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

What Do You Tell Non-Aviation Friends Who Are Interested In Becoming A Pilot? • The problem is, the details are not only many and somewhat complicated, but also some of them are daunting. Here’s why we need to share them all.

Aircraft Carriers • These huge warships, which do just what the name says they do, can travel around the world’s oceans, bringing with them the power of squadrons of frontline military craft and the support systems they require.

Tiger Shot Down • Is it possible for an aircraft, such as the U.S. Navy’s Grumman F11F Tiger, to be so fast that it can actually outrun its own bullets and shoot itself down?

News Of Note

CROSS CHECK • YOUR AVIATION CROSSWORD

Speed Is Life (And Momentum Is Its Sidekick) • On airspeed, energy and Bob Hoover’s rule.

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ACCIDENT BRIEFS

6 LIGHT SINGLE-ENGINE PLANES THEY TOTALLY NEED TO BRING BACK! • Sometimes planes fall from production status despite being much beloved. Here are several that we hereby demand they put back into production.

LOST IN THE CLOUDS OVER IDAHO • The dramatic story of a visual flight rules pilot caught in thick clouds and ice between high mountain peaks and the air traffic controllers who helped him save his own life.

LIGHT PERSONAL AIRCRAFT ARE COMING • This expanded definition of what constitutes a light plane and how they can be built could revive a segment facing existential challenges.

NOW IS THE TIME TO BECOME AN AIRLINE PILOT • Earning the Airline Transport Pilot certificate and getting a flying gig can be a life-changing event, in all the good ways. And the future has never been brighter.

ROUGH FIELD OPERATIONS A WORD OF CAUTION • Flying off airport in airplanes not intended for the abuse is risky business.

Citation Single Pilot Crashes After Argument With Girlfriend • The unplanned flight was a short one with a tragic conclusion.

Reflections Of The Sky • Reconnecting with an old friend in the best way possible while adding a new chapter to a great old book.

Flying With Strangers You Meet On The Internet • The internet has given us nearly unlimited access to other people with an interest in aviation. And sometimes we go flying with them.

The Hacienda • Two intrepid pilots, a modified Cessna 172 and a 64-day endurance record that has stood for 63 years.

Bessie Coleman, America’s First Black Female Pilot • Though she had to travel from Chicago to France to get her license, upon returning home, she immediately began making a difference. And she still is.