Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. Retracting the gear made the airplane faster and more efficient. Use our airplane loan calculator to calculate your estimated monthly payments.

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Tail Transponder Airplanes Lift 100

Flying Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. Love for vintage taildraggers seems to be on the rise in the general aviation market. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.

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Plane and Pilot

APRIL 25, 2025

Its safe to say that, at one time or another, every single general aviation pilot has dreamed of owning and flying their own warbird. A uAvionix ADS-B transmitter provides ADS-B out duties and is paired with a Garmin GTX327 transponder. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. PA-28s evolved to use larger engines with as much as 235 hp, which gave the airplane a lot more speed and load-carrying capacity.

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Transponder Airplanes Thrust General Aviation 112

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 30, 2025

When shopping for a new airplane, particularly ones first airplane, its important to find a mechanically sound example for safety. With so many examples produced over several decades, docile handling characteristics, minimal fuel burn, and ample parts availability, certificated airplanes dont get much easier to own than the Cessna 150.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. Piper’s PA-44 Seminole received its type certificate in 1978, arguably at the height of niche formation in general aviation.

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Transponder Airplanes General Aviation Pilot 116

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 28, 2025

Ask experienced aircraft owners for advice on a great first airplane, and overwhelmingly, youll hear some common pieces of advice. Chief among them is to buy an airplane that fits the majority of your expected missions and buy a sorted example that has been well cared for. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Airplanes General Aviation Pilot 94

Plane and Pilot

JULY 16, 2024

Oftentimes, the perfect airplane isn’t perfect for any one particular reason but rather because it offers a compelling balance of qualities that makes it enjoyable to own and fly. A staple of the general aviation fleet, the Piper PA-28 series is among the easiest types to own. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Airplanes Transponder General Aviation Pilot 58

AV Web

JULY 7, 2024

The day of having random groups of ramp tramps loitering for hours and days at the local airport has passed with the coming of barb-wired fencing, unfriendly FBOs, and snooty airplane owners. Yep, old airplanes like this flown in the old way are the best. People used to smoke a lot in airplanes. He went on.

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Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

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. Depending on the maintenance specifications required by the FAA for that airplane, these checks commonly happen after 24-60 hours of flight time.

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ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

The airplanes had been ferried already from Florida to Belgium with about 50 hours on their counter. We finally entered Hungarian airspace and after about 8 hours non-stop hand-flying we landed safely with some minutes separation in Tökol airport in Budapest, an old Sovjet type military airport now used for General Aviation.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key Takeaways Airports that fall under Class C designation handle general aviation and airline traffic. Aircraft need to have a two-way radio, transponder with Mode C, and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment. Transponder with Mode C to report altitude.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

An icon of general aviation, the legendary Beechcraft Bonanza was introduced in 1947 – the very same year this particular example was manufactured. The GPS, radios, and transponder are positioned up high on the panel, making them easy to read and reach.

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Transponder Tail Airplanes General Aviation 40

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. Although 9/11 marked the weaponization of commercial aircraft, the aftereffects are felt most keenly by General Aviation.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Haas We All Fly exhibit aimed at highlighting and celebrating General Aviation. I am genuinely pleased by the idea of this exhibit because the general public seems generally oblivious to the existence and role of General Aviation. Early Flight A rotary aviation engine on display. Cockpit of a DC-7.

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Airplanes General Aviation Cockpit Transponder 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Keeping jet traffic safe alongside slower general aviation aircraft is harder still. All aircraft inside the veil must have an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out. A Mode-C transponder (automatic altitude reporting capability) inside the Mode C Veil. That’s a considerable detour for small general aviation aircraft.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Usually, this is small, light aircraft used in general aviation(single-engine airplanes). This is a button on the transponder (or Garmin) near where you input your squawk code. If anything confused you, read more about identing in our article Transponder Modes Explained.

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Knot Approach Distance Measuring Equipment Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

Most of the emergency procedures training we do in general aviation airplanes center around just two simple words: “What if?” The average age of the current general aviation fleet is somewhere between 35 and 50 years. So, what is a thinking pilot of an older, upgraded airplane to do? Both are important.

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Cockpit Transponder Pilot General Aviation 108

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The Legacy General Aviation Fleet The beauty of so many legacy single-engine GA aircraft is that, when cared for properly, their aluminum airframes are quite resilient and resistant to fatigue. Maybe this is due to the slide rule and drafting table generation that designed them. So, What Did I Decide?

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

General aviation is driven by myriad forces. A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes.

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Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With a collection seeded by purchase of six WWI era aircraft from the former Roosevelt Field where Charles Lindbergh launched on his historic flight to Paris, ORA is a tribute to founder Cole Palen's (1925-1993) fervent belief that an airplane is only an airplane if it still flies. Over time, he built an extensive flying menagerie.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. NTSB The airplane landed safely back at Portland without further incident, and all occupants (two pilots, four cabin crewmembers, and 171 passengers) deplaned at the gate. There were no injuries.

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