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The FAA-NASA ASRS program, vital for aviation safety, is under review. Pilots urged to submit supportive comments by July 7.

This year’s spring break for pilots wasn’t a show for many new products, and buyers and sellers were clearly concerned with fallout from trade tariffs.

Mike Jones highlights Lock & Key refurbs and tough standards at his Murfreesboro maintenance shop during Sun ‘n Fun 2025.

EAGLE’S most recent public information letter discusses the FAA Fleet Authorization process. However, what it doesn’t say is concerning.

From the beginning, aircraft owners lost their minds over the idea that mandate-compliant ADS-B Out equipment might be used for more than just better traffic separation. Collecting usage fees were among the obvious concerns and a deeper dive into the data that’s actually being transmitted from both 1090ES transponders and UAT (Universal Access Transceiver) transmitters […]

Hats off to the FAA for finally suggesting that all airplanes be equipped with angle of attack systems. The agency recently published a special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB) recommending that AoA systems become standard equipment in new airplanes and retrofitted in existing ones. As background in the bulletin, the FAA calls attention to the 2009 […]

It’s only an RV-12—a little ELSA with 100 HP. A modern trainer. Years in the making, our early-gen 12 kit project is almost ready to fly and I’m already getting stomach cramps from the fear of ham-fisting the little bird around the local patch—free entertainment for the tower cab. Seriously, I’ve flown the little RV-12 […]

Remember when in the thick of the supply chain crisis you couldn’t get a common oil filter for months? Or when overnight the price of a plain vanilla starter or alternator almost doubled in price? I sure do and while the supply of consumables and replacement components has loosened, their prices keep increasing. And so […]

Who Needs VORs? When pilots hit me up for help planning their panel upgrades, one of the most common questions is whether it’s safe to ditch VHF nav systems from the panel. You know, finally get rid of that well- worn King KX155 or KN53. Ask me that a couple of years ago and nine […]

Walking the floor of a hustling maintenance shop the other day, it was easy to spot planes—old Rockwells, twin Cessnas, Bonanzas—you would want to buy because these days, the better shops only work on well-maintained machines. If you buy a rat with pages of major squawks, don’t be surprised when a shop manager unapologetically tells […]

I shot the image from the back of this 2007 Cirrus SR22 G3 Turbo at this year’s AirVenture. The video, and the short show report seemed worth shooting not really to show what a top-to-bottom retrofit Garmin system looks like in an old Cirrus, but more of a tip of the hat to a small […]