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I have never understood why this has not happened. There are equivalent planes up and down the Skyhawk/Cherokee line except for this one gaping hole (would compete with the 182RG).

I'll second this motion. It's the high-wing equivalent of a 180 hp Arrow. Underpowered, but nobody hates the Arrow. I had the same sensation in "stepping up" to both of them: they just feel like what your Skyhawk or Cherokee wanted to be deep down. It's also hilarious that some of the...

Club plane edition. 172: Free. It isn't really, but the hourly rate is cheap and our club has a monthly minimum, so it almost feels that way for the first hour or so. Arrow III: Upgrade. It feels like a highlight reel of the best parts from all the other Cherokees/Archers I've flown (slightly...

What a gem.

I learned in a Cherokee 140/160, flew a Cherokee 180 and then an Archer for a while, and now fly a 200hp Arrow. The 140/160 was a great little trainer - it's not fast by any stretch of the imagination, but we never had performance issues on takeoff with two bigger men even on some very hot...

Yes.

I think there's one other niche. Small eVTOL aircraft take a lot of crap from the aviation community because so many of the companies pushing that tech understand so little about the current state of general aviation, but there are legitimate aircraft out there proving urban air mobility could...

Do those of you who've been around this much longer than I get similar pangs when you know the aircraft rather than the pilot? I knew this plane (N87RY) very well as a passenger and right-seat-wannabe. It was one of the factors that inspired me to get my own PPL. When this crash happened, I...

I use 14 CFR, but only because the rest of the world (or at least every attorney other than me) outside the aviation club uses "FAR" to mean the federal acquisition regulations.

Honestly that'll depend how much of your 500k you want to use. You could get a fantastic M20J (201, normally aspirated) and the M20K (231 or 252, turbocharged) and still not hit the halfway mark on your budget. You've got to sit/fly in a couple of them first to see if you're both comfortable.

Whatever you end up with, let us know when you're making the Omaha pit stop. Tailwinds and safe skies.

I never did it, but when I was getting my ticket at LNK I decided the best hamburger run I could do in this vein would be runway 32 in Lincoln to runway 32 in Norfolk (true course of 336 for 75 nm). Unfortunately 32 isn't active very often at LNK.

Here's more of that backstory, for the curious: http://www.republicseabee.com/Files/A%20Cure%20for%20the%20Ancient%20Engine.pdf.

This led me down a fascinating rabbit hole. I grew up in Lincoln and had never heard of Fred - he seems to have been pretty successful at this. He helped one guy retrofit a SeaBee, of all things, which apparently lead to this: https://www.horizonaircraft.com/horizon-aircraft-company-history/...

Just savage. You'd think there does have to be a point where the "automotive" engine tech is so good that it beats out the direct drives (even with the weight/complexity penalties of PSRUs) because there's so much R&D for cars and so little for those traditional GA engines. The 1.8L turbo 4cyl...

"When flown at the long-range cruise speed of 87 mph, the HX-2’s 100-hp Rotax 912is engine demonstrated a fuel burn of 2.64 gallons per hour. With 64.4 gallons of fuel capacity, this translates into a preliminary range of 2,123 miles and an endurance of more than 24 hours. Horten predicts a...

I haven't been up that direction, but the area ~ 60 miles ESE from there is wonderful. You're probably right about the work, unless you can be fully remote (which is probably possible). Good luck!

Just because nobody has mentioned it yet, you can get fairly far north in WI and still be within 3 hours of Madison (probably Rhinelander or so). Go just a little bit farther, and there are lakes and airports everywhere. Vilas County has a network of nicely maintained bike trails connecting...

Hey there. I'd agree with a lot of what's been said here: people in any line of work are only worth hiring when they add value, and that includes attorneys. There are a lot of ways to create that value, like finding unnoticed tax savings, improving the substantive terms of the purchase...

Yep.