than jet or turboprop customers. For example, he cites the immediate post 9/11 period when sales of pistons dropped […]

Eclipse Aerospace reiterates its plans to resume production, but says it will take a slow, conservative road back. As one step along the way, the company has announced a new refurb and completion program for the approximately 260 Eclipse EA500s in the existing fleet. Under the trademark ‘Total Eclipse’ program, Eclipse Aerospace will offer the […]

Lycoming Engines, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, has launched a customer-loyalty discount program. Operators who return select engine cores (engines that left the factory as rebuilt or overhauled) can receive “significant” discounts on Lycoming factory overhauled replacement engines. The rebuilt engines come with a zero-time logbook and the same two-year warranty as a new engine. In addition, Lycoming […]

Transport Canada recently revised its rules, making it easier for U.S.-registered aircraft in the Light Sport category to fly in. Until now, LSA operators wishing to fly to Canada needed to call Transport Canada authorities to receive authorization, obtain a validation form to be kept in the aircraft and pay a fee of $100. Under […]

Engine swaps for turbine airplanes are, as Lane Wallace pointed out in her overview of the turbine re-engining marketplace, a popular way for airplane owners to get more value out of an existing airplane. For those owners who are looking to get more hauling power or improved performance without trading up, an engine swap is […]

Texas Turbine’s TPE331 conversion brings extra muscle to the Cessna Caravan and Grand Caravan.

Each month, Flying answers questions about the new Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft rule with assistance from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the authority on the opportunities available within the category commonly known as “Sport Pilot”: Q: How big do N-numbers have to be on light-sport aircraft? A: Experimental amateur-built and experimental light-sport aircraft are required […]

As I think back over my life, I can come up with only one day I remember. Really remember. Oh, I remember graduating from high school, but I don’t remember anything else about the day. I remember watching the birth of my daughter, but I have no idea what I had for breakfast on that […]

The first happy customers will be receiving their Cessna Citation CJ4s later this year, following last week’s announcement that the FAA has granted type certification to the latest light jet from Cessna. The $9 million (2010 dollars) CJ4 shares a type rating (including single-pilot operation) with the rest of Cessna’s CJ series. With an NBAA […]

It’s every pilot’s nightmare. During an emergency landing on a Hilton Head, South Carolina, beach, an amateur-built Lancair IV-P struck and killed a pedestrian from behind as he walked the shoreline with headphones on, listening to music. Neither the pilot nor his passenger was injured, and the airplane ultimately came to rest in the surf. […]