Annual Inspection Pilot Transponder 
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
A Garmin GPS/COM handles navigation and communication duties, and an updated transponder provides ADS-B Out capability. The most recent annual inspection was completed recently, and over the past few years, a number of significant items have been addressed. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
As a pilot or aircraft owner, keeping your airplane airworthy is one of the most important things you can do. But remembering every inspection and maintenance rule can be tough. Each letter in AVIATES represents a specific maintenance check or inspection that Federal aviation regulations require in order to keep an aircraft airworthy.
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Flying Magazine
MAY 23, 2025
For many general aviation pilots, the Piper Arrow occupies an important spot in aircraft evolutioncomplex enough to challenge and reward but accessible enough to own and operate without a second mortgage. Owned and cared for by an 80-year-old pilot now stepping away from the yoke, the airplane has been lovingly maintained and hangar stored.
Flying Magazine
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Sales pros tell us that while inventory might be more plentiful than it was just a couple of years ago as older pilots walk away from their Bonanzas (many forced out by the hardened insurance market that frowns upon senior pilots flying retracs), resale prices remain strong. Bonanza pilots learn early on to use the electric pitch trim.
Plane and Pilot
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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. The canopy provides plenty of headroom for even taller pilots, while the view over the nose is equally generous. But successful? Not at all. How did any given airplane sell?
Vintage Aviation News
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Despite how many licensed pilots, mechanics, dispatchers, and other countless ground support staff there are, everyone seems to be somehow connected. In the case of warbird restorer and pilot Mike Porter, a lifetime in aviation seems predetermined upon his birth. Aviation is a large but close-knit community.
Flying Magazine
JULY 17, 2025
For pilots seeking a classic four-seat trainer with bold styling and backcountry chops, this Skyhawk delivers both nostalgia and performance. The aircraft sports a King CDI with glideslope receiver as well as a King KT-76A transponder and uAvionix tail beacon ADS-B transmitter. Today’s Top Pick is a 1957 Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
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