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Piper’s First Retractable Single
There are a few airplanes that deserve better than they got. The Comanche 250 is one of them.The Comanche was conceived in the late ’50s when Piper and the rest of the industry was playing catch-up...
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Adam A700: First Of The Microjets?
The race to bring the first of the very light jets to certification is turning final, And the upstart from Denver is looking like it may be the new leader to the finish line The last rush of specific...
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The New & Improved Liberty XL2
The composite and aluminum two-seater has already come further than most. Now it’s pulling into the fast lane!What would you do with a successful two-seat, kit-built airplane? Some folks would be happy...
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Cherokee 6
This Oshkosh winner is one of the all-time great flying SUVs!Folks who live in Seattle, Wash., tell strangers about how bad the weather is; it’s a mantra for them. The message is almost subliminal—it’s...
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The Littlest King Air
Fifty years of continuous production point out the importance of a twin turbine.Too often, it seems the aviation press gives short shrift to one of the most important segments of business flying....
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2005 Electronic Skyhawk
It’s here—the most popular airplane in the world now comes with a glass panelWhen Garmin premiered its G1000 do-everything glass-panel avionics system in mid-2003, the package was perceived as an...
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Symphony 160
This new sport trainer gets even better the second time aroundThe Symphony 160 was introduced five years ago by OMF Aircraft of Neubrandenburg, Germany, which established a Canadian manufacturing...
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Piper's Archer II
When you’ve been around the coolest airplanes in the world, which one would you choose for yourself?Suppose you know a guy who’s a graduate of the Lockheed Skunk Works. I’m sure you have one of these...
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“301 Knots!”
Take the Beech Duke, add turbines, and you get that magical number It’s a magic number and one not often seen in turboprop corporate aircraft. A bare handful of propjets can touch 300 knots in...
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Clark Kent Of The Sport Class
Mike Jones is a mild-mannered businessman, but in Reno, NEV., he’s some kind of Superman!If you’re like me and would not consider missing the Reno Air Races every September, you have to have noticed...
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"Star Wars!"
The Force behind the Diamond DA42 Austrian invasionOkay, perhaps it’s true other countries outdo the USA when it comes to manufacturing automobiles, computers and TV sets, but there has never been any...
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Tonry’s Tiger
This snappy little four-seater was so far ahead of its time, it’s hard to beat the amount of fun you can have flying it! Every pilot loves the Tiger. It’s hard not to. The airplane is one of the...
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New Piper’s Saratoga II TC
Still “The One” for the turbo six-seatersAny list of general-aviation evergreens is bound to include certain airplanes: The Cessna 170 and 172 would be near the top of the list; Piper’s venerable Super...
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Mooney 252
For a pilot who has owned them all, only one stole his heartSpeed is a mission in itself; in fact, speed is the essence of flying. The faster you go, the faster you go faster, or at least most of us...
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VLJs Turn Short Final
As the market comes to a boil, three finalists are vying to become the first certified Very Light Jet We’re about to find out if the Very Light Jets (VLJs) will be the dominant force in general...
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Navion Speedster
North American’s final triumph for general aviation"Follow your heart.” We’ve heard that advice time and time again, but sometimes, life just gets in the way. Such was the case for Richard Buchanan....
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American Champion High Country Explorer
The newly certified, go-anywhere two-seaterBy the time you read this, I will have completed a two-week vacation trip circumnavigating most of Alaska and some of Western Siberia with an Indiana dentist,...
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Double Trouble
A tale of two P-51 Mustangs attracts a gathering of warbirds The P-51 Mustang is almost universally regarded as the best fighter to emerge from World War II. Talk to Bob Hoover, Chuck Yeager, Bud...
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Crossing The Atlantic In A Single
Socata’s TBM 700C2 tops the glaciers on its way to sunny Florida High and wide, we cruise above the forbidding white ice cap of Greenland at 28,000 feet and 300 knots groundspeed. I half expect a...
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New Piper Meridian
Entry-level turbine with an all-glass cockpitThe newer generation of pilots may not remember that Piper had a proud tradition of building turboprops long before the advent of the company’s current...
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