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A little different view for Arizona -- a cloudy morning for a local sightseeing flight west of Phoenix. You might have seen the national TV ads recently for United Airlines' "Aviate" academy. It's based at my home field GYR (Goodyear AZ), having taken over the facilities and Cirrus SR20...

GAMA member manufacturers agreed to standardize on knots in the mid 1970s. Piper switched to knots as the primary scale on the ASI and in the performance charts in 1977, the last year of Cherokee 140 production.

Looking forward to the first report!

New Years Eve in Arizona ...

While flying my Citabria I've had controllers address me as "Helicopter xxxxx." Now I know a Citabria is slow, but ... Actually the issue is that the Citabria's type designator is 'CH7A', which at first glance looks like it might belong to a large helicopter.

I've heard a lot of pilots of experimentals who think that "Experimental" should be used on the radio instead of the aircraft type. Not so; FAR 91.319(d)(3) only says the pilot "must notify the control tower of the experimental nature of the aircraft." Funny story about that ... AerSale has...

My first flying lesson was in a '61 150A; first solo in a '67 150G, and private pilot checkride in a '68 150H. Then we had a straight-tail '65 150E in the family 1968-73. I got my commercial, instrument and CFI in it ... and the toughest test of all, the first date with the young lady I've...

At one time the Aerostar was intended to be the basis for a complete line of airplanes, from a four-seat single (1967 mockup here) to a jet.

The Cessna 152 came about because 80 octane fuel was going away, and Cessna anticipated that a steady diet of 100LL in O-200s would spell frequent plug fouling. Several other types switched to higher-compression engines at around the same time and for the same reason (e.g., C-172N, C-182Q...

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That's a 1960 Cessna 210 (first year of 210 production), and a 1964 Dodge. The Dash 80 as seen here is different from its first flight (7/15/54); it now appears to be wearing JT3D turbofan engines and the wing looks more like the 707-320 version, with greater chord in the inboard portion.

Perhaps one of these glorious triumphs of the Peoples' Aerospace Industry ... ? Only thanks to the Dear Leader could there be a 172 with a three-blade prop, leading-edge cuffs, windshield wipers and a free-hand-drawn paint scheme.

I was holding short of the runway the other day and the controller said, "Decathlon five sierra echo, runway 3, cleared for takeoff." I started rolling and acknowledged, "Citabria five five echo, cleared for takeoff three." The controller chuckled and said, "Sorry about that; I misread the...

We enjoyed our Cherokee Six, but it was proving to be a lot of airplane for our lifestyle. Our son and his family are full-time RVers (https://rss.com/podcasts/recvariables/) and from them we were catching the bug. I was starting to think it was time to hang up the helmet, goggles and silk...

Exactly my experience, as well. I was turning 70 the year I was shopping for a PA-32, and despite my 4500+ hours total, 1000+ in retractables, 200+ in retractable PA-32R Saratogas, instrument rating and clean 50-year flying record, some companies wouldn't quote me in the Lance at all. I wound...

Beautiful Cherokee - excellent restoration of the original paint scheme. That's the way it should look! When were you at Eagle Aviation LGB? I CFI'd at BelAir Aviation (the trailer and Quonset huts at the base of the control tower, where the Avitat building was built) in 1971-72.

Guess I'm out of touch, too. I thought the shirt said "Aviaton Nation". :dunno: