Plane & Pilot

Plane & Pilot is edited for today's active piston-engine pilot. Each issue is packed with pilot reports, tips to help you fly better, and the information you need to get the most from your flying dollar.

Plane & Pilot • planeandpilotmag.com

8 Observations On The Future Of Flight • Aviation is faced with a number of disruptive trends, some of them good and others, well, not so much.

Wing Walking

News Of Note

GEAR

ACCIDENT BRIEFS

CROSS CHECK • YOUR AVIATION CROSSWORD

Form Good Habits With Callouts • How to sound like Captain Sully while you’re avoiding costly mistakes

VOR Navigation Has Changed, And You Probably Missed It • Who needs to know about low-altitude charts? That would be you because the rules of the game have changed as VORs slowly go out of service.

High Desert Flying In A Cessna 150 • When flying in hot and high conditions, extra engine power is your friend. But what if your plane doesn’t have any?

PERSONAL JETS • Though many doubt the viability of such a concept, the idea of a small, single-pilot, practical jet-powered airplane has been around for a good long while.

1972 CESSNA 310C ALASKA DISAPPEARANCE WITH U.S. CONGRESSMEN BEGICH & BOGGS • A new investigation and podcast have brought renewed interest to the mystery of N1812H and the many theories behind its disappearance.

DID A BOMB BRING DOWN THE BEGICH-BOGGS FLIGHT? • The hottest theory for why N1812H disappeared might be wrong, but the investigation has uncovered some disturbing truths that support the claim.

SIX QUESTIONS • FOR JON WALCZAK, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND HOST OF MISSING IN ALASKA

AIR TO GROUND III • The air-to-ground photography of Long Bach Nguyen

DIVING INTO YOUR PILOT PROFICIENCY, OLD SCHOOL STYLE • Unplugging for a while can be the best thing you ever did for your aviation knowledge and test prep.

Flying The Islands Of Paradise • Hawaii is sometimes regarded as a forgotten destination, but not by anyone who has spent much time there. Especially pilots.

Mooney To Airbus To Mooney, With Masks • Commuting in the M20 to the sim center to see how rusty things had gotten, or not.

Gossamer Albatross • The most successful human-powered aircraft pushed both plane and pilot to the very edge.