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Piston Engine Combustion

ALL ABOUT DETONATION, PRE-IGNITION AND BACKFIRING

Young And Dumb - On Surviving Inexperience While Gaining Experience

I grew up and learned to fl y on the snow-swept plains of Minnesota, but I really grew up in the crowded, smoggy skies over Southern California. It’s where I spent a couple of lean years fl ight instructing and freight dogging, making lifelong friends while scrambling to make ends meet on some vanishingly small paychecks.

So Near, Yet So Far - Last - Minute Hiccups While Buying The Airplane Of Your Dreams

She’s sitting there, right outside those double glass doors, resplendent in the Midwest afternoon sunlight. I am imprisoned with three others in a conference room just a few feet from the ramp. If I lean back I can see her, all detailed, shiny and standing remarkably tall.

XCUB Gets Non - TSO' D Avionics

In what appears to be a first since the FAA put forth the revised version of Part 23 certification standards, CubCrafters has received the green light from the FAA to install Garmin’s G3X touchscreen PFD/ MFD glass combination along with a digital autopilot, designed for the Experimental market, into the recently Part 23-certified XCub.

Monterey Emergency

An Ounce of Prevention ...

The MMU 6 SID

Although the Morristown Six could easily be confused with a ’60s rock-and-roll band, the name actually applies to a standard instrument departure procedure, also known as a SID. SIDs look and feel different from traditional approach procedures, often including far more information arranged in a complex layout some pilots might find confusing.

Ground Icing Operations - Deice And Anti-Ice Fluids

GROUND ICING CONDITIONS"No pilot may take offin an aircraft that has frost, ice or snow adhering to any rotor blade, propeller, windshield, wing or stabilizing or control surface, to a power-plant installation, or to an airspeed, altimeter, rate-of-climb or flight-attitude instrument system," according to the FAA basis for the “clean-aircraft concept.”

Stearman Patrol

A BUCKET - LIST FLIGHT IN A TIMELESS CLASSIC

Flunked

AFTER 50 YEAR S OF FLYING AND FOUR PREVIOUS TYPE RATINGS, A FAILURE

Vulcanair Certifies Four-Seat High-Wing Single

Vulcanair Certifies Four-Seat High-Wing Single

Diamond Sold To Wanfeng Group Of China

Diamond Sold To Wanfeng Group Of China

Auxiliary Power Unit

Auxiliary Power Unit

Up, Up And Away

AVIATION, SOCIAL MOBILITY AND THEAMERICAN DREAM

You Can't Park Here

MAINTAINING AIRPORT ACCESS FOR GENERAL AVIATION

Notices To Airmen

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NOTAMS

Electric Sun Flyer 2 Makes First Flight

The Sun Flyer 2, an electric two-seat trainer under development in Denver at Bye Aerospace, successfully completed its first flight on April 10 from Centennial Airport, a milestone the company described as “flawless.”

The RAM Air Turbine

The ram air turbine is often referred to as the RAT, a moniker offered up with much affection by the pilots who understand its purpose.

Stalls Aren't A Maneuver, They're An Emergency

Here’s Why Pilot Training Needs To Change

Snow Day

The Trials And Tribulations Of Dealing With A Snowstorm

Airplane Stuff

Decades Of Accumulated Aviation-related Treasures

We Fly TBM 930

With the addition of Garmin G3000 touch-screen avionics and interior improvements,Daher has created another masterpiece.

Trust but Verify

Dealing with engine trouble over the foreboding North Atlantic.

Embraer's Legacy 450

With its recently launched Fly- by- Wire Legacy 450, Embraer Executive Jets has beat its own design targets to get a leg up on the competition.

Pilot Paradise

Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California.

Enhanced Vision System

An Evs Increases Situational Awareness Using Tiny, Lightweight Sensors That Can See Through Most Weather and Lighting Conditions

A Solid Plan Gone Awry

Almost Succumbing to “get-there-itis”

Standard Class B Airport

RELEVANT DISCUSSION: (FAR 71.41, 91.117, 91.126, 91.127, 91.129, 91.130, 91.131, 91.155, 91.215, AIM 3-2-1, 3-2-3)

It Takes An Aviation Village

Why Aviation Community Matters

An Airplane Hanger - On

How a Piece of Clothing Became Part of an Airplane

Bendixking Unveils XVUE Touch Display

BendixKing turned a lot of heads at Sun ’n Fun with the introduction of the xVue Touch primary flight display for Experimental aircraft — but not for the reason you might expect.