We flew the first high-octane unleaded avgas to be certificated. Everything was routine—nothing special was required—and that’s a very big deal.

The implacable laws of aerodynamics mean it costs money to make an airplane faster. Fortunately, there are speed mods that won’t break the bank.

So, how is EAGLE doing? Not great, in my view.

Savvy Aviation’s successful program that tracks digital engine monitor data to predict engine problems now includes borescope imagery.

You fly from Point A to Point B in one airplane. Then you get in another one and fly aerobatics. Why not have one that will do both?

Instrument training decisions start with figuring out whether to train in an aircraft with a classic six-pack instrument presentation versus a glass display as we’ll as whether to step up to an airplane that meets the FAA’s standards for a Technically Advanced Airplane (TAA)—one that has a moving map display, IFR GPS and an integrated […]

You love flying VFR. Its freedom is intoxicating and the things you have seen … yet there are times it’s not so great. Such as the two nights in the fleabag motel and the two days running the battery flat on your phone as you haunted every weather site you could find while you waited […]

It’s simple.  It’s about power.  It’s always about power.  Check out a pilot in a new airplane and after 10 hours the first thing she’ll say is that it’s a good airplane but it needs more power.  Aviation entrepreneurs have long recognized our hunger for a bigger rush when pushing the throttle from quiet to […]

Owning an aircraft with others has a the strong upside of spreading the cost of ownership over a number of people. The downside is that sometimes one of those other people won’t live up the responsibilities she or he agreed to when signing on. At best that’s unpleasant, at worst it can lead to litigation. […]

For the majority of us, the most seriously frustrating part of general aviation flying is that we can’t do enough of it because of the cost. Despite periodic, breathless advertising claims of airplanes that can be flown for pennies a mile, the cold, hard fact about rising above the planet and moving under control is […]

Earlier this year the pilot shortage reached my lowly position as a retired geezer with a jet type rating but who hadn’t flown jets regularly for over 40 years. I accepted a job offer to fly copilot in a Cessna Citation Sovereign Plus. That meant I needed a second-in-command type rating. The company’s insurer required […]

With piston-engine Cirrus owners successfully moving up into Vision Jets over the last seven years and turbine aircraft prices slowing what had been meteoric rises, is now the time for you to make that move into turbine power you’ve been considering? Turbine power is about performance and capability—and we’ve watched and spoken with numerous piston […]