Almost 140 members of the House of Representatives agree with AOPA and aviation industry leaders when it comes to protecting the FAA contract tower program. Echoing the concerns of the general aviation community, 69 Democrats...
Read MoreFree online courses available to EAA Young Eagles following their flights EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (March 13, 2018) — A milestone was reached by the Experimental Aircraft Association on March 8, as 50,000 Young...
Read MoreNow delivering most comprehensive line-up of portable ADS-B solutions with the GDL 50/51/52 Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), announced the GDL 50, a portable device capable of receiving Automatic...
Read MoreARC seeking racers past and present to share their stories Just in time for Women’s History Month, the Air Race Classic, the annual all-women cross-country airplane race, is announcing a new campaign to educate the public about...
Read MoreDynon Avionics has received its first Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for their flagship SkyView HDX system. The STC’s Approved Model List (AML), which initially covers many Cessna 172 models, ushers in a new era of truly...
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10 An Introduction to Back Country and Mountain Flying
18 Evolution of the Autopilot
26 So I Flew My Plane the Other Day and …
28 Skymaster 337: Cessna’s Centerline Thrust Twin
34 The Night I Almost Died in a Plane Crash … While Flying a Simulator!
40 Leaking Gas? Fix It Now!
44 The World of Winglets
48 How to Prep Your Plane for a Fresh Flying Season
54 Dum-Dum: It’s Brilliant!
AVI Aviation, the parent company of Aviation Inflatables and AVI Trading, a premier innovator of products and services for aerospace emergency equipment, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Survival Products, Inc....
Read MoreHartzell Propeller has received an STC for its two-blade aluminum scimitar propellers to replace the factory standard props for Cessna Cardinal 177B aircraft. Offered through Hartzell’s Top Prop performance conversion program,...
Read MoreCanadian Harvard Aerobatic Team. Photo by Spencer Thornton More performers to be added to initial all-star roster in coming weeks Some of the world’s top air show performers have made their commitments to fly at EAA AirVenture...
Read MoreThe Alternate Method of Compliance (AMOC) will enable owners of 8000-series South Wind heaters to upgrade their systems and exempt them from AD requirements. Keith Bagley, president of Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET),...
Read MoreBy Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association – www.AOPA.org An airworthiness directive is scheduled to take effect February 28 requiring repetitive inspections of many models of Textron Aviation Inc. twin-engine airplanes for...
Read MoreBy Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association – www.AOPA.org The FAA has proposed to adopt an airworthiness directive (AD) affecting numerous models of Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207 and 210 airplanes that would require inspection for...
Read MoreTotal year-end avionics sales exceed $2.3 billion in 2017 LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, Feb. 16, 2018 — The Aircraft Electronics Association released its 2017 year-end Avionics Market Report. Total worldwide business and...
Read MoreEAA and other GA groups remain unified against plan By Experimental Aircraft Association – www.EAA.org The White House again pushed out the flawed ATC privatization proposal as part of its 2019 federal budget proposal, despite...
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10 New EFIS Options for 2018
20 Why Does It Always Take So Long?
22 A Custom Interior at an Affordable Price
28 Cessna’s Turbo Stationair: Escalade for the Jeep Trail
38 A Master Pilot’s Perspective on Gaining Experience
44 Why Learn To Fly?
48 Airplane vs. Animal
54 Dow Corning 3145: Not Your Daddy’s RTV!
During the company’s 100th anniversary year, Hartzell Propeller made progress in a number of important areas and continued to expand its product offerings. The company now supplies propellers for nearly 50 OEMs, ranging...
Read MoreThe Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and SiriusXM announced a new agreement that will support AOPA Air Safety Institute programs and feature SiriusXM Aviation services in the AOPA You Can Fly Ambassador Program that...
Read MoreYour Voice Needed Again in 2018 The coming new year will again focus general aviation’s efforts in Washington, D.C., on ATC privatization. The combined forces of general aviation and the grassroots efforts of pilots everywhere...
Read MoreGarmin announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for several aircraft models for the GFC 500 autopilot, including a wide range of Cessna 172 and 182 model aircraft....
Read MoreOn January 5, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that FAA Deputy Administrator Daniel K. Elwell will serve as Acting FAA Administrator. This move became official upon the conclusion of outgoing...
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