November 2020

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Aviation reports covering all aspects of flying, industry news and safety.

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Editor-in-Chief Julie Boatman SENIOR EDITOR Rob Mark EDITOR-AT-LARGE Pia Bergqvist MANAGING EDITOR Jake Lamb ART DIRECTOR Amy Jo Sledge COPY EDITOR Abigail Creel STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Jon Whittle Sam Weigel Ben Younger Martha Lunken Dick Karl Les Abend
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Ownership
Your first airplane, the one you have the key (or fob) to on your ring—that’s your ticket to a special place, one where you have access to the sky on your schedule. You can choose—up to the limits of your bank account—how and when you make avionics a
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Safe Return for the Vision Jet
In a milestone that marks the first certification of a modern autoland system on a light, personal jet, Cirrus Aircraft and Garmin Aviation announced in September the approval of Safe Return on the Cirrus Vision Jet. Cirrus also celebrated the 200th
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Your Own Gear
As is the case with all pilots, beginning flight training or earning a pilot certificate is really a license to begin shopping for new gear. Anyone who has ever graced the left seat of a general aviation airplane or rotorcraft will no doubt need the
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Inbox
[I] enjoyed Sam Weigel’s “Airport at the End of the World” (September), which brought [back] many memories. I was a lineworker in the early ’60s at another (now-defunct) grass strip on Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs Airport in Massachusetts, where $5
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Marketplace Update
What at first glance looks like a serious downturn for the new- and used-aircraft markets may not actually be that bad when you look at transactions that have moved forward on an individual basis. We asked our social media followers whether they had
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Next Great Flight
One of the joys of owning your own airplane comes with assisting intimately in its maintenance and care. Pilot and author Sarah Rovner prepares for her Cessna 170’s return to service following an annual inspection and major work. A thorough checklist
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How Do I Know I’m Ready To Buy My First Airplane?
The prospect of buying an airplane for the first time can be exciting, mind-boggling and outright scary. If you wait until you are emotionally, financially and mentally ready, ownership might never happen. But the freedom of hopping into your own bir
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Decorah Detonation
NO.955 I’ve been flying for 30 years and never experienced a hiccup from an airplane engine while airborne. That changed a few minutes into a recent flight. This story can’t rival a sudden engine stoppage and forced landing—it’s a story of an engine
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Strong Winds and Hard Times
The “winds of change” blowing through the aviation-insurance industry when I wrote about insurance for Flying in the 2019 Buyers’ Guide (“Winds of Change Are Blowing in Aviation Insurance”) have now reached gale-force speeds. I worked in general-prop
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Flight Simulator
Did you ever fly out of Meigs Field in downtown Chicago before it closed? It’s one of those airports you will never forget—if you were lucky enough to visit before the painful closure in 2003. But ask just about any pilot today who learned to fly in
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Best Practices For Floatplane Operations And Maintenance
Aircraft owners probably fear discovering corrosion on their landbased airplanes more than just about anything else, short of bending their airplanes along the way. When an airplane regularly operates in the water, operational and maintenance risks i
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Unqualified—But Not Disqualified
In February 2019, a Boeing 767 freighter arriving from Miami was approaching George Bush Intercontinental in Houston. Forty miles from the airport, as it crossed the shoreline at 6,000 feet, the jet suddenly pitched down. In a 45-degree dive, it plun
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WIPAIRE’S FAMILY on FLOATS
Frenchman Henri Fabre’s name might not ring a bell to most people. But it just might to pilots operating aircraft that use lakes and rivers as their runways. In 1910, Fabre was credited with the first flight of a powered seaplane at Martigues near Ma
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Piper Colt
BROWSING THE WEB in search of an airplane to buy is not unlike taking a stroll through your local bookstore; the newest and trendiest items tend to be featured prominently, with substantial fanfare. Carbon Cubs, Kitfoxes and Cessna 170s dominate soci
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Bombardier Global 7500
An indication of just how important the Global 7500 is to the Bombardier business-aviation product line emerged in early July when the company announced that the aircraft had earned the first bizav environmental product declaration. Bombardier Aviati
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Gulfstream G700
As of press time, the G700 had logged more than 100 test flights, completing flutter testing and expanding the high- and low-speed areas of the flight envelope. Though flight tests have taken it to Mach 0.99 at 54,000 feet, the G700’s performance tar
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Dassault Falcon 6X
Dassault says employees used the time tocreate safer procedures with smaller crews on the production floor and are once again working in two shifts. The French aircraft manufacturer says the 6X will debut with a large cabin—6 feet, 6 inches tall by 8
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Tbm 940
The system on the 940 is activated by the passenger or pilot using a highly visible orange button at the top of the instrument panel, or it will engage if the aircraft’s emergency descent mode is engaged. After landing, HomeSafe simultaneously activa
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Epic E1000 GX
Epic began the process toward the production certificate at virtually the same time as it progressed toward the original type certification. The company was positioned to complete the final audit required by the FAA earlier in 2020, when the coronavi
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XCub with CC393i
The CC393i eschews traditional magnetos in favor of Lycoming’s new dual electronic ignition system, a solid-state design with no moving parts or scheduled maintenance requirements. Compared with magnetos, the system is claimed to be lighter and more
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Beechcraft King Air 360
Key among these upgrades is the Innovative Solutions & Support ThrustSense autothrottle, which supports the pilot throughout the flight regimes—including takeoff, landing and go-arounds—computing and controlling power settings. The system provides en
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Light Sport
While there are more low-cost ways to fly than the average pilot considers at first—ultralights or gliders, anyone?—psychological barriers to entry may exist, including the acceptance of low-tech equipment, or the need to obtain a new rating to fly t
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Lancair Barracuda
Like the Mako, the Barracuda utilizes Lancair’s proprietary autoretractable nose gear. The system uses logic based on flap and power settings as well as outputs from the Garmin G3X Touch system to automatically retract and extend, requiring no manual
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The Perfect Single for You
WHEN YOU AND YOUR bank account finally decide it is time to buy a new airplane, the choices vary widely in price, features and mission. Every make and model has specific mission capabilities that offer the owner-pilot the most efficient return on inv
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Expanding the Envelope
WHEN FLYING REGULARLY takes a course over inhospitable terrain or open water through instrument meteorological conditions in the dark of night, that’s when many pilots depend on the safety and security of having a second engine in case of trouble. To
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The Value of an Aircraft Type Club
When people are madly in love, they usually want to share their joy and passion. When those people happen to be pilots and their passion is an airplane, they join a type club—in which others share their love for the Bonanza or a Cirrus or a Cessna 12
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A Whole Lot of Mods
Alaskan Bushwheels are one of the most ubiquitous backcountry and off-airport mods available. They’re popular for good reason: The rugged, low-pressure tires provide a huge footprint and increased flotation, enabling operation on soft, loose surfaces
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Exceptional Performance and Flying Style
TODAY’S NEW PRIVATE JET aircraft offer the very latest in-flight deck technologies to enhance safety and reduce pilot workloads, while efficiency advancements in airframe design deliver higher cruise speeds resulting in longer distances between city
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Great Performance, Good Value
NEW TURBOPROP AIRCRAFT are one of the most exciting market segments for 2020 and beyond, with plenty of innovation being delivered in current and future models. While the General Aviation Manufacturers Association reported 525 turboprop shipments in
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Snowbirds On The Space Coast
I have to confess that I have a very love-hate relationship with the state of Florida. On one hand, this upper-Midwestern country boy has come to crave white sand, salt water and warm winter sunshine, all of which Florida is blessed with in great abu
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Fate Is the Hunter
The title of Ernest K. Gann’s memoir—“Fate Is the Hunter”—about his aviation career in the first half of the 20th century grabbed hold of me the first time I read the words. It’s an evocative phrase with many exertions, but they all point to the same
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New Friends
What a salesman! With one phone call, this Cessna 180 owner and regional director of the International 180/185 Club had sold me on joining the organization and speaking at their convention next year. And by now, you’ve probably gathered that “joining
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Smelling Roses From The Past
I coasted the rental car into the parking lot of what remained of Camillus Airport (NY25) in New York and attempted to transport myself back in time. The view before me was disorienting. Surrounding structures and driveways had been added. The FBO of
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Nice Landing, Pop
From the very beginning, my children were instructed to greet each landing with praise. As long as the crash didn’t dislodge any loose teeth—or, later on, their retainers—it was expected that they would utter an obligatory congratulation. Today, my g
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Maiden Flight
My friend Longbridge has been working for years—these things always take far longer than you think they will—on a Lancair 320 with a lot of airframe mods, the most conspicuous of which are a double-slotted Fowler flap, enlarged empennage surfaces, an
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My First Airplane
Patty Wagstaff purchased a 1977 Bellanca Super Decathlon in 1983 and punched her ticket to the skies. “I flew my first airshows [in] Gulkana, Alaska, May 1984, and my first contest [in] Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, August 1984, in it,” Wagstaff says. Frie

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