Piper Cherokee

Mid-level model boosts performance while maintaining trainer-like simplicity.

This was not a get-there-itis moment but a mere get-up-itis moment.

Legacy single aircraft like the venerable Cessna 150 series and Piper Cherokees are popular time-building machines, as are many of the light sport aircraft on the market.

Some reminders of what not to attempt when you want to ‘go see about a girl’ in your airplane.

EAA has published its schedule for mass arrivals at this year’s fly-in convention.

As we turn final on 2023, there are some stories that I recall vividly from this past year. Some make me sad, some make me a little angry, and others make me, and others, smile.

Matt Moore’s grandfather Abraham Samuel Dennis was in his early twenties while stationed at Kessler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi, serving as a mess sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps. As the fall season brought about a welcome drop in sticky Southern temperatures, so too came rumors which would soon deploy his unit to a base little known to most Americans. Trace Moore’s culinary roots by flying a Piper Cherokee in search of good butchers and food stories.

The airspace where the collision occurred does not require the use of radios or pilot communication, NTSB said.

“We had to decide: What did we want more, a house or an airplane?”

When buying your first airplane, it’s time to ‘think outside the box.’