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Mooney Ovation 3: Turbo Performance Without The Turbo
The Ovation 3 is the fastest normally aspirated production single ever—periodSay what you will about American cars, but America builds some of the best civilian airplanes in the world. In the lower...
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Cessna 400 Corvalis TT
Cessna initiates changes to its recently acquired Columbia line of low-wing singlesBack in the ’80s, when I was working on the ABC TV show Wide World of Flying, I flew up to Washington State to...
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The Big Blue World: Evektor Sportstar SL
The Evektor SportStar SL is friendly to fly, sturdy, beautiful and roomy—and what a view! Photo By: Mitch BowersBelow, the greening, lake-dotted checkerboard of central Florida stretches in every...
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Something Like A Phenomenon
Flying Embraer’s first entry-level jet, the Phenom 100 Phenom 100: By Ron Mohrhoff There’s a saying, “A plane usually flies like it looks.” I put that to the test on Embraer’s latest release, the...
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Maneuvering Room
Head over heels in the Sukhoi Su-29Thick mist billows in its wake like vaporized oil from a smoke system as the Niagara River tumbles over its namesake escarpment in a breathtaking aqueous Lomcevak. I...
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Bonanza In The 6th Decade
Is there a pilot out there who doesn’t yearn for a Bonanza? When I was a college student about XX years ago, one of the coolest cars on the planet was the Jaguar XKE. I had a rich classmate whose...
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First-Class Glass: Sting S3
Amazing cockpit visibility, tough, nimble, fast: What’s not to like? There’s a joyful aspect to flying any low-wing LSA that you just don’t get with a high-winger: the unrestricted panoramic view from...
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Rocky Mountain High: The Aviat Husky
With a new Garmin G600 panel, Aviat re-creates the Husky backcountry classic with modern comforts and capabilities Husky A-1C in Southern California 4:19 a.m. That’s what the clock read as I stared at...
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Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A: Little Big Jet
With six-passenger cabin seating, 450-knot cruise and fighter-like climb performance, the Premier 1A is the largest airplane in the light jet class Hawker Beechcraft Premier IA Thirty years ago, in...
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Gobosh 800XP: Flying With Composites
It has been five years since the FAA approved the first LSA. Here’s one of the latest and most innovative entries in the class.I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Gobosh’s Dave Graham had promised me...
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170-Knot SUV
It’s the top of Cessna’s piston line, and not unlike ground-bound SUVs, the Turbo Stationair can haul (almost) anything you can close the doors on As one of the premier general aviation manufacturers,...
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New Light Twin From Italy
Tecnam introduces a twin-Rotax-powered four-seater in the tradition of the Partenavia P68CNaples, Italy, April 18, 1986: Today, I’m first in line for takeoff from Naples toward our initial destination...
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Breezer II: The Girl Next Door
Familiar and lovely, easy to be with and great to flyFlying an unfamiliar LSA is a bit like a first date. Your friends have talked her up. She has a pretty smile, but will you get along? Does she Tweet...
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Cessna 162 Skycatcher: It’s Here!
Cessna's successor to the 152, the Skycatcher, is poised to shine in the trainer marketThe proliferation of LSA since the FAA announced the first approval at Sun ’n Fun 2005 has been little short of...
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The Single-Engine Jet From Diamond
I want one. And if you’re thinking about stepping up to your first jet in the next few years, you will, too, once you fly it. The Diamond D-Jet, which Diamond Aircraft is developing as its flagship...
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Bear 360: Living The Warbird Dream!
A sexy new airplane reminiscent of the WWII BearcatDesigned for aspiring warbird pilots who lack the funds for a P-51 Mustang, the Bear 360 has a price tag roughly equivalent to that of a new Cessna...
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Arion Lightning LS-1: Smokin’ Lightning
An all-American speedster that flies as fast as the law allows Produced by the same team responsible for the Jabiru series of S-LSA, the composite Lightning LS-1 is an aesthetically pleasing aircraft...
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PiperSport: Piper’s Big Play
Race-car gorgeous. Great performance. Available now! This January, Piper Aircraft CEO and President Kevin J. Gould stood before a crowd of pilots and media, smiled broadly and said, “In what may be the...
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Cougar Baron: Most Happy Baron
Rocket engineering offers the world’s most enthusiastic Baron In the world of corporate turboprops, 300 knots is something of a holy grail. Three hundred knots begins to intrude on jet country. Not...
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8GCBC Scout: Up In Flames
The Scout Aims for a Firefight The Scout Water Bomber can carry 100 gallons of water and has an infrared enhanced-vision system, enabling pilots to see through smoke and deliver water where it’s...
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