Modifications Plane Speed: How Fast Do You Need To Fly? Go ahead, admit it. When you read all of those pilot reports, you skim them, looking for the cruise speed … By Isabel Goyer, Budd Davisson
Pilot Talk Life’s Big Numbers Almost regardless of our age, 20-something to gray dog, it’s impossible not to engage in those “Hey, do … By Budd Davisson
Buyer’s Guide 2016 Adventure Aircraft: Seeking A Different Kind Of Aviation For the three-dimensional adventure seeker in need of a shiny new machine to take him where he has never … By Budd Davisson
Pilot Talk Aviation 1965-2015 Aviation is a lot of things, but boring isn’t one of them … By Budd Davisson
Pilot Talk Walls That Talk One of the advantages of visiting a friend in his home and/or office is that you get a sense … By Budd Davisson
Pilot Talk Junk Is In The Eye Of The Beholder With hundreds of people milling around me, I didn’t actually hear the engine, but I certainly felt it! It … By Budd Davisson
Pilot Talk Oshkosh ’15 Having been there so many times, I found myself seeing the grounds much the same way I see my old … By Budd Davisson
Pilot Talk Words At The Beginning After you’ve reached a certain age, when you get an email with a friend’s name in the title … By Budd Davisson
Proficiency Power Failure Losing an engine on a single-engine airplane is one of the scariest possibilities in aviation … By Budd Davisson
The Best Airplanes Under… The initial idea for this article was to pick the 10 best airplanes under $100,000, but the immediate response … By Budd Davisson