Five Weird Airplanes That Were Surprisingly Popular
Sometimes an oddball design fulfills the needs of customers who are more interested in utility than beauty …
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The Extra EA 400: A Pressurized Composite, Transportation Beauty
As with so many outstanding aircraft, the Extra 400/500 were significantly ahead of their times and financially challenged …
Latest Cirrus SR22 Is Faster? How Much Faster?
The ’22 edition of the SR22 has hit the factory showroom, and there’s big news, and, no, it’s …
The Marvelous Mooney M20
These airplanes are associated with two things, speed and efficiency. Here’s how they do it …
Sling High Wing Takes Off
Sling has finally released the long-promised high-wing version of its fun yet extraordinarily capable lineup of light airplanes …
2021 Plane Of The Year & Innovation Awards
2021 was a tough year for airplane manufacturers, but there were a few real gems …
The McDonnell 119/220: The First BizJet
It was fast, roomy and rangy. It coulda been a contenduh, but you’ve never even heard of it …
Piper Pillán: A Saratoga With Top Gun Dreams
Learn the story about how Piper adapted a civilian aircraft into a military trainer and created an Incredible Plane …
Six Light Single-Engine Planes They Totally Need to Bring Back!
Sometimes planes fall from production status despite being much beloved. Here are several that we hereby demand they put back …
Light Personal Aircraft Are Coming
This expanded definition of what constitutes a light plane and how they can be built could revive a segment facing …
Hacienda: A Legendary Modified Cessna 172
Two intrepid pilots, a modified Cessna 172 and a 64-day endurance record that has stood for 63 years …
