Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Good, honest bankers , brokers , and backers who have been through many airplane acquisitions before will know the ropes and can guide you through the rough spots. But a reputation for dishonest dealing spreads quickly in the relatively small world of general aviation. Don’t spend your last nickel buying the airplane.

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Airplanes Knot Annual Inspection Tail 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Among the most popular general aviation types ever produced, Piper’s venerable PA-28 series is widely regarded as one of the easiest to own, maintain, and fly. The most recent annual inspection was completed recently, and over the past few years, a number of significant items have been addressed.

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Annual Inspection Transponder General Aviation Airplanes 78

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

1) Line Maintenance Checks Line maintenance checks are the inspections that are performed most routinely. Most of these checks can even be done as the airplane is sitting at the gate because they are minimally invasive, require less tools, and take fewer maintenance personnel.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In those years, I never missed a trip as a commuter, never scratched the paint on one of our airplanes, never got an FAA violation, never injured a passenger, and never had a less than cordial conversation with the chief pilot. My good friend Steve Schwenk also lives in PGD and owns a CR-22 Cirrus single engine airplane.

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Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 92

Air Facts

APRIL 12, 2024

While looking for the right plane to buy, I had also asked around to other pilots about a general aviation (GA) repair shop in the area that they would recommend. It was accepted and I owned an airplane! For the AD and annual, my job was to remove all the parts and pieces so that a trained A&P could do the real work.

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Annual Inspection Airplanes Pilot Hangar 53

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

That’s exactly what the legendary Bob Buck did 55 years ago in his Cessna 182 Skylane as he enjoyed the sights and sounds of low altitude flying and the freedom that only general aviation affords—a relatable sentiment to the Air Facts community. ” It works on both airplanes. So they are both airplanes.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 2, 2024

GAI was a general aviation airport, was more convenient, and had more aircraft, including a Seminole that I used for my multi-engine rating. About the same time that I earned my commercial and multiengine ratings from Annabelle, I began to think about purchasing an airplane. And Karant was asking only $30,000 for the airplane.

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