The grand prize winner will receive a $100,000 credit to be used toward the purchase of any aircraft listed on FLYING's Aircraft For Sale marketplace. The post Plane & Pilot Announces 2025 Ultimate FLYING Giveaway appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine ..read more

The feeling on the AirVenture grounds is deeper than a day trip experience at a tourist trap. We're family here, and we look after one another. The post The Oshkosh Mystique appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine ..read more

Broke down at Airventure? There’s a volunteer group for that. Loaning out tools and knowledge, EAA Chapter 75 can get you flying back home. The post Broke Down at AirVenture? appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine ..read more

Facility aims to empower young aviators in the making. The post VAA Opens Youth Hangar on OSH Campus appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine ..read more

Getting stranded far from home with a broken airplane might be a pilot’s worst fear. And it’s legit – I’ve sat for a long while at an unattended airport, desperately needing a few quarts of oil, wishing there were vending machines for quarts of oil to sit alongside the self-serve fuel pumps. Finally, a fella in a big pickup rumbled through the gate and parked next to a Skylane. For all its redeeming qualities, the Cessna 182 lands terribly unless you have a case of oil in the baggage area – and this guy understood the assignment. His trip out to the airport saved my bacon, while ferrying a cla ..read more

The common response to a disclosure that you’ll be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is, “But what if it RAINS?”  Hey, it’s not an “if”, but a “when.” A weeklong, mostly outdoor event has to accommodate a soaking at some point. The fact is, there are plenty of options to pursue at the show, should it get showery. Rain is a perfect reason to do indoor shopping or conduct inquiries you’ve been delaying. The exhibit buildings are full of vendors you might never discover unless you’re driven inside. Make notes of where you saw the Genzu knives or plane-shaped jewelry because it’s easy to mistake Hang ..read more

For more than a little while, vintage aircraft enthusiasts have watched with bated breath as Garry and Janne Ackerman’s Stinson SR-7B restoration shaped up at RARE Aircraft. They bought the Stinson as a project in October, 2011, it quickly became apparent the project was more than the two could handle – the Stinson is a large aircraft for a four-seater, tipping the scales at 2,617 pounds empty, which is about what many four-seat general aviation aircraft gross out, fully loaded. Nothing about it is small, including the documentation the Ackermans had to wade through, including 18 reels of 35mm ..read more

In the business world, mergers and acquisitions are a relatively common occurrence. And, if you are an aircraft owner or operator, the challenges for obtaining tires, tubes, brake parts, batteries, and the like might have gotten a bit easier with the acquisition about a year ago of Desser Tire & Rubber by VSE Aviation. Many companies find the ability to integrate backend systems to provide cost-efficient improvements and streamline the ordering process. VSE has recently announced that sometime in Q3 of this year (2024), they will integrate their systems and begin selling their inventory of ..read more

Newcomers to AirVenture Oshkosh often think they’re under constant surveillance, pointing to the low-level helicopter traffic over the grounds. Au contraire; those are sightseeing rides, and they’re well worth including in your AirVenture trip, including checking out the EAA Museum complex at the west end of the EAA property. The helicopters may be familiar to watchers of vintage television shows, as they are the familiar bubble-nose Bell Model 47 (H-13) chopper featured in MASH, that sometimes-irreverent show set in the Korean War era. The EAA owns two Bell 47’s and uses two or three extra le ..read more

As general aviation pilots, we know that proper maintenance and care can extend the life of an airplane nearly indefinitely. We see example after example of nicely-restored classics that are maintained in better-than-new condition. Still, there’s something to be said for a truly modern airplane, with modern engineering and a young airframe when it comes to peace of mind, and this 2012 Cessna Skycatcher offers exactly that for $84,500. Produced between 2009 and 2013, some 275 Skycatchers were built, and 171 examples remain on the FAA registry today. Designed as a lightweight, sporty evolution o ..read more