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Senior Editor Rick Durden has written for Aviation Consumer since 1994 and specializes in aviation law. Rick is an active CFII and holds an ATP with type ratings in the Douglas DC-3 and Cessna Citation. He is the author of The Thinking Pilot’s Flight Manual or, How to Survive Flying Little Airplanes and Have a Ball Doing It, Vols. 1 & 2.

Training

CFI Recertification: AOPA’s EFIRC

Rick Durden

Avionics

Garmin G3000 PRIME: Next-Gen Flight Deck

Rick Durden

Aircraft Ownership

Buying Tailwheel: Leave Your Ego Home

Rick Durden

Aircraft Ownership

High-Octane Unleaded: Where Are We?

Rick Durden

Aircraft Review

The M700 Fury: Piper’s Aluminum Bullet

Rick Durden

Aircraft Ownership

Maintenance Errors: Protecting Yourself

Rick Durden

If there’s a way to make the rounds on aviation social media, its bellying in a tough old warbird—with a cool photo as proof. Image credit goes to the resourceful Aviation 24/7 on Facebook. But with thorough maintenance records, good insurance coverage and a pilot with tight logbooks, the liability risks are reduced. For the unprotected, pilot liability is complicated with the potential for financial ruin, so Senior Editor and aviation attorney Rick Durden lays it all out in an important field report.

Aircraft Ownership

Pilot Liability: Mitigating the Risks

Rick Durden

Flight Trial

Cessna Turbo Skylane: Speed, Power, Altitude

Rick Durden

Modifications

BRS Retrofits: Cessna 172 and 182

Rick Durden

Aircraft Ownership

Your First Piston Twin: Buy With Caution

Rick Durden

Training

The CFI Experience: Becoming, Surviving

Rick Durden

Aircraft

Four-Place STOL: Look Beyond Macho

Rick Durden

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