Cockpit Gross Weight Rudder 
Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
Although I havent spent much time around GB1s (except for drooling over them while they are on display and flying at airshows) I am always taken aback by how much larger the airplane appears to be in personparticularly, the tall, sweeping rudder that curves down to a sharp point with just enough ground clearance.
Plane and Pilot
APRIL 1, 2025
Feet on rudder pedals. I closed my eyes and drank in a gulp of the cool air coming through the cockpit. Combining that with the higher gross weight, I had trained in an airplane that rendered a very different experience, not preparing me for the first flight in a much faster airplane. Throttle all the way in.
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Flying Magazine
JULY 11, 2025
During preflight, I used the EFB to add fuel and reserves, keeping the weight below the need for water injection, called a “wet takeoff,” which is standard operating procedure when the DC-6 is over 89,000 lbs gross weight. On a 5-mile final, I lowered the landing gear and brought the master propeller lever up to high rpm.
Airspeed Junkie
AUGUST 2, 2024
Cockpit and Avionics Sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, one is immediately struck by the advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite that dominates the instrument panel. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
When power was added, there were brief pitch oscillations before the plane departed the left side of the runway, as if P-factor and lack of right rudder input were present. It is unlikely that an additional cockpit instrument, such as AOA, will provide any additional safety benefit in such stressed pilot situations.
Photographic Logbook
MARCH 10, 2024
These were days before the proliferation of AWOS/ASOS stations and the advent of ADS-B (FIS-B) weather displayed on a tablet in the cockpit. (A Realizing that 63 knots was intended for the airplane at its maximum gross weight, I started backing off on my landing speed when lightly loaded. What's that?)
Plane and Pilot
MAY 28, 2025
It can hold the extra gross weight. It’s 2,300 pounds, but when you add floats, it will get [bogged] down, so you need an airplane that can [carry] the weight. Power-to-weight ratio is also impressive for a floatplane. This aint right, I said to Clinton as I peered down on him from the cockpit.
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