Every Airplane Requires a Checkout

Embrace the challenge of mastering a new machine.

Fuhggedaboutit

Fifty-plus years of f lying forgetfulness

THE MAULE FAMILY APPROACHABLE AIRCRAFT

Choose your mount —the Maules do it all.

Sisters

“ Women certainly have the courage and tenacity required for long flights.” —Mildred Doran

INSIDE OUT OR OUTSIDE IN?

What kind of pilot should you be?

WE FLY: CESSNA CITATION CJ4 GEN2

THE FLAGSHIP CJ JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

The Temple of Speed

Reno entices even this altitude-oriented pilot.

The Glideslope

When you see what you expect to see

Takeoff Emergencies

Segment your departure and climb for safety.

Steve Jobs and the GTN

Why the ubiquitous works

We Fly: Cirrus Vision Jet G2+

Hot and high and connected

SkyCourier Visits Oshkosh

Serial No. 1 makes its very big debut.

Rescue Dogs and Airplanes

A good dog and a good airplane make for a good life.

Cotton Candy Sunrises

Reconnecting with my inner wanderlust after a year and a half at home

Break the Error Chain with Your Tablet

Just a little nudge will do it.

Hot or Not?

On the handling of ambiguous emergencies

Approachable Aircraft: Piper Cherokee Six

The versatile, load-carrying single keeps on trucking.

SR-71 BLACKBIRD

Faster than a speeding bullet!

RARE BEAR

The wrecked F8F-2 Bearcat that became Air Racing’s winningest Unlimited racer

STRAIGHT WINGS VS. SWEPT WINGS

F-84 Thunderjets & MiG-15s over Korea

The Sleeping Pilot

IN JULY OF 1943, it was the same as now: sunshine was a treasured commodity in Oxfordshire, England. So, even in the middle of a war, when the sun came out and the guns were quiet, young men would do the natural thing and enjoy it in the most natural of ways: with an afternoon nap. The war be damned.

Mustang ACE of ACES - MAJOR GEORGE E. PREDDY

Squadron Leader Clive Rowley MBE RAF (Ret.), a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot, tells the story of USAAF fighter pilot and top-scoring Mustang ace George E. Preddy.

P-51: The 18th Fighter Bomber Group

With thousands of late-model P-51s available at the end of WW II, the Mustang became the predominant airframe inactive and guard units into the 1950s until they were supplanted by jets.

Fleet Finch

The classic WW II Canadian trainer

SWEET SPOT

Fly: Piper M600/SLS Halo A well-coupled turboprop wrapped in the latest safety enhancements

Just a Thin Layer

Compounding concerns on a short flight home

Guns, Handcuffs For Innocent Pilots

We all deserve better.

Out with the new…

Glacially paced progression

FNTI's Flight Students Fly Home To Serve

First Peoples’ flight training based on the Indigenous “way of knowing”

From Terror to Triumph

Flying with my son started as a challenge, but special experiences ensued.