Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

After speaking with the Southwest flight crew, NTSB investigators established that as they continued their authorized approach both the captain, who was flying, and the first officer noted seeing a general aviation aircraft taxiing on a surface perpendicular to their runway and assumed it would be holding short of runway 31C.

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Aerotime

MAY 6, 2025

Its spin-resistant design and ease of use make it ideal for new pilots or weekend aviators. In 2025, it’s one of the few cheap airplanes that routinely lists under $20,000. Prices for this airplane have remained relatively stable, with plenty of entry-level examples still under $20,000. m) Wingspan 30 ft (9.1

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 2, 2024

On Monday, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association released 2024’s third-quarter aircraft shipment and billing report. According to GAMA , the industry has experienced an increase in the value of aircraft shipments and an increase in piston airplanes , business jets , and turbine helicopters.

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AV Web

JANUARY 5, 2025

The Liaoning General Aviation Academy (LGAA)’s RX4E, which first flew in 2019, will be marketed globally with a focus on short-haul flights in areas without good roads. China has certified a four-place electric aircraft under Part 23 regulations making it the first to qualify for commercial operations beyond flight training.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Swallow Airplane Company was an early aircraft manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of aviation in the US in the 1920s. It built several models of aircraft in Wichita, Kansas, between 1924 and the early 1930s. These saw use mainly for air mail and pilot training.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The story of this unique airplane begins in the early 1930s with Fred Weick, an engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aviation (NACA). Once the war ended, Weick and ERCO believed they were in the right place at the right time with the right airplane for the thousands of pilots returning home.

Rudder

AV Web

JULY 29, 2025

FAA statistics show that between 5% and 10% of all general aviation accidents involve spatial disorientation and that 90% of those accidents are fatal. A team at the University of Maryland is exploring the same technology used in automotive lane-deviation warnings in hopes it could help cut down on spatial disorientation in pilots.

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Flight Training Central

MARCH 3, 2025

Depending on design, airfoils used in general aviation, stall at angles of attack between 16 to 18 degrees. A wing will always stall at the same angle of attack; however, weight, and bank angle, power setting and load factor may change the speed or the pitch attitude at which the airplane stalls.

Rudder

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 7, 2025

That’s not something you want to hear from Bob, the owner of the airport where I base my airplane. You can’t deny it,” Bob said as if reading my mind “I have a beautiful picture of the bottom of your airplane!” To these people, the aviation-adverse, airplanes are noisy nuisances they would like to see go away.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JUNE 25, 2025

For more information on operating in crosswinds, check out the Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3A), which lists common errors pilots make during crosswind takeoffs and landings and ways to mitigate them. Ask us anything you’ve ever wanted to know about aviation. Find a runway that is more aligned with the prevailing wind.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.

Pitot Tube

Air Facts

MAY 28, 2025

I logged more than 1,200 hours in a variety of airplanes and started flying regularly again. I had an instrument rating, an equipped airplane, and enough hours to make me feel capable. I couldnt help thinking: if we had flown our own airplane, we wouldve either made the trip or chosen not to gobut the decision wouldve been ours.

Wind Shear

Flying Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

PARIS—A quartet of French companies are joining forces to create an architecture for light, hybrid-electric general aviation aircraft. That translates to “initiative to introduce clean energy in general aviation.” Kodiak is a family of short takeoff and landing (STOL) single-engine turboprops certified under FAA Part 23.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 21, 2025

Flying with Starlink satellite internet: tips for pilots iPad Pilot News In-flight satellite connectivity is more accessible now than ever for pilots flying piston airplanes and light jets. While the Mini antenna and Roam package at the time weren’t officially sanctioned for private aviation use, it worked well in our experience.

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Air Facts

JUNE 2, 2025

The aviation community is alive and well Air Facts Journal General aviation can feel old fashioned, but sometimes thats exactly what we need. This is just part of general aviation culture, and its been going on for decades. To most pilots, the scene Ive just described sounds entirely unremarkable.

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Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

By far the best and most appropriate way to consider the utilization of visual angle of attack indicators (VAOAI) in general aviation is using the techniques of systems engineering. The system for VAOAI is pretty much all of general aviation and not just the hardware on the airplane.

Final Approach

Flying Magazine

JULY 30, 2025

They also can benefit the aviation community by enhancing flying education and safety. When used appropriately, recording equipment can be a learning aid in the general aviation cockpit. With the right gear, you can keep your focus on piloting the airplane and have a distraction-free flight.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 26, 2025

Westin’sClassic General Aviation Aircraft) Jacqueline Cochran was a trailblazing American aviator and businesswoman, known for her fearless pursuit of aviation excellence. She participated in numerous record-setting flights and refused to be limited by the expectations placed on women in aviation.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Air taxi operators and private jet/general aviation companies are not included, nor are companies that have been incorporated but have not yet operated their first commercial service. Note: All data included in this article was sourced from ch-aviation unless otherwise stated, and was current as of December 23, 2024.

Airlines

Flying Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

General aviation shipments ticked up in the first quarter of 2025, with double-digit increases across all categories of fixed-wing aircraft and more modest increases for rotorcraft. Airplane billings rose from $4 billion to $5 billion. percent over the same interval. Piston aircraft saw a 19.3

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AV Web

DECEMBER 26, 2024

( This story originally appeared in Aviation Safety Magazine.) “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. The same could be said about managing the risk of general aviation. But you have an airplane. Im a strong advocate of using as much airplane for the task as you can afford.

Weather

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

When it comes to curbing poaching activity in South Africa, one of the most useful tools is a small general aviation airplane. The airplanes will be equipped with radio tracking systems and infrared cameras to monitor the herds and spot poachers.

General Aviation

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Among the most popular general aviation types ever produced, Piper’s venerable PA-28 series is widely regarded as one of the easiest to own, maintain, and fly. You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance and quickly calculate your monthly payment using the airplane finance calculator.

Annual Inspection

AV Web

JUNE 29, 2025

hours logged in the morning flights Hopes the flights will inspire other young people Sullivan Vande Voort celebrated his 16th birthday May 26th by completing a solo flight in 13 different airplane types. Sullivan attends Pella Christian High School and his family owns and operates Classic Aviation, Inc. Vande Voort flew 4.2

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AV Web

JULY 22, 2025

Rian Johnson, the Van’s Aircraft engineer who heads up the ASTM committee that will actually write the new standards for Sport Pilot and Light Sport, said it’s a win for general aviation and a starting point for much more participation in GA. This creates what can be called Sport Pilot 2.0,

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Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2025

Flaps are movable surfaces on the trailing edge of an airplanes wings that can be extended downward to change the shape of the wing during flight. When deployed, they increase the wings lift and drag, allowing the airplane to fly safely at slower speeds. At the same time, flaps create extra drag, which helps slow the airplane down.

Camber

Flying Magazine

JULY 30, 2025

In commercial aviation, rules about what supplies have to be on board an airplane are highly regulated. However, in general aviation, it’s mostly up to the pilot and aircraft owner to decide what emergency gear to carry. Your airplane emergency kit is like an insurance policy.

Weather

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2025

Aircraft, especially smaller general aviation airplanes, come in various sizes and cockpit configurations. This includes reaching and manipulating all controls, having a clear line of sight outside the aircraft, and being able to read and interpret all instruments.

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AV Web

DECEMBER 19, 2024

He wrote, While the Icon A5 will remain our flagship product, my new role at SGIA will allow me to explore investment opportunities within the general aviation industry, helping to diversify Icons product portfolio and expand its impact. In his note to AVweb , Manning said he is proud of the decade he has spent at Icon.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Flying light general aviation planes became more convenient than ever before when the Cessna 172 Skyhawk was introduced in 1956, quickly becoming the most popular airplane in the world. In numbers, over 50,000 Cessna 172s have been produced, with the Skyhawk still in production after 60 years.

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Jetwhine

APRIL 2, 2025

Flying an airplane smoothly demands dozens of subtle, often repetitive movements, like adjusting engine power each time the aircrafts pitch attitude changes. During an engine failure aboard a multiengine airplane, the autothrottle automatically sets the best power on the good engine.

Cockpit

AV Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

I looked up from viewing videos of people flying airplanes and having fun (while I’m not) on my phone as I often do when I am bored and gave him a raised eyebrow that said, “What the what?” ” and “Why are you in my favorite chair? I was about to remind him that the FARs are not bad. ” Jeff nodded.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JULY 9, 2025

Question: I know there are some aircraft that are to be soloed from the rear seat only, but is there a rule about which seat a solo pilot occupies in a side-by-side airplane? Answer: There is no FAR that stipulates which seat a pilot should or must occupy when flying solo in a side-by-side airplane.

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Learn to Fly

JULY 30, 2025

Though most of the new and revised rules won’t go into effect until October, with some waiting until July of 2026, MOSAIC should make a huge difference in the future of general aviation. LSA include a huge variety of aircraft, from airplanes and gliders to balloons and gyroplanes.

Lift

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 7, 2025

This tool is used by both general aviation and airline pilots. By systematically going through each element of the IMSAFE checklist, pilots ask themselves if they are in the best possible condition to fly. Its goal is to help them maintain high standards of flight safety.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Professional Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

PRESS RELEASE D aher Aircraft’s turboprop-powered TBM airplane family marked a new milestone with today’s delivery of the 600th aircraft in the TBM 900-series, which was provided to its customer at the Paris Air Show. The global TBM fleet has logged more than 2.6 million flight hours in service around the world.

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

Plugs: General aviation headsets typically use dual plugs, but adapters are available for other setups. There are other plug styles on the market for helicopters and many larger jets, for example, so dont assume that a headset will be compatible merely because you found it at a pilot shop or aviation website. More on that later.

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