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

The Hidden Curriculum • The messages being transmitted between the lines are sometimes worst practices. How to recognize the subtext for what it is.

Final 747 Leaves Seattle Skies in Regal Fashion

An All-Electric Zenith CH-750 Takes to the Air

Continental Details Mandatory Service Bulletin • Continental has issued a directive for owners to get their late-model engines inspected, soon.

Commentary: What’s Behind the Chinese Spy Balloon Hysteria?

ACCIDENT BRIEFS

GEAR

CROSSWORD • THE UNIVERSE OF WINGS

Airplane Doors • For all the talk of propulsion and electronics advances, the lowly door has been a stubbornly difficult engineering problem.

The WW II Airborne Explosion that Killed Joe Kennedy • Conspiracy theories abounded about the death of the man who might have been president.

Tupolev ANT-25: The Voyager 50 Years Before • Possibly the world’s largest single-engine airplane, its accomplishments remain remarkable.

Things an ENGINE FAILURE Taught Me • Sometimes bad luck comes with an upside.

Aviation Trends that Went Nowhere • Just as in pop culture, aviation trends sometimes fade away.

USED SIX-SEAT SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANES • Moving up to a plane that can carry a couple more passengers is surprisingly easy to do. Here are our favorites.

Secrets of SINGLE-PILOT IFR • This kind of flying is inherently challenging. Here are some tips to help cut the risk.

Will Next-Gen Craft Drive Fixed-Wing Planes from the Skies? • Conventional airplanes dominate aviation. Can that continue?

No Airspeed • The loss of a primary instrument led to disaster, but why?

Glenn Curtiss • A designer, pilot and aircraft engine maker, the American aviation pioneer changed every part of the flying world.