General Aviation

A friend asked me last month whether he should buy an airplane. He’d been renting Cessna 172s for three years, flying about 80 hours annually,...

Here’s a question that has sparked more heated debates at flight school hangars than whether you should grease every landing: Should you learn to fly...

The Beechcraft Baron 55 established the template for light piston twins that persists to this day. Introduced in 1961 as a refined evolution of the...

Finding the Right Aircraft Choosing between aircraft models is one of the most important decisions a pilot or buyer can make. Whether you’re training for...

What Is Backcountry Flying? Backcountry flying represents the purest form of aviation adventure – landing on remote wilderness strips, accessing fly-in only destinations, and experiencing...

Finding the right backcountry aircraft has gotten complicated with all the marketing hype and forum opinions flying around. As someone who has spent time flying...

Traffic pattern work has gotten complicated with all the conflicting advice and YouTube videos flying around. As someone who spent an entire teaching hour last...

Cirrus has been building SR20s and SR22s for over 20 years now, and every generation brings something new – better avionics, more power, refined systems....

Aviation fuel’s changing fast. Lead regulations and environmental concerns are pushing the industry toward unleaded avgas. Most piston planes still burn 100LL, but unleaded alternatives...

Flight schools and pilots building complex time always end up comparing the Piper Arrow and Mooneys. Both’ve got retractable gear and constant-speed props you need...