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CubCrafters unveils Carbon Cub EX–2 for our test, goes public
The CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX–2 had a familiar feel, but a new Lycoming engine made a big difference in power and performance. The 40-year-old company...
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Aircraft Maintenance: Critical knowledge about alternator couplings
I just returned from Wisconsin after giving a presentation at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on alternator couplings on Continental engines. I have been inund...
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Insiders offer aviation career advice
Aviation career opportunities are likely to remain abundant, but there are still places where aspiring pilots might go astray, according to two indust...
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New York students win GAMA’s 2022 Aviation Design Challenge
A team of high school students from Erie 1 BOCES Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, New York, are the winners of the General Aviatio...
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American Airlines invests in zero-emission future
ZeroAvia, developers of zero-emission, hydrogen-electric aviation powertrain systems, is adding American Airlines to its growing list of investors as...
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Vacation like a Vanderbilt
Located on Mount Desert Island in northern Maine, Bar Harbor is one of those exclusive enclaves that the Golden Age titans of industry chose as their...
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Training and Safety Tip: Solving the cross-country conundrum
Many primary flight students struggle at some point with the definition of what a cross-country flight is, how it relates to meeting the requirements...
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Nav Canada delays ADS-B mandate
In response to concerns voiced by AOPA and other stakeholders, Nav Canada announced it is delaying its 1090ES ADS-B Out equipage mandate effective dat...
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AOPA releases annual weather survey data
The 2022 Weather Survey from AOPA was published on July 15. The sixth of its kind, this weather survey investigates how pilots access and use weather...
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AirVenture awakened by warbird thunder
Two Grumman 7F7 Tigercat escorts sprang alive with smoke billowing from their twin Pratt & Whitney radial engines as we launched in a twin-engine, twi...
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No better place to mark a milestone
While EAA AirVenture Oshkosh itself is a weeklong celebration of aviation, there are many celebrations within the celebration. What better place to th...