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Legendary race car driver Scott Bloomquist took his own life by intentionally crashing his plane into a barn in Tennessee last August, according to the National Transportation and Safety Board.
Its original 95 horsepower Continental engine had been replaced twice ... proclaimed Clyde Smith Jr., a retired Piper employee referred to as the “Cub Doctor” by Cub owners and pilots around ...
Piper’s first move when designing its light attack airplane was to fit a Lycoming T55-L-9 turboprop—a modified Chinook helicopter engine—to a reworked P-51D. Evaluated during 1971 tests as a ...
With Aura Aero’s newly certified Integral R trainer setting the stage for a new ‘Era’ of electric regional aviation, ...
A closer look at some of the main risks associated with Private and General Aviation, and how pilots can minimize those risks ...
Rare tailwheel Varga 2180TG combines vintage charm with utility, flown by a pilot passionate about grassroots aviation access ...
Alshouse, a resident of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, was a Navy pilot who delivered or “ferried” planes all over the country from the manufacturer to be loaded on to aircraft carriers, or ...
Alshouse, a resident of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, was a Navy pilot who delivered or “ferried” planes all over the country from the manufacturer to be loaded on to aircraft carriers, or ...
The Lakeland Aero Club was founded in 2011 by aviation philanthropist James C. Ray. What initially began as an after-school ...
Most of the items headed ‘Before Engine Start’ are obvious with only a bit about ... When I am rich I will buy a Meridian like this one and then, to go with it, another Piper?a Cub with 65bhp and no ...
The 7DC (with a Continental C85 engine) and the 7EC (with a Continental C90 engine ... In the USA, the offerings which gave the Champ its toughest time were the Piper Cub derivatives – and especially ...
Honda's Super Cub C125 isn't exactly a speed demon, but throughout the decades, this around-town putter has never aspired to be particularly fast anyway.