Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Most first-time airplane buyers are looking for an airplane to unlock new adventures with minimal complications and no surprises. This is preferred by many pilots, as it enables careful, gradual flap operation without having to worry about replacing burned-out electric flap motors.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 13, 2025

Its not every day you can find an airplane for less than the cost of a base-model Honda Civic. But at $25,000, todays bargain – a 1947 Aeronca 11BC Chief – bucks the trend and leaves some room in the budget for inspections and freshening up. In fact, its becoming increasingly rare to find examples for any less than $30,000.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 22, 2024

If you’re looking for a first airplane that’s economical to own, easy to fly, and perfectly suited to bopping around for fun on nice weekends, it’s tough to beat the legendary Cessna 150. This example received a sharp repaint in 2015, an improvement that can easily cost $25,000—or half the asking price of this entire airplane.

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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. Many times, people have fallen in love with a certain airplane type early on and will rush out to buy it, any one of it, as soon as they’re able. Believe me, stuff happens.

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Northstar VFR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Pilots observe checklist use and learn their importance starting at the first flight lesson. Checklist use is an element that pilots are tested on during checkrides at every level of training. However, it’s the nature of the repetition that helps the pilot notice if something is abnormal with the aircraft.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 13, 2025

Chief Pilot Rod Moyer, an experienced turbine DC-3 pilot, expressed his deep attachment to Amelia, stating, There is only one airplane Ive flown in my career that has made my heart skip when I walked up to itevery timewithout exception. It has earned the admiration of all who have had the privilege of flying or maintaining it.

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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. In fact, I have been their Chief Pilot for nearly eight years.

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Gary's Flight Journal

JUNE 7, 2024

Day 1 Reposition It’s that time of year, annual inspection for our Commander. Fellow Beech Aero Club member Anita, who also was my safety pilot, flew north to pick me up and fly and me home. After showing him the removal video and giving my advice to keep the seat square in the track the pilot seat was finally free.

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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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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. How did any given airplane sell? However, the airplane must be completed in a way that it conforms exactly to the SLSA example, of which there must be one for an ELSA to exist.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 25, 2025

Quiz: iPad Annual Maintenance iPad Pilot News Similar to the routine of having your airplane undergo an annual inspection, it’s recommend that you take the time to complete regular steps to keep your iPad, apps and accessories performing at their best.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

He knows its history better than anyone and is responsible for performing the next annual inspection, thereby determining its fate. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar. Your first stop needs to be the mechanic who takes care of your bird.

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Air Facts

APRIL 12, 2024

Aviation shop rat Air Facts Journal I have been a Private pilot for many years, flying on and off as time and money allowed. 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!

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Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Although the acquisition cost warranted scrutiny, it was the lack of attention or concern for the operating costs that made anyone with knowledge of the expenses associated with operating an airplane chuckle and groan. Occasionally, someone asked what it would cost for a pilot. Crew salary is a DOC that can be categorized hourly.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It was interesting and a lot of fun for a lot of reasons, with most of them having to do with not flying a jet and not being restricted by ATC and all the regulatory stuff that makes an airline pilot feel like he’s roped and tied. ” It works on both airplanes. So they are both airplanes. It’s in freedom.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 17, 2024

If you can afford to buy your own airplane, deciding to own or rent is an important choice for new pilots. This benefits you in two ways: it helps you figure out which type you like best, and it gives you experience on different airplanes! Its one pilot for one aircraft.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

He knows its history better than anyone and is responsible for performing the next annual inspection, thereby determining its fate. The engine was idling, but the propeller is unrepairable, despite being able to propel the airplane back to the hangar. Your first stop needs to be the mechanic who takes care of your bird.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Flying with the Old Breed—Max Karant’s Twin Comanche Air Facts Journal I got my pilot’s license in 1984, but it was another five years before I became a pilot. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate.

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iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Keep Your iPad Airworthy: Annual Care Tips Every Pilot Should Know iPad Pilot News No, there isn’t a blue screen of death on the iPad, but it can quit. A pilot’s worst fearwas to look down at an EFB and see the infamous “blue screen of death” on an IFR flight while setting up for an approach.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Under its wings, stood Garry and Janne Ackerman of Plano, Texas, the owners of this magnificent machine, who told attendees all about the story of this airplane and the effort they helped start to return a basket case of an airplane back to its former glory. It is not known, however, for how long the aircraft was flown by Baird.

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Air Facts

JULY 29, 2024

One selling point was that the plane had a fresh annual, and the logbooks indicated the airplane was mechanically sound and had a good maintenance history. I liked the idea of not needing an annual for the next 12 months after spending several hundred thousand dollars on the airplane.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Warrior has introduced countless people to the joys of light airplanes. It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. East Coast airplanes don’t belong in Colorado, unless your plans always take you East of I-25. I feel badly for him.

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iPad Pilot News

APRIL 9, 2024

Annual maintenance checklist for your iPad iPad Pilot News No, there isn’t a blue screen of death on the iPad, but it can quit. Before the iPad’s introduction in 2010, pilots were skeptical to use off-the-shelf computers or tablets for electronic flight bags due to a lack of reliability with the Windows operating system.

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