Fuel Economy

FLYING looks at the aircraft in this class that give you the most miles per gallon.

FLYING looks at the aircraft in this class that give you the most miles per gallon.

FLYING looks at the aircraft in this class that give you the most miles per gallon.

Light sport aircraft are typically the most fuel-efficient aircraft. But which are the most fuel-efficient LSAs?

Student pilots are taught about proper leaning technique, but how does it really work?

FLYING looks at the differences in miles per gallon among piston, turbine and jet models.

Usually, when a pilot sits down to flight plan a cross-country trip of 2,100 nm from one coast of the U.S. to the other, there is a Cirrus SR22 or Pilatus PC-12 involved. If that planned route takes you from Naples, Florida, to Riverside, California, over several days and through all sorts of weather, flying […]

Do you believe the Earth is warming? I do. Do you believe that man contributes to this warming trend? I do, but I don’t know how much. Do you believe that the Earth’s supply of fossil fuels is finite? I do. Do you believe that aviation contributes to climate change? I do—but not as much […]