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.

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Why Are Young Pilots So Darned Different From Us? • Today’s young flyers are, indeed, very different from my generation’s. That is a great thing.

Low & Slow • Speed isn’t the be-all and end-all of airplane design.

Did Helen Keller Really Fly A Plane? • How could this admittedly remarkable woman, who was deaf and blind, pull it off?

News Of Note

Airline-Style Checklist Flows For Private Pilots • The way the pros often do it is to let the airplane do the organizing.

ACCIDENT BRIEFS

CROSS CHECK • YOUR AVIATION CROSSWORD

GEAR

ABOUT ALASKA • Figuring out where the lessons began, and where they might end, on a nine-week floatplane journey from Texas to Alaska and back home again.

6 HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT CHANGED AVIATION QUICKLY AND PROFOUNDLY • Science and technology, including aviation, are often affected by powerful outside forces that, like it or not, drive change in all segments of life. Here are six world events that have changed the way we fly in the most dramatic ways imaginable.

SIX MODERN HIGH-PERFORMANCE PISTON SINGLES • A new way of looking at what high-performance means to pilots helped these post-war piston singles change flying for the better.

WHAT EVEN IS A “HIGH-PERFORMANCE” AIRPLANE? • Our quest for the definition was problematic. It became enlightening.

THE ART OF THE START • Getting persnickety engines going can be a challenge. Here’s some help.

Which Handheld Radio Is Right For You? • Regardless of your needs, these powerful handhelds are a must-have accessory for any safety-minded pilot. Here’s a look at the most popular models on the market today.

Birds Take Down A Citation • Even the NTSB understands that some accidents are impossible to avoid, like this one.

Flying Africa In The Midst Of Turmoil • The geography was challenging; the political landscape, even more so.

A Frosty FBO Camp Out • Serendipity meets Hope, and all is right in general aviation.

The Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST) ‘SkySleeper’ • How an idea for a more comfortable airliner inadvertently created a legend.