AOPA Pilot Magazine - Turbine Edition

By Rob Mark

An instrument approach in instrument conditions normally ends in one of two ways: Either the pilot flying visually spots enough of the runway environment to safely land the aircraft, or they don’t. If not, a missed approach is the only option. FAR 91.175 (d) 2 stipulates that no pilot “may land an aircraft when the flight visibility is less than the visibility prescribed in the standard instrument approach procedure (IAP) being used.”

By J. Mac McClellan

Piston-powered airplanes have a single red line on the airspeed indicator. It’s the indicator of VNE, which stands for never exceed airspeed. Sounds draconian, doesn’t it? Blow past that airspeed and who knows what bad things may happen?

By Ben Moses

One of the seldom discussed casualties of war is general aviation.

A humpback whale lifts its barnacle-encrusted head straight up from the icy ocean as it surveys its surroundings.

It was a very good year.

In 2018, a newly minted airshow pilot was asked the big question: Would he like to perform in the airshows during EAA AirVenture, the super show of the aviation year, the granddaddy of them all?

When Wacos were coming off the production line in Troy, Ohio, did the builders have any idea how long their craftsmanship would endure?

By Robert Nielsen

In 1993 I flew to the Lone Star Flight Museum, located in Galveston, Texas, at that time, to look at an airplane offered for sale. 

The October 27 announcement from the University of North Dakota (UND) flight school that it was terminating its year-long test of Swift UL94 unleaded avgas and returning to 100LL came as a shock and disappointment to many in the industry, me included.

“You have the flight controls.”
“I have the flight controls.”
“You have the flight controls.”

By Bruce Williams

Glass cockpits and electronic flight bags (EFB) have transformed IFR flying, but managing the tasks associated with an instrument flight remains a challenge. 

By Kevin Knight

My Cessna Skylane’s annual was going well until the mechanic attached a ShopVac hose to the tailpipe and turned it on.

By Robert Geske

The general aviation accident rate decreased in 2021 in spite of an increase in total accidents, according to the latest analysis from the AOPA Air Safety Institute.

My first formal flying lesson took place on July 10, 1960. It was duly recorded by flight instructor Edgar L. Robertson as “familiarization and orientation, straight and level, medium turns, slow flight,” with a signature and rubber-stamped “1340331CFI.” And so began my never-ending journey into learning about flight.

When he’s not working for Coughlin Brothers Racing of Columbus, Ohio, CFI Cameron Ward is instructing at Spencer Aviation in Marysville, Ohio, or helping out with Dewey Davenport’s Goodfolk and O’Tymes Biplane Rides as they offer rides in a Travel Air 4000 or New Standard during airshow season in Ohio, May through October.

By Rebecca Boone

My husband and I love the television show The Vampire Diaries. We are drawn to the epic characters, the drama, and of course, the love stories. It was filmed in Covington, Georgia, also known as “The Hollywood of the South,” and we planned to visit for our anniversary.

We can learn a lot from the passions of others.

The latest news from Breitling, the Swiss watch maker with ties to aviation, is the newly redesigned Avenger collection.

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced that retired U.S. Navy Capt. Robert “Crip” Crippen is the recipient of the 2023 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy.