Flying Magazine
MAY 2, 2024
But while we often see images of 180s on skis, hauling big game out of hunting camps in Alaska, the aircraft’s lifting capability and cruising speed make it just as well-suited for your next cross-country family vacation. The 180 helped popularize STOL flying decades ago and inspired some of the best short-field performers now available.
Flying Magazine
APRIL 30, 2024
The 206 brought two additional seats, double doors on the right rear to ease cargo and passenger loading, more horsepower, and a high-lift wing for hauling heavy loads from short strips. The aircraft for sale here retains the traits that have made 206s popular since their introduction in the 1960s.
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Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
A steam gauge airspeed indicator, Garmin G3X, autopilot, Garmin G5, transponder, fuel selector, accelerometer, and steam gauge altimeter were centered directly in front of me. After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said. Sounds good.
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
They go through great lengths to preserve history, yet allow modern items of safety and convenience, such as LED lighting, radios, transponders and ADS-B equipment. Many of these caretakers spend countless hours researching historical data down to the delivery dates and have their aircraft looking exactly as it would have in WWII.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
The J-4, also known as a Cub Coupe, had been dropped off in Kennett for annual in 2008 by its then-owner and ended up becoming a permanent resident when Hurricane Ike stretched inland all the way to the Missouri Bootheel, lifting it from the ground and depositing it on top of the FBO’s maintenance hangar.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. I remember doing exactly this during my instrument training at a very remote airport: the nearest pay phone was about a mile away from the airport ramp, so it was quite the accomplishment to lift off before my timer expired. Today there’s a better way.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Without a transponder, this aircraft would have been barred from today's Washington DC airspace. Five of these massive engines lifted the Saturn V rocket carrying humanity to the moon. But at least the pilots got to sit inside with the passengers. Cockpit of a DC-7. Flights of Fantasy NASM has everything! To paraphrase Shakespeare.)
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