Dream Flights: Never Too Old for an Adventure
While most people are familiar with Honor Flights, far fewer people are aware of Dream Flights and their mission.
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Author: Cessna Owner Organization
Battery Maintenance Between Flights?
I stopped for fuel and to eat a sandwich after a two-hour flight, and somehow, in that time, the master was left on!
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Insurance Tips for Older Pilots
As pilots age, they face unique challenges in maintaining their insurability, but with the right approach, they can continue flying.
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FAA Final Ruling Affects 250 Lycoming Engine Models
The FAA issued a final ruling on AD-2024-21-02 which goes into effect on December 5, 2024.
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Obvious and Logical: What Really Happened? The Ice-Cold Case of N1812H
On October 16, 1972, a Pan Alaska Airways flight from Anchorage to Juneau failed to make its destination and was never seen again.
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Cessna Owner Magazine December 2024
8 Featured Plane
Cessna 421
20 Avionics
Twin Talk
Radar: Garmin StormOptix
26 Sky Talk
Avoid a Wheels Up
Routines Matter
30 Playing “What if” Versus “I Hope Not”
The One Runway Conundrum
34 Let us Light Your Candles!
The Maggie Ignition Harness
40 New Year’s Resolutions for the GA Pilot
46 Hangar Tip
33 New Year’s Resolution Ideas for the GA Pilot
The “Dirty Bird”
By Doug Garin and Paul Clark Well before the 9/11 attacks, before the space shuttle explosion and...
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Radios Required?
A recent discussion about coms (radios) in airplanes was civil and showed a lot of passion on both sides of the argument.
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California’s New Avgas Law
In 2031, leaded avgas will be banned in California. They will ban all airport operators and...
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New Rule for Logging Hours
A new FAA ruling, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act, will allow pilots to...
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The Search is Over: Finding the Cessna 140A
Warren Oxman’s fascination with flight started early in life. He was three years old then his parents purchased a 1959 K35 Bonanza.
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What Does FAA Rule 14 CFR§ 43.3 Really Mean?
The FAA have released an interpretation of 14 CFR§43.3 changing the way aviators and mechanics perform aircraft maintenance and repairs.
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FAA Expands Trio Pro Pilot STC
FAA Expands Trio Pro PilotTM STC to Cessna 150, 152, 170B and Reims-Built (France) Single Engine Cessnas;
Read MoreShattering the Silence of Mental Health
Until recently, pilots rarely discussed mental health issues openly. Two reasons were stigma and fear that the FAA would ‘clip their wings’.
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AOPA Stands Against Landing Fees
Some Florida not-for-profit, public-use airports are contemplating the use of landing fees to those who use their airports.
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Cessna Owner Magazine November 2024
8 Featured Plane
Born to Fly: The Cessna A185F Skywagon
20 Avionics
Accessories
26 Insurance Tips for Older Pilots
28 How to Read a METAR
32 Dream Flights
Never Too Old for an Adventure
34 Obvious and Logical: What Really happened?
The Ice-Cold Case of N 1812H
46 Hangar tip
Batter Maintenance Between Flights?
The Cessna 170A: A Piece of History
When a family trip was on the horizon, in his excitement Tibor Farkas would pack early and ask to keep the airline tickets in his room.
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Cessna Owner Magazine October 2024
8 Featured Plane
Finding the Cessna 140A
18 Avionics
Headsets
24 Sky Talk
Dual
28 Electrical System Anomalies and Failures
Or, When the Lights Go Out
34 Shattering the Silence of Mental Health
38 Member Restoration
The “Dirty Bird”
46 Hangar Tip
Radios Required?
Whelen Aerospace Technologies Acquires AeroLEDs
Two companies with a common commitment to provide outstanding aviation products have joined force
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The Cessna 182J: Reviving a Classic
Cody Abner grew up around airplanes. His parents had a private airstrip on their property north of Bemidji, Minnesota.
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