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Every pilot who’s ever packed an airplane for a trip has experienced the desire for more—more room, more useful load, more seats, more. . . As a family grows, the four-seater isn’t enough—the baggage kids seem to need grows exponentially with age. Part 135 operators want a small freighter that is rugged and can get […]

Flying an airplane involves multiple concepts from physics: Bernoulli’s principle, centrifugal force, Newton’s law of gravity, to name a few. There’s one more natural law, though, that isn’t in the science textbooks: the faster you’re trying to get somewhere, the more likely you’re going to get unexpectedly delayed. Today’s a perfect example of that. You […]

The Weekender’s calendar is filling up with family-friendly events for every region as found on SocialFlight.com.A three-day weekend awaits at the Flying Heritage Festival at Moraine Airpark just south of Dayton. Arrive Friday for on-field camping, and join the crowd for dinner and a movie at dark. Saturday will feature breakfast, forums, an afternoon poker […]

During a formation flying clinic near Redmond, OR (KRDM) one fine spring day. Lead: “Alex, never tell anyone I said this, but you look very pretty right there.” Redmond Tower: “Good thing you said that for the whole world to know.” Peter King

A frequent reader question we receive is: Why does my engine seem to lack the power it once had? We can’t tell you exactly what’s wrong, but we can get you pointed in the right direction, and that begins with a systematic approach. We can also tell you that one of the most common and […]

The stats are in, the tallies tallied and the totals have been summed up: Loss-of-control tops the list of general aviation accident causes. Recent studies by industry and government point to loss-of-control (LOC) accidents in all their variations are the leading cause of GA accidents, both fatal and otherwise. According to the U.S. Government Accountability […]

SocialFlight.com features a big selection of flying competitions and fun aircraft to see this weekend.Spirit of Flight in Erie, Colorado, will host its Hot Rods and Wings event Saturday, inviting cars, motorcycles and aircraft to join the crowd and enter judging for best-in-show trophies. Visit the museum during the event and enjoy a pancake breakfast. […]

The Socata TB20/21 Trinidad is a stylish and spacious airplane with good performance characteristics and a surprisingly low accident rate. It may not be the fastest airplane to sport a big Lycoming, but on pure style points, it has no equal. When the so-called Caribbean line from Aerospatiale first appeared at the Paris Air Show […]

The good news for buyers who can’t afford the eye-popping price of a brand-new Cirrus is the healthy supply of used ones for sale. For as little as $100,000, you might score a first-generation G1 SR22. That’s no chump change, and to be sure, an early SR22 might seem stark compared to the current G5 […]

The great book Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann well describes the grip of fear that most have observed in our fellow pilots and perhaps in ourselves. Fear is of course a primordial, natural, and quite healthy reaction to unknown and threatening situations. Flying perfectly describes such a situation—an obvious venture away from […]