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Top Five Landing Tips

Which factors dertermine your landing?

Each landing is different, but they all demand managing energy to place the airplane over the runway so it has no choice but to land.

In this context, our colleagues at AvWeb

The Sherpa saga

STOL Aircraft with little attention

More than two decades ago — in 1994 — the Sherpa made its Oshkosh debut. Heralded as a “Super Cub on steroids,” the airplane drew a lot of attention. But not much action.

The

Socata's “Caribbean Series”

A great aircraft sometimes overlooked by buyers

When pilots search for that one special airplane to purchase, they sometimes get stuck in the rut of only looking at Cessnas, Pipers, Beechcraft, Mooney and Cirrus.

All

Any landing you can walk away from

... is a good landing?

Perhaps. But I guess this sad story needs to start at the beginning…

The Saturday after Thanksgiving was a crisp, beautiful day to go flying. High thin broken clouds with

The last 400 Feet

Landing following an instrument approach

Diving for the runway after a precision approach is a really bad idea, especially when waiting a bit longer will take us right to the runway if we let it. In many conversations with

Floating Down The Runway?

Here's How To Fix It.

It's frustrating to watch stripe after stripe pass underneath your nose, well past where you planned to touch down. Worse yet, your airspeed just isn't bleeding off. We've all been

The Pre-Buy exam

Refurbished or in need of restoration?

Whether you're buying an airplane to refurbish or one that's just been refurbed it's essential that you subject it to a pre-buy exam by a mechanic you chose. You should especially look

Bumpy ride!

Encountering heavy turbulence

The airplane probably can handle it, but only if you slow down, keep the wings level and accept altitude excursions.

There I was, sliding down from my cruising altitude

Short Field Takeoff

The good and the bad stories

It was a beautiful summer day and my wife, my son, and I were going to enjoy it to the fullest. We were flying to Madeline Island (4R5) in La Pointe, Wisconsin, for the day. The field

Looking for the right airplane

Easier said than done

Time was quickly ticking down to my day with the examiner for my private pilot check ride. I had mastered the steep turns, the frightening stalls and high performance landings and takeoffs.
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Continental® Certified Factory New and Rebuilt Piston Engines
As well as offering parts support, Adams Aviation has been successfully supplying the full range of factory new and rebuilt Continental® engines for many years.

With their

Atlas Air Service brings PRIZM Aircraft Lighting to Europe
Atlas becomes first European dealer for PRIZM LED lighting systems. First installation took place in Augsburg/Germany.

Atlas Air Service, together with its subsidiaries

Action weeks and new South African VFR chart
13.11.2023 – Eisenschmidt have planned numerous sales actions during the closing weeks of this year for their valued customers. Thus, pilot shopping has become even more fun.

There

AirShampoo landing fee vouchers for 2024
21.11.23: Once again, flying will become more affordable in the coming year 2024 with the help of AirShampoo's landing vouchers, the "Lande-Gutscheinheft 2024". This time, new locations
EASA STC for Cessna 414A Series + RAM
Atting, November 2023 - MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH received the EASA STC 10043106 R1 for the 4-blade natural composite propeller MTV-14-D-C-F/CF188-30() on the Cessna 414A Series
3-blade MT-Propeller MTV-12 now certified
Atting, November 2023 - MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH has received the FAA STC SA00148IB for the 3-blade MTV-12-B-C-F/CF188-53( ) on the PA-23-235, PA-E23-250, PA-23-250 powered by
General Aviation flies on course into the future
November 09, 2023 | Friedrichshafen, Germany. Piston aircraft are traditionally one of the most important pillars of AERO. At the 30th AERO, exhibitors from the single-engine and twin-engine
First-ever new Warbird Propeller certified
The new 4-bladed Warbird MTV-4-1 MT-Propeller is certified by EASA TC EASA.P.501 for the use on the Twin Mustang F82 and was initially installed there, but it can be also installed
Production ramp-up, new F2 and CT aircraft shipped
September 15th 2023, Eisenach Germany - Flight Design general aviation, the European manufacturer of the F2 and CT series of aircraft reports that the first 2 production F2-LSA models
TMZ mandatory zone in the Netherlands
A TMZ with mandatory listening watch below the Schiphol TMA-1 in the Netherlands is in force since July 13. Many foreign pilots use Dutch airspace, an information pamphlet has been
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